I dug myself into – and out of – a couple of holes in this game. My errors ultimately ended up being more than I could recover from, though.
[Event "Online Chess"]
[Site "Chess.com"]
[Date "2008.08.23"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Jim Stitzel"]
[Black "Blake Cappell"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "1354"]
[BlackElo "1476"]
[TimeControl "1 in 3 days"]
1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. e3 c6 4. Nc3 Bg4 5. Bd3 Nbd7 6. O-O e5 7. Qe2 e4 8. h3 exf3 9. gxf3 Bxh3 10. Re1 Ne4 11. f4 Bb4 12. Bxe4 dxe4 13. Qh5 Bxc3 14. bxc3 Be6 15. f5 Qa5 16. Bd2 Nf6 17. Qg5 O-O 18. Kh1 h6 19. Qf4 g5 20. fxg6 Qh5+ 21. Qh2 Qxh2+ 22. Kxh2 Ng4+ 23. Kg3 fxg6 24. f4 g5 25. c4 h5 26. Bb4 h4+ 27. Kg2 Rf5 28. Rf1 Nxe3+ 29. Kf2 Nxf1 30. Kxf1 Rxf4+ 31. Ke2 Bxc4+ 32. Kd2 h3 33. Rg1 g4 34. Kc3 Bxa2 35. Bd6 Rf3+ 36. Kb2 Bd5 37. Rxg4+ Kf7 38. c4 Ke6 39. Rg6+ Rf6 40. Rxf6+ Kxf6 41. Be5+ Kf5 42. cxd5 cxd5 43. Kb3 e3 44. Kc3 Ke4 45. Kb4 e2 46. Bg3 h2 47. Bxh2 e1=Q+ 48. Kc5 Rd8 49. Bc7 Qc1+ 50. Kb5 Qxc7 51. Ka4 Rd6 52. Kb5 Rb6+ 53. Ka4 Qc1 54. Ka5 Qa1# 0-1
Tags: Chess
