Bob Long (1800) vs. John Beydler (1767) June 23, 2005
1.Nf3
f5
2.d3
Nf6
3.e4
Offering a pawn. After ..fxe4; dxe4,Nxe4; Bd3, Nf6; 0-0 White as an enormous lead in development. I considered ..d6 but decided that one sac deserves another.
3...fxe4
4.dxe4
Nxe4
5.Bd3
Nxf2
!? on the plus side, I get two pawns and it costs him this move and two more to castle by hand.
6.Kxf2
e6
7.Be3
Be7
8.Rf1
Nc6
.. to guard e5, since 0-0, Kg1 looks disastrous for black.
9.Bxh7
!? In the spirit of the game. White gives back the material for a dangerous attack.
9...Rxh7
10.Qd3
Rh8
11.Qg6+
Kf8
12.Kg1
Bf6
13.Ng5
I expected Nc3 since this allows...
13...Ne5
14.Nh7+
Ke7
...Kg8 and its all over after Nxf6.
15.Qe4
d5
16.Qb4+
Ke8
17.Nxf6+
gxf6
18.Qf4
Qd6
I played this intending to meet Qxf6 with Nf3+ and Qxh2.
19.Qxf6
Only now do I see my planned combination won't work if he plays Rxf3. Nothing left but to force off some heavy pieces.
19...Rf8
20.Qxf8+
Qxf8
21.Rxf8+
Kxf8
22.Bf4
Nc4
23.b3
Nd6
24.Nd2
Bd7
25.Rf1
Kg8
26.Nf3
Rf8
27.Ne5
Be8
this B is critical for remainder of game.
28.Rf3
Nf5
29.c4
c6
30.Rh3
dxc4
to force him to either separate the pawns or to move the knight.
31.Nxc4
Rf7
huge sigh of relief
32.Be5
Rh7
33.Rf3
c5
34.Nd2
Bc6
35.Rc3
Nd4
36.Rg3+
Kf7
37.Nc4
?
37...Ne2+
38.Kf2
Nxg3
39.Kxg3
Rh5
40.Bf4
Kf6
41.h4
e5
42.Bg5+
Kf5
43.Kh3
Rh7
44.g4+
Ke6
45.h5
b5
46.Ne3
Bd5
47.Kh4
c4
48.bxc4
bxc4
49.h6
c3
50.Kh5
Be4
51.Nd1
c2
52.Nc3
Bd3
53.Bd2
B1 puts up more resistance.
53...Rc7
54.g5
Rxc3
55.g6
Bxg6+
56.Kxg6
c1Q
57.Bxc1
Rxc1
and white resigned shortly.
58.Kg7
0-1