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