Even so, it got cold and dark outside; it was a good day to play online. I lost a couple of poorly played games and won one, also poorly played, when my opponent resigned in a drawn position.
Because it's been a while since readers have been treated to one of my games, here is my most delightful win. I thought the opening wasn't very well played by my opponent, but a post-game analysis shows that he actually didn't play too badly!
I played a bunch of sacrifices with little or no calculation only because it was a G/5 and I had a slight time advantage while my opponent was using too much time. Going over the game afterwards revealed that it was filled with wild complications!
Tartajubow–Anonymous1–0D00Chess Hotel G/516.02.2023Stocjfish 15.1
Blackmar Gambit 1.e4 d5 2.d4 This, the Blackmar Gambit, is an aggressive
opening that has some amateur enthusiasts. It's dismissed as unsound by GMs,
but it's not likely I'll be meeting any on Chess Hotel. dxe4 If black wants
to play it safe he can play 2...c6 or even 2...e6 3.f3 exf3 4.xf3 White
can offer a second P with 4.Qxf3, the Ryder Gambit, but that's going too far
even in a 5-minute game! e6 The Euwe Defense. Other options are 4...Bf5, 4...
Bg4, 5...g6 and 5...c6. Take your pick. 5.d3 After the game I found out
that 5.Bg5 is the usual continuation, but there seems nothing wrong with the
text. g6 Not really bad, but somehow it just looks wrong. 5...f6 6.0-0 d6 7.g5 bd7 is equal. Pelekh,O-Chumagina,Y Illichevsk 2006 6.g5
White actually has compensation for the P! f6 Ugly as it looks,
this is Stockfish's first choice and...surprise...it evaluates the position as
dead equal. 6...e7 is bad. 7.f6 g8 and white has an excellent
position. 6...e7 7.h4 f6 7...xg5 8.xg5 is also a wee bit in
white's favor. 8.c3 favors white slightly. 7.f4 e7 8.c3 White has
sufficient compensation for the P, but not more. g7 9.d2 c6 Clearly,
black intends a Q-side demonstration, but after this white is better. 9...bc6 10.a3 d5 and black keeps the balance. 10.0-0-0 b5 11.b1 Played
quickly to get a little thinking time. I had no idea how to best continue! 11.h4 is the engine's move with the following continuation. h5 12.e4 d7 13.df1 0-0 and now white launches a strong attack with 14.g4 11...a5 12.e4 The threat is Nd6+ displacing black's K. 0-0 There wasn't anything
better. Now that black has castled I hit on the idea of advancing the h-Pawn. 13.h4 And now h5 would win. b7 Black has underestimated the strength of
the obvious 14.h5 13...h5 This is what I was worried that he would play
and I was not sure of how I would continue. It stops the advance of the h-Pawn,
but it turns out his K-side gets ripped apart after... 14.g4 Let's pretend
that I would have seen this. hxg4 15.h5 f5 15...gxf3 16.h6 h8 17.h7+ f7 18.d6+ Black has to surrender his Q because g7 19.h6+ mates in 3. 16.h6 f6 17.h7+ h8 18.xf6 xf6 19.e5 d7 19...f8 20.h6 wins 20.g5 white is winning. 13...d5 This is the best defense and black does not
come off too badly after 14.d6 f5 15.xf8 xf8 16.c3 f6 14.h5 d7 14...g5 was probably the best practical chance because, let's be honest, it
would have confused me and cost me some time. Actually, white should win no
matter what he plays, but the best line is 15.h6 15.fxg5 This would also
work! fxg5 16.xg5 d5 17.xh7+ h8 18.xe6 15...gxf4 16.hxg7 f7 17.xf6+ xf6 18.xh7 followed by doubling Rs on the h-file. 15.hxg6 xg6 16.h6 16.d6 is evaluated a little higher by the engine. e7 16...c8 17.xh7 xh7 18.h1+ g8 19.xg6 wins 17.xb7 b6 18.c5 16...a7
All black can really do is make pointless moves. 16...xh6 17.xh6 e7 18.eg5 fxg5 19.xg6 hxg6 20.h8+ f7 21.h7+ e8 22.xe7+ xe7 23.h7+ f7 24.xg6 etc. 17.xg7 f7 17...xg7 18.h6+ f7 19.xh7+ e8 20.d6# 18.h6 c5 The engine likes 19.Nd6, but my move is also good. 19.eg5
All I saw was that this opens up the diagonal for the B. fxg5 20.xg5 c4 20...e7 This is what I expected. The engine sees that 21.Nxh7 wins
easily; I didn't. 21.xg6 My intended move which is good enough, but... hxg6 The material is equal here and white's advantage is put at nearly 8
Pawns which is winning easily. However, I have no idea how I would have
continued here and no idea how to win! 22.d3 22.dxc5 Best, but only by a
bit. d5 23.d3 e8 24.d4 e4 25.xe4 e5 26.e3 and wins 22...e8 23.h3 f6 24.f8 h5 25.xe7 xe7 26.xe6 d5 27.f4 and white is winning. 21.xf7 xf7 22.xg6+ hxg6 23.df1+ g8 24.e3 Adding the Q to the attack
and threatening Qxe6+ with mate in 9, but there was a mate in 8. 24.g7 f3 25.xf3 f6 26.xf6 f7 27.g5 g8 28.c5 e8 29.xa7 f8 30.h8 e5 31.e7# 24...d5 25.g3 25.g7 This still leads to mate. f6 26.xf6 f8 27.h8+ f7 28.e5+ e7 29.hxf8 f3 30.xf3 d7 31.e4 e7 32.1f7# 25...e4 26.h4 In the auto-analysis the engine slapped a ? on this move
because it missed the mate and white's advantage dropped to "only" 4 Ps. 26.g5 mates f5 27.xd8 f8 28.f6 f7 29.e5 d7 30.g5 a7 31.f6+ e8 32.d8+ f7 33.h8 e5 34.d5 g7 35.xf8# 26...f5
A final blunder. 26...xh4 27.xh4 d5 28.hf4 b7 28...xg2 29.1f2 d5 30.f7 sould win without much trouble. 29.f7 c5 30.xb7 xb7
Again, white should win, but it was a 5 minute game and time was running short,
so the outcome would by no means be certain! 27.g5 Missing the obvious 27.
Qxd8+, but black resigned anyway. 27.g5 There is a forced mate after this.
f8 28.h8+ f7 29.xd8 e8 30.e5 xd8 31.b8+ e7 32.h8 a8 33.xa8 xc2+ 34.xc2 d6 35.xf8+ c6 36.c5+ b7 37.f7+ a6 38.a8# 1–0
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