Originally Posted by
Digital Gee
I lost 140 pounds a while back, too. Had to give her spousal support for a while, but it was worth it.
Seriously, those kind of accidents are so embarrassing, and the woman who commented was a jerk. Keep on keeping on. P-K4.
Thanks for another excuse to post my best chess game. Notes are based on
those appearing in the March 2002 Pennswoodpusher.
Brennen,N (1573) - Amador,J (1944) [B30]
Chaturanga Chess League (4) (Hatboro, PA) , 14.02.2002
[Neil Brennen]
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Na5?!
After the game Amador told me that this variation was chosen to
unbalance
the game against a weaker player.
4.Nc3 a6 5.Be2 e6 6.d4!?
I don't normally play open Sicilians, but the Knight on a5 is out of
place,
so I transpose into one.
.... cxd4 7.Nxd4 Qc7
"So Black has gained a move in the Taimanov Sicilian (Na5), but not a
particularly useful one." -ICCF IM Junior Tay.
8.0–0 b5 9.f4 Bb7 10.f5?!
[10.a3 was better. ]
10...Bd6 11.fxe6!? 11...Bxh2+?! 12.Kh1 dxe6 13.Bg5!?
Continuing in Shirov mode." -ICCF IM Junior Tay.
[13.Ncxb5 axb5 14.Bxb5+ Nc6 15.Nxc6 Bxc6 16.Bxc6+ Qxc6
17.Kxh2‰-Tay]
13...Be5
[13...b4 14.Ncb5 Qb8 (14...Qe5 15.Nf3 Qxe4 16.Kxh2 axb5 17.Bxb5+ Bc6
18.Re1
Qg4 19.Qd5 Ne7 20.Qd6 0–0 21.Bxe7 Bxb5 22.Qxb4= ) 15.Nxe6 fxe6
16.Bh5+ g6
17.Qf3 Kd7 18.Qf7+ Kc6 19.Qxe6++--Tay]
14.Nxe6!
Tally ho!
fxe6 15.Bh5+ g6 16.Bg4+- Bc8
17.Qf3
"Neil is going all guns ablazing!" -ICCF IM Junior Tay
[17.Bd8!? ± is also pretty good.]
17...Bg7
[17. ...Qg7 may hold the game. I was unable to find full compensation
for
the piece when analyzing the game recently.]
18.Rad1
[18.e5!?]
18...Nc6 19.e5!!+-
I like this move.
19...Ra7
I'm not sure there's a valid defense for Black any longer.
20.Qxc6+!
I'm a little annoyed it took me ten minutes to find this obvious shot.
Obviously I need to work on tactics if I choose to resume playing at
some
point.
20...Bd7 21.Qf3 Nh6 22.Bxh6
My opponent wondered why I thought for 15 minutes here. I reminded him
that
I, as a C player, was fully capable of losing this game, and if it
did, it
wouldn't be because of a hurried move.
...Rf8 23.Qh3
[The brilliancy was 23.Qxf8+!! The postmortem group had lots of fun
looking
at lines like ....Bxf8 24.Rxf8+ Ke7 25.Rdf1 A) 25...Be8 26.Nd5+!
(26.Bg5+
Kd7 27.Bxe6+ Kxe6 28.Rxe8+) ; B) 25...Qxe5 26.R1f7+ Kd6 27.Bf4 Qxf4
28.Rxf4]
However, I choose the simplest win.
Once the
e-pawn falls, so does the Black game.
23...Rxf1+ 24.Rxf1 Qxe5
Desperation.
25.Bxg7 Qxg7 26.Bxe6 Bxe6 27.Qxe6+ Kd8 28.Qd6+
The most accurate move.
...Ke8 and resigns.
1–0