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freefal(1515) vs. hicks(1453)

freefal(1515) vs. hicks(1453) 1-0

1.e4 {(0:00)} c5 {(0:00)} 2.Nf3 {(0:04)} Nc6 {(0:06)} 3.d4 {(0:02)} cxd4 {(0:09)} 4.Nxd4 {(0:03)} Nf6 {(0:07)} 5.Nc3 {(0:04)} d6 {(0:09)} 6.Bb5 {(0:37)} Bd7 {(6:33)} 7.Be3 {(3:41)} Qa5 {(2:13)

Berke(1604) whispers: think it's time to castle}
8.a3 {(3:43)} Nxd4 {(1:57)} 9.Bxd7+ {(1:02)} Nxd7 {(0:47)} 10.Qxd4 {(1:54)} e5 {(2:08)} 11.Qd5 {(1:44)} Qxd5 {(1:11)} 12.Nxd5 {(0:11)} Rc8 {(0:31)} 13.O-O-O {(0:50)} g6 {(1:02)} 14.Bxa7 {(1:06)} Bg7 {(0:30)} 15.Nb6 {(1:04)} Nxb6 {(0:37)} 16.Bxb6 {(0:13)} Rc6 {(0:09)} 17.Ba5 {(1:36)} O-O {(0:03)} 18.Bb4 {(0:14)} Rfc8 {(2:10)} 19.Rd2 {(0:37)

LightKnight(1563) whispers: Blunder? Bh6...

freefal(1515) whispers: he just helped me double up my rooks, which i was going to need to do anyway to capture that pawn if he plays Rd8}
19...Bh6 {(1:39)

LightKnight(1563) whispers: heh.}
20.Rd1 {(2:00)

freefal(1515) whispers: now comes Rc2

freefal(1515) whispers: Rxc2+ to be more precise

freefal(1515) whispers: might be worth just resigning here, but guess I'll make him beat me since it is TL afterall

RxR(1684) whispers: Rxc2 beats you pretty fas anyway :)}
20...Rxc2+ {(8:37)} 21.Kb1 {(0:06)} Bxd2 {(0:41)} 22.Bxd2 {(0:05)} b5 {(2:12)} 23.Ka2 {(0:29)

Aneirin(1783) whispers: R8c4 ?

Aneirin(1783) whispers: then if c3 Rd4

Aneirin(1783) whispers: *if f3

RxR(1684) whispers: that looks good}
23...Rd8 {(6:06)} 24.Be3 {(0:50)} f5 {(0:51)} 25.Kb3 {(1:25)} Rc4 {(0:33)} 26.exf5 {(0:54)} gxf5 {(0:15)} 27.Rd5 {(0:04)} f4 {(2:27)} 28.Bb6 {(1:05)} Rdc8 {(0:50)} 29.Rxd6 {(6:02)

freefal(1515) whispers: didn't know which pawn to take

freefal(1515) whispers: get connected passers or remove his one passer}
29...Rc3+ {(5:10)

LightKnight(1563) whispers: R4c6

LightKnight(1563) whispers: what?}
30.bxc3 {(1:46)} e4 {(0:15)} 31.Rd8+ {(0:35)} Rxd8 {(0:02)} 32.Bxd8 {(0:02)} Kf7 {(0:09)} 33.Bg5 {(0:49)} f3 {(0:18)} 34.gxf3 {(0:04)} exf3 {(0:02)} 35.c4 {(0:05)} Kg6 {(0:04)} 36.Bf4 {(0:11)} Kf5 {(0:04)} 37.Bg3 {(0:04)

freefal(1515) whispers: glad I played this one out}
37...bxc4+ {(1:57)} 38.Kxc4 {(0:02)} h5 {(0:03)

Aneirin(1783) whispers: wow

Aneirin(1783) whispers: what happened here

Aneirin(1783) whispers: I turn my head for a second and all the R's are gone}
39.Kd4 {(0:29)} Kg4 {(0:07)

Aneirin(1783) whispers: holy fuck.. did he really play 30. .. Rc3+ ?}
40.Ke3 {(0:17)

Myob(1807) whispers: yup, incredible

Myob(1807) whispers: he must be gutted}
40...h4 {(0:14)} 41.a4 {(0:03)

Aneirin(1783) whispers: yeah, very unfortunate}
{Hicks resigns} 1-0

Comments

hicks (2010-04-23): Move 29... It may have looked odd, because it was odd :) I'd planned to play Rc2 rather than c3+ but for some reason let go early :( Still, well played freefal and you got your reward for not resigning early :)

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