bldstrategymaster(1859) vs. carlosvalero(1785) 1-0

standard 45+45, 2017-11-25

1.c4 (0:00) e5 (0:00) 2.Nc3 (0:29) Nf6 (0:39) 3.g3 (0:29) c6 (0:44) 4.d4 (0:25) exd4 (1:11) 5.Qxd4 (1:07) Bb4 (0:12) 6.Bg2 (6:23) Bxc3+ (2:53) 7.bxc3 (1:57)
BldStrategyMaster(1859) whispers: I know isolated doubled pawns are bad, but I didn't want to take my queen out of the center
7...h6 (3:21) 8.Ba3 (4:35)
BldStrategyMaster(1859) whispers: I can probably bring my rook to d1 at some point
BldStrategyMaster(1859) whispers: my bishop on a3 is a loose piece, but I don't see how Carlos can attack it
8...d5 (4:46)
BldStrategyMaster(1859) whispers: the plan was to get the rook into the attack, Nf3 seems more natural, but Rd1 looks much more intimidating !
9.Rd1 (11:36) Qa5 (1:22) 10.Bb4 (3:24) Qxa2 (0:28) 11.Qc5 (4:39) Ng8 (2:21) 12.Qf8+ (1:37) Kd7 (0:40) 13.Bh3+ (1:20) Kc7 (0:15) 14.Qxc8+ (3:08) Kb6 (0:18) 15.Nf3 (4:45) a5 (1:03) 16.c5+ (4:27) Ka6 (0:55) 17.O-O (1:37) Qxe2 (1:21) 18.Ra1 (2:31) Ka7 (1:10) 19.Bxa5 (2:08) Na6 (0:22) 20.Bb6# (0:52) carlosvalero checkmated 1-0

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