Peter - Narz
Santa Cruz Weekly Borders Tourny August 2nd, 2007
Round 2

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 g6 6.g4 had never seen or heard of this move before, I thought about it for a minute and then decided to continue normally\ 6...Bg7 7.Nxc6 dxc6 I decided to take with the d pawn so as to not have to move my knight back next move, the queen trade seems harmless\ 8.Qxd8+ Kxd8 9.g5 Ng4 10.Bd2 Be6 11.Ke2 an odd move, Fritz prefers h3\ 11...Bd4 12.Be3 again Fritz prefers h3, taking on f7 isn't a real threat as the knight gets trapped\ 12...Nxe3 13.fxe3 Bxc3 I debated as to take the knight but it really does screw up his pawns something terrible\ 14.bxc3 Kc7 15.h4 h5 Fritz prefers h6\ 16.Bh3 Bc4+ didn't want to trade yet\ 17.Kf3 Rad8 18.Bf1 Bxf1 now trading seems ok, I have a won game, or so I think\ 19.Rhxf1 Rd2 I considered the more cautious Rd7, perhaps it would have been the better move\ 20.Rac1 e5 21.Kg3 Rd7 22.Rf6 at this point I think I lose my advantage, psychologically I also lost my edge here\ 22...Rf8 23.Rcf1 threatening Rxg6 which I didn't notice until he played in a few moves later\ 23...Kb6 24.R1f2 Kc5 going to eat up the pawns\ 25.Kg2 Kc4 26.Kf1 Kxc3 27.Ke1 c5 28.Rxg6 Rfd8 my some reason I thought I had a mate coming, I was under significant time pressure here, 7 minutes or so left\ 29.Rgf6 Rd1+ 30.Ke2 R8d2+ 31.Kf3 Rxc2 Frtiz recommends 31. ... Rxf2 Kxf2 Rd7 and I think I'm winning\ 32.Rxf7 Rh1 don't want him getting behind my pawn & taking it first\ 33.Rxc2+ Kxc2 34.Kg3 g6 right away is winning*\ 34...c4 35.Rf2+ Kd3 36.g6 c3 37.g7 c2 38.g8=Q Rg1+ 39.Rg2 c1=Q the losing move according to Fritz, now I lose my rook in a few moves\ 40.Qb3+ Kxe4 41.Qb4+ a mistake, allowing a draw, Qxb7+ is a forced win*\ 41...Kxe3 42.Qb3+ Ke4 two ??'s from Fritz, Kd4 holds the draw 42 ... Kd4 43. Qb4 Ke3 44. Qb3+ Kd4 Qb4+ Ke3\ 43.Qf3+ Kd4 44.Qf2+ winning the game\ 44...Qe3+ 45.Qxe3+ Kxe3 46.Rxg1 in the actual game I played on for a few more moves, but the position was hopless\ 1-0