My only win in a recent tournament

[Event "Golden State Open"]
[Site ""]
[Date ""]
[Round "1"]
[White "Gaffney, P.R."]
[Black "LaCounte, Brendan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[Eco "A90"]
[Annotator ""]
[Source ""]

1.d4 e6 2.Nf3 f5 3.g3 Nf6 4.Bg2 d5 5.O-O Bd6 6.c4 c6 7.Qc2 O-O
8.Rd1 Ne4 9.Ne5 Nd7 10.f4 Ndf6 11.Nd2 Bd7 12.Nxe4 fxe4 13.h3
Nh5 14.Kh2 Be8 15.Rf1 Bg6 16.Be3 Qe8 17.b4 Rc8 18.c5 Bb8 19.a4
a6 20.Qb3 Nf6 21.b5 Nd7 22.bxa6 bxa6 23.Qb7 Bxe5 24.fxe5 Nb8
25.Rxf8+ Kxf8 26.Rf1+ Kg8 27.Bg5 Bf7 28.Rxf7 Qxf7 29.Qxc8+ Qf8
30.Qxe6+ Qf7 31.Qxf7+ ( 31.Qc8+ Qf8 32.Bd8 h6 33.Qxb8 Kh7 34.Qd6
Qf2 35.Qxc6 Qxd4 36.e3 Qxe3 37.Qxd5 Qe2 38.Qxe4+ Qxe4 39.Bxe4+
Kg8 40.e6 Kf8 41.e7+ Ke8 42.Bg6+ Kd7 43.e8=Q+ Kc8 44.Bb6+ Kb7
45.Be4# ) Kxf7 32.h4 h6 33.Bf4 Nd7 34.Bh3 Nf8 35.Bc8 Ne6 36.e3
Ke7 37.Bxa6 g5 38.Bc8 gxf4 39.Bxe6 fxe3 40.Bg4 1-0


All the rest of my games were very poor playing on my part.  I dropped pieces went headlong into tactics I saw but didn't do anything to stop.  Just really poor mental toughness on my part. 

Implaed on the Bayonet

(1) Gaffneychess (1644) - WAMsqCk515 (1792)

 

Live Chess Chess.com, 27.12.2012

E97: King's Indian: Classical Main Line (6...e5 7 0–0 Nc6): 8 Be3 and 8 d5 Ne7, not 9 Ne1 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Nf3 Black has a cramped position 5...0–0 [5...c5 6.dxc5 Qa5 7.Bd3=] 6.Be2 [6.h3 Re8=] 6...e5 7.0–0 Nc6 [7...exd4 8.Qxd4 Re8 9.Qe3³] 8.d5 White threatens to win material: d5xc6 8...Ne7 9.b4 The Bayonet Attack [9.h3 c6²] 9...Nh5 10.Re1 Kramnik used this move to revitalize the Bayonet in his famous wins over Kasparov in this line. Move makes room for the bishop on f1 which in turn help the defense of the kingside. 10...Nf4 11.Bf1 h6 Consolidates g5 12.c5 The thematic attack and point of 9.b4 12...f5 The typical lever [12...a5 13.cxd6 Qxd6 14.b5²] 13.g3 This move is possible because of the bishop on f1. [13.Bxf4 exf4 14.e5 g5 15.cxd6 cxd6 16.exd6 Ng6±] 13...Nh5 [13...fxe4 14.Nxe4 Nh3+ 15.Bxh3 Bxh3 16.Qb3=] 14.Nh4 With the idea of capturing on g6 and winning a pawn. As I look at this game now, I realize much I felt the need to make good moves without wasting time. One passive move and the initiative would've changed hands. 14...fxe4? Possible overlooking the following moves seeing that I win a pawn. [¹14...Nf6 would allow Black to play on 15.cxd6 cxd6 (15...Qxd6? 16.Nb5 Qd8 17.Nxc7 Qxc7 18.d6+-) 16.exf5 Bxf5=] 15.Nxg6!+- Remove defender: g6 15...Nxg6 16.Qxh5 Bf5 17.Nxe4 [17.Bxh6!? e3 18.Rxe3 Bxh6 19.Qxh6 Rf7+- Is not a variation I even looked at. Computer likes it, but I'm not that good yet.] 17...Bxe4± 18.Rxe4 Qf6 19.Be3 I had seen to here when I looked at Nxg6, but his next move came as a bit of a surprise. 19...Ne7 20.Bh3? Overlooking the obvious threat to my d5 pawn. [20.Rg4 Kh8+-] 20...Kh8? And lucky for me he overlooked it too. [20...Nxd5!? deserves consideration 21.Rf1 Nxe3 22.fxe3 Qe7²] 21.Be6 Rad8? [21...c6 22.Rd1 Rad8 23.Qe2+-] 22.Rf1 This was a bit of a paranoid move. I was worried about dxc5 bxc5 Nxd5 attacking my bishop. I thought that an exchange sacrifice was in the works if I played cxd6 Rxd6 followed by Rxe6. [¹22.cxd6 and White can celebrate victory 22...Rxd6 23.Bc5+-] 22...c6± 23.cxd6 Rxd6 24.Rh4? Trying to set up a tactical threat on the black king. He falls for it but I must admit I didn't see the "obvious" computer recommendation. [¹24.Bc5 cxd5 25.Bxd6 dxe4 26.Bxe7 Qxe7 27.Bf5±] 24...Nf5?? This threatens to make life very hard but my opponent was moving rather quickly at this point and didn't seem to consider his moves carefully. He made short term threats but created long term weakness. [¹24...cxd5 this is the best bet to save the position 25.Bh3 d4=] 25.Bxf5 [¹25.Bg5! makes sure everything is clear 25...Rxe6 26.Bxf6 (26.dxe6?! Qxe6 27.Rg4 Qd5±) 26...Rexf6 27.Re4+-] 25...Qxf5 26.Qxf5 [¹26.Bc5 and White can already relax 26...Rxd5 27.Bxf8 Qxf8 28.Rd1+-] 26...Rxf5± 27.dxc6 [27.Bxa7?! cxd5 28.b5 d4²] 27...Rxc6 At the end of a rather scruffy middle game I have emerged a pawn up with a considerable time advantage as well. I missed some solid moves in there but I felt very comfortable here as I felt I had all my bases covered. 28.Rc1 Not at all necessary but I wanted to simplify here to get a clearer ending. 1 rook and 1 bishop is a lot easier for me than 2 of either one still on the board. [28.Bxa7 b6 29.b5 Rg6+-] 28...Rxc1+ 29.Bxc1 Kh7 30.Re4 Rf3 31.Re2 [31.Bb2!?±] 31...Rc3² Black threatens to win material: Rc3xc1 32.Bb2 White threatens to win material: Bb2xc3 32...Rc4 33.a3 Attacks the isolani on e5 33...e4 34.Bxg7 While I considered this position won for white the computer disagrees with most of my decisions and gives me a small edge here. I am glad I didn't know that during the game. 34...Kxg7 A rook endgame occured 35.Re3 Kf6 36.h3 Kf5 37.Kg2 h5 38.h4 Rd4 [38...Rc2!?=] 39.Rc3± b6 40.Rc7 a5? The dreaded passive rook mentality. "I can't move my rook I guess I have to move my pawns." [40...Rd2!?±] 41.bxa5+- bxa5 42.Ra7 Absolutely terrible. The simple Rc5+ would've been crushing. I got stuck with the "Rooks belong behind passed pawns" thinking. [¹42.Rc5+!? Ke6 43.Rxh5+-] 42...Ra4= 43.Rf7+ Kg6 Black threatens to win material: Kg6xf7 44.Re7 Kf5 45.Rf7+ Twofold repetition 45...Ke6?! Black threatens to win material: Ke6xf7 Maybe he didn't want to draw a lower rated opponent as I had started to run under 5 minutes here. [¹45...Kg6!? must definitely be considered 46.Rf4 Rxa3 47.Rxe4 a4²] 46.Rh7± Rxa3 47.Rxh5 White has new protected passed pawns: g3+h4. Black has a new passed pawn: a5 [47.Rh6+!? Ke5 48.Rxh5+ Ke6 49.g4±] 47...Ra2= 48.Kf1 a4 49.Ra5 a3?! A strong pawn And pawns lust to expand, as Nimzowitch said, but this is a mistake that allows my pawns to start rolling. [49...Ra1+!? 50.Kg2 Ra2=] 50.h5² Kf6 [50...Ra1+ 51.Kg2 Ra2 52.Ra8±] 51.g4± Ra1+ [51...Kg7 52.g5 e3 53.fxe3+-] 52.Ke2 Computer really didn't like this move, but I thought it was OK because his rook can only stay passive. Looking at it now, I see it would've stayed stuck like a rock had I played Kg2. [¹52.Kg2 a pity that White didn't try this 52...Rc1 53.g5+ Kg7 54.Ra7+ (‹54.Rxa3 Kh7 55.Kg3 Rh1+-) 54...Kh8 55.Rxa3+-] 52...a2² 53.g5+ Kg7 54.Ra7+ Kf8?? [¹54...Kg8² was much better] 55.h6+- Rg1 [55...Rh1 56.Rxa2 e3 57.Kxe3 Kg8+-] 56.h7 Rh1 [56...a1Q is not much help 57.Rxa1 Rxa1 58.h8Q+ Kf7 59.Qxa1 Ke7 60.g6 e3 61.Qe5+ Kd7 62.Kxe3 Kd8 63.g7 Kd7 64.g8Q Kc6 65.Qc8+ Kb6 66.Qec5#] 57.g6 a1Q 58.Rxa1 Rxa1 59.h8Q+ Ke7 60.Qxa1 Kd6 [60...e3 does not save the day 61.Qe5+ Kd7 62.Kxe3 Kc6 63.g7 Kb6 64.g8Q Kb7 65.Qb5+ Kc7 66.Qgb8#] 61.Qa6+ Kd5 [61...Ke7 doesn't get the cat off the tree 62.Ke3 Kd7 63.g7 Ke7 64.g8Q Kd7 65.Qge6+ Kc7 66.Qab6#] 62.g7 Kd4 [62...Ke5 hardly improves anything 63.g8Q Kd4 64.Qd6+ Kc3 65.Qd2#] 63.g8Q Kc3 [63...Ke5 is not the saving move 64.Ke3 Kf5 65.Qae6#] 64.Qgc4+ Kb2 65.Qaa2# 1–0

　

Some recent losses Pt. 1

A couple of weeks ago I went to San Luis Opbispo to play in the SLO county Championship.  I went in with high hopes having just reached my highest ever rating of 1794.  However, the tournament went poorly for me as I managed a meager +0 =1 -4.  I would like to annotate some of the games here.
In round 1 I was paired against Viktor Hendriks.   On the pairing sheet it said that he was rated 2115.  Little did I know that this was under his actual strength!  Here's the game.


[Event "SLO CHAMP"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "11.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Peter Gaffney"]
[Black "HENDRIKS"]
[Result "0-1"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "11.17.12"]
[Source "MonRoi"]

{E18: Queen's Indian: Old Main Line (4 g3 Bb7 5 Bg2 Be7 6 0-0 0-0 7 Nc3)} 1. d4
Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Bb7 5. Bg2 Be7 6. O-O O-O 7. Nc3 d5 8. b3 c5 (8...
Ne4 9. Bb2 Nxc3 10. Bxc3 Nd7 11. cxd5 Bxd5 12. Qc2 Nf6 13. Rfd1 Qc8 14. Ne5
Bxg2 15. Kxg2 Qb7+ 16. Kg1 c5 17. dxc5 Bxc5 18. b4 Be7 19. b5 Nd5 20. Bd4 Rac8
21. Nc6 Nb4 22. Qb2 Nxc6 23. bxc6 {Novikov,I (2596)-Shahade,G (2458)/New York
2001/CBM 084/1-0 (37)}) 9. Ba3 $146 (9. dxc5 bxc5 10. cxd5 Nxd5 11. Bb2 Nxc3
12. Bxc3 Na6 13. Qc2 Nb4 14. Qb2 Bf6 15. Rfd1 Bxc3 16. Qxc3 Qb6 17. a3 Nd5 18.
Qc2 Nf6 19. Ne5 Bxg2 20. Kxg2 Rab8 21. Rd3 a5 22. f3 a4 23. b4 cxb4 {Van
Tilbury,C (2303)-Jacobusse,W (2022)/Turin 2006/CBM 113/1/2-1/2}) (9. Ne5 cxd4
10. Qxd4 Bc5 11. Qd1 Bd6 12. Nd3 Qc8 13. Nb5 Be7 14. cxd5 Bxd5 15. Bxd5 Nxd5
16. Bb2 a6 17. Rc1 Qb7 18. Nd4 Nd7 19. e4 Nb4 20. Nxb4 Bxb4 21. Qe2 Rac8 22. a3
Be7 23. b4 b5 {Hidalgo Duque,C (2127)-Rodriguez Gonzalez,I (2244)/Mondariz
2005/CBM 108 ext/1-0 (44)}) (9. e3 dxc4 10. bxc4 Ne4 11. Qc2 Nxc3 12. Qxc3 Nd7
13. Bb2 Qc7 14. Rfd1 Be4 15. Ne1 Bxg2 16. Nxg2 cxd4 17. exd4 Rac8 18. Rac1 Bf6
19. Qb4 Rfd8 20. Ne3 Nb8 21. d5 Bxb2 22. Qxb2 Qe7 23. Qe5 Nd7 {Szelecki,
J-Wuensche,K/Hauenstein 1991/GER/1-0 (66)}) (9. dxc5 dxc4 10. Be3 Qc8 ) 9...
dxc4 10. dxc5 Qxd1 11. Rfxd1 cxb3 12. axb3 bxc5 13. Nd2 Bxg2 14. Kxg2 {White
king safety dropped} Nc6 (14... Nbd7 15. Nb5 ) 15. Nde4 {The isolani on c5
becomes a target} Nxe4 16. Nxe4 Rfb8 17. Nxc5 (17. Bxc5 Bxc5 18. Nxc5 h6)
17... Rb5 18. Na6 (18. Ne4 Bd8) 18... Bf6 {Black threatens to win material:
Bf6xa1} (18... Rxb3  19. Bxe7 Nxe7) 19. Nc7 (It was here that I felt pretty good about the position.  I started playing a little too quickly and didn't capture the bishop back first forgetting that I would just be making an even trade here)  Bxa1 20. Nxb5?! (20. Rxa1
Rab8 21. Nxb5 Rxb5) 20... Bf6  21. Rc1 {White threatens to win material:
Rc1xc6} Nd4 {Black threatens to win material: Nd4xb5} 22. Nxa7? (It was here that I thought about trading knights and offering a draw.  It was about this time that I started feeling the fatigue from the 2.5 hour drive that morning to the tournament) (22. Nxd4 Bxd4
23. e3 Bb6) 22... Nxe2 23. Rc8+ (23. Rc4 Nd4) 23... Rxc8 $15 24. Nxc8 {
A minor pieces endgame occured} Nd4 {Black threatens to win material: Nd4xb3}
25. Bb2 Nxb3 26. Bxf6 gxf6 {A knight endgame occured} 27. Nd6 Kg7 28. Kf3 Kg6
29. g4 Nd4+ 30. Kg3 (30. Ke4 Ne2) 30... f5 $15 31. f4 (31. Nc4 f6)
31... fxg4 32. Kxg4 h5+ 33. Kg3?? {further deteriorates the position} (33.
Kh3) 33... Nf5+ $19 34. Nxf5 (34. Kf3 {cannot undo what has already
been done} Nxd6 35. Ke3) 34... Kxf5 (34... exf5  35. Kh4) 35. Kf3 (
35. h4 e5 36. Kf2 exf4 37. Ke1 Ke4 38. Kd1 f3 39. Kd2 f5 40. Kc3 f2 41. Kb4
f1=Q 42. Kc5 Qa6 43. Kb4 Kd4 44. Kb3 Kd3 45. Kb2 Qb5+ 46. Ka3 Kc3 47. Ka2 Qb2#)
35... f6 (35... h4 {makes it even easier for Black} 36. Ke3 Kg4 37. f5 Kxf5
38. Kf3) 36. h3 e5 37. fxe5 (37. Ke3 {doesn't change the outcome of the
game} exf4+ 38. Kf3 h4 39. Ke2 Ke4 40. Kd1 f3 41. Kd2 f5 42. Kd1 Ke3 43. Kc1 f2
44. Kc2 f1=Q 45. Kb3 Qb5+ 46. Kc3 f4 47. Kc2 Qb4 48. Kc1 Kd3 49. Kd1 Qb1#)
37... Kxe5 38. Ke3 (38. Kg3 {a fruitless try to alter the course of the game}
f5 39. Kf3 f4 40. Kg2 Ke4 41. Kf2 f3 42. Kg1 Kf4 43. Kf2 h4 44. Kf1 Kg3 45. Ke1
Kg2 46. Kd2 Kxh3 47. Ke3 Kg3 48. Kd4 f2 49. Kd5 h3 50. Kc4 h2 51. Kd5 h1=Q+ 52.
Ke5 f1=Q 53. Kd6 Qf6+ 54. Kc7 Qfc6+ 55. Kb8 Qb7#) 38... f5 39. Kf3 f4 40. Kf2??
{the pressure is too much, White crumbles} (40. Kg2) 40... Ke4 (40...
Ke4 41. h4 f3 42. Kf1 Kf4 43. Kf2 Kg4 44. Kf1 Kxh4 45. Kf2 Kg4 46. Kg1 Kg3 47.
Kh1 h4 48. Kg1 f2+ 49. Kf1 h3 50. Ke2 h2 51. Ke3 h1=Q 52. Kd4 f1=Q 53. Kc5 Qb7
54. Kd4 Qbb5 55. Ke4 Qfd3#) 0-1

B86 Win for Black!

1		SICILIAN def. NAJDORF var.
	nr3 - maestrogaffney
	0:1, 11/ 2/2012.

1. e4 c5 2. ¤f3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. ¤xd4 ¤f6 5. ¤c3 a6 6. ¥c4 e6 7. O-O ¥e7 Normally here I would play Nc6 or something like that.  After studying some of the ideas in this line I play this before committing my queenside minor pieces.   8. f4 O-O 9. e5 dxe5 10. fxe5 ¤fd7 11. £h5?! b5! 12. ¥d3 g6 13. £h6?

I can't agree with this move.  It allows so many tactics and misplaces the queen on a square that I will be able to attack rather easily and win tempi.  Better was Qe2 in my opinion.   13... ¤xe5 14. ¥f4?? ¤xd3! This first to eliminate the two bishop advantage first.  15. cxd3 £xd4 16. ¢h1 £g7 Up a whole piece I saw no reason not to simplify; with more queenside space and better prospects on the kingside and a ready made target in the isolani on d3 I felt like the only dangerous my opponent had was his queen. 17. £h3? e5! That queen move to h6 has made so many of these tactics possible.   18. ¥h6 ¥xh3! 19. ¥xg7 ¥xg2 20. ¢xg2 ¢xg7 21. ¤e4? f5 22. ¤c3 ¤c6 23. ¦ae1 ¥b4 24. ¦e2 ¥xc3 25. bxc3 ¦ad8 26. ¦e3 e4 27. d4 ¤a5 Heading for that beautiful sqaure c4! 28. ¦c1 ¤c4 29. ¦e2 e3 30. a4 f4 31. ¢f3 ¤d2 {Game 265 (nr3 vs. maestrogaffney) nr3 resigns [...]

[0:1]

Sweet Revenge

[Event "VETS"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2012.11.09"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Turner, Jesse"]
[Black "Gaffney, P.R.."]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B53"]
[Annotator "Gaffney,PR"]
[PlyCount "92"]
[EventDate "11.??.??"]
[Source "MonRoi"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Qxd4 {This move caught me off guard.  My
opponent doesn't usually play this that I know of.  I knew this was going to
be a good game already.} a6 (4... Nc6 5. Bb5 a6 6. Bxc6+ bxc6 7. O-O e5 8. Qd3)
5. Bc4 Nc6 6. Qd3 e6 7. Nc3 Be7 {I played this instead of Nf6 because I wanted
to see where he was going to develop his bishop.} 8. Be3 Nf6 9. a4 {After the
game my opponent thought this was over-aggressive.  I thought it was good
because I wasted my chance to play b5.} Qc7 10. a5 $2 Nb4 (10... Nxa5 11. Bb3
b5 12. Nd4 Bb7 13. f3 $17) 11. Qe2 Nxc2+ 12. Qxc2 Qxc4 {I chose this over the
above variation because I didn't want him to have the bishop pair.   It leads
to some difficulties for me.} 13. Ra4 Qc7 (13... Qc6) 14. Bb6 Qb8 15. Rc4 O-O (
15... Bd7 {I looked at this as well and didn't think the move I chose was that
much worse.  Computer seems to disagree, but in the heat of battle I wanted to
get my king out of the middle of the board.}) 16. Bc7 Qa7 17. Na4 Bd7 18. Nb6
Bb5 19. Rd4 $2 (19. Rc3) 19... Rac8 (19... Rfc8 20. Qc3 d5 21. exd5 Nxd5 22.
Nxc8 Rxc8 23. Bb6 Qb8 24. Qd2 Bb4 25. Rxb4 {I couldn't this during the game.
I recalled that this type of position happened in a game I saw and instead of
saving the rook the player sacrificed the exchange and by doing so he got rid
of one of whites best attackers.}) 20. Rd1 Nxe4 21. Nxc8 Rxc8 22. Qxe4 Rxc7 {
OK, so I'm down an Exchange, but I have two pawns for it.  He can't castle
which means one of his rooks is out of the game for at least a few moves.
Black is doing fine!} 23. Nd4 Qc5 {Threatening to replace the bishop with the
queen if the knight captures.} 24. Ra1 $4 {This was the first time in the game
where I felt like I was clearly winning.} Qb4+ 25. Kd1 e5 (25... d5 $1 {This
led to a really nasty finish that I wasn't able to see.} 26. Qf4 Qxb2 27. Qxc7
Qxd4+ 28. Kc2 Bd3+ 29. Kd1 Be4+ 30. Kc1 Qxa1+ 31. Kd2 Qd4+ 32. Ke1 Bb4+ 33. Qc3
Bxc3+ 34. Ke2 Qd3#) 26. Rc1 Rxc1+ 27. Kxc1 Qxd4 {While this isn't the clearest
win, I was down to less than 10 minutes on the clock and needed to simplify so
I wouldn't spend a lot of time calculating.} 28. Qxd4 exd4 29. g3 Bd8 30. b4
Kf8 31. Rd1 d3 32. Kd2 d5 33. Re1 b6 34. axb6 Bxb6 35. f4 a5 36. Re5 Bc4 37.
Re1 axb4 38. Ra1 Bd4 39. Ra8+ $2 {By this point in the game my opponent was
shaking his head talking to himself.  I'm glad I had my headphones on.} Ke7 40.
Rb8 Bc3+ 41. Ke3 d2 42. Rb7+ Kd6 {White resigns.  And thus a defeat of my
favorite opponent gets notched in my belt.} 43. Rxf7 d1=Q 44. Rd7+ Kxd7 45. f5
Qe2+ 46. Kf4 Bd2# 0-1

A Recent Loss

[Event "Dia de los Muertos"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "12.11.02"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Gaffney"]
[Black "Turner"]
[Result "*"]
[ECO "A57"]
[PlyCount "118"]
[EventDate "12.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 b5 4. cxb5 a6 5. b6 d6 6. Nc3 Nbd7 7. a4 Nxb6 8. a5
Nbd7 9. Nf3 g6 10. Nd2 Bg7 11. e4 O-O 12. Nc4 Ne8 13. Bf4 Nc7 14. Qc2 Nb5 15.
Ne2 Bb7 16. g3 Qc7 17. Bg2 Rac8 18. O-O Ne5 19. Nb6 Rb8 20. Rfd1 Bc8 21. Rac1
Bg4 22. b4 Nf3+ 23. Bxf3 Bxf3 24. bxc5 Bxe2 25. Qxe2 Nc3 26. Rxc3 Bxc3 27. cxd6
exd6 28. Rc1 Qc5 29. Nd7 Qxa5 30. Nxb8 Rxb8 31. Bxd6 Re8 32. Qd3 Bg7 33. Kg2
Qa4 34. Rc4 Qd7 35. Rc6 a5 36. Qc4 f5 37. e5 Bxe5 38. Bxe5 Rxe5 39. Rc8+ Re8
40. Rxe8+ Qxe8 41. d6+ Qf7 42. d7????(42.Qc8+!) Qxc4 43. d8=Q+ Kg7 44. Qxa5 Qe4+ 45. Kg1 f4
46. Qc7+ Kh6 47. Qxf4+ Qxf4 48. gxf4 Kh5 49. Kg2 Kg4 50. f3+ Kxf4 51. h4 h6 52.
Kf2 h5 53. Kg2 Ke3 54. Kg3 Ke2 55. Kf4 Kf2 56. Kg5 Kxf3 57. Kxg6 Kg4 58. Kf6
Kxh4 59. Kf5 Kg3 *

Never give up

Well here is one of those games where my blindness in an opening trap was made up for by my sheer determination.  I fell for a very obvious opening trap in a 15 min ICC game and then proceeded to win the game 12 moves later.  My opponent played too passively with his material advantage and I was able to take advantage of that.  Here it is.
 

 

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.c3 Nf6 4.Be2 Nxe4?? Knowing that there was a trap here I captured anyway. During casual games I will grab stuff like this to see what the trap is and remember it so I don't do it in a tournament game. 5.Qa4+ Nc6 6.Qxe4 d5 7.Qc2 e5 8.d3 Be7 9.0–0 0–0 10.Nbd2 Here I embark on a plan that involves his undefended bishop on e2 and his undefended queen on c2. The plan is to reroute my c8-bishop to g6 and use my pawns to attack his center using a series of pins and forks and discovered attacks. 10...Bg4 11.h3 Bh5 12.Re1 Bg6 13.Nh2? c4 PIN 14.Ndf3?? This move actually makes my plan highly effective. Now my pawns become superstars. 14...cxd3 FORK 15.Bxd3 e4 FORK 16.Be2?? exf3 DISCOVERED ATTACK Line