1.e4
g6
2.d4
Bg7
3.Nf3
Nf6
4.Nc3
0-0
5.Bc4
e6
[ 5...Nxe4
6.Bxf7+
( 6.Nxe4
d5
interesting - since I pulled this same trick not half an hour beforehand) ]
6.Bg5
Qe8?
7.0-0
[ 7.e5
Ng4
8.h3
Nh6
9.Ne4
Nf5
10.Nf6+
Bxf6
11.Bxf6
I doubt I would have played this lunacy anyhow !]
7...d6
8.Re1
Nfd7
9.e5
Nb6
10.Bb3
d5
do we believe in such things as good and bad bishops - with the centre seemingly set in concrete
11.a4?!
Diagram a silly idea of supporting a knight on b5
11...a6
12.a5
Nc4
13.Bxc4
dxc4
14.Qe2
Qc6
I should have known something was up when I had convinced myself that there was no protection Barry could play and then a series of completely unanticipated - though normal - moves followed
15.Ra4
b5
16.axb6
Qxb6
17.Rxc4
Nc6
18.d5
Na5
times left - W - 40 B - 41
19.Be3
Qxb2
20.Rxc7
Bb7
Diagram
21.Rb1
[ 21.Rb1
]
21...Qa3
[ 21...Qa3
; 21...Qa3
]
22.Rbxb7
can you say 'rushed move(s)' ?, very VERY shallow thinking [ 22.Bc1
I found this almost instantly postgame - it may have been catastrophic had I seen it just after I let go the piece]
22...Nxb7
23.Rxb7
Qxc3
completely losing sight of the connection between Rook and Knight
24.d6
[ 24.Bd4
Qc8
25.Rb3
]
24...Bxe5
shoddy
25.Bd2?
Qa1+
times W - 24 B - 31
26.Be1
Bxd6
and now I have precisely NO central pawns !
27.Ng5
desperado tactics
27...Qe5
28.Qxe5
Bxe5
29.g3
h6
30.Nxe6??
and here I thought my Rook was on b6 - idea to clear off a cople or 3 black pawns
30...fxe6
31.Rb6
Rfe8
32.Kg2
a5
33.f4
Bg7
34.g4
a4
I'd had enough - white resigned 0-1