Tuesday Night is weenie night for the Coffee House Chess League.
I had two dogs and a diet pop. Mike had eggs and toast and all the coffee he could drink.
I had black and was out of my book by move two!
1.c4 c6 2.b3 (What?) d5 3.cd cd 4.e3 Bf5 (I am thinking Slav exchange with b3 for white) 5.Bb2 e6 6.Bb5 Nc6 7.Nf3 a6 8.Bc6 bc (Okay, I have the Bishop pair, but the c pawn is backward. Perhaps I should have pushed it earlier) 9.d3 Nf6 10.h3 Bb4 11.Nbd2 (To take or not to take? I don't like 12.Ne5!) Bd3?! 12.a3 Bd2 13.Qd2 Bg6 14.Bf6 Qf6 15.Rc1 0-0 16.0-0 a5 17.Nd4 Rfb8
(Now I am hoping to just get back to even.) 18.Rc6 Qe7 19.a4 e5 (I am hoping to stir up everything I can, particularly my Bishop. Otherwise I think I am just going to be ground down.) 20.Nb5 d4 (Hoping to open things up even if it costs me another pawn.) 21.ed ed 22.Re1 Qh4
23.Nd4 Rd8 24.Rfc1 h6 25.R6c4 Qf6 26.Qc3 Be4 27.f3 Bd5 28.Rc5 Bb7 29.Rd1 Rac8 30.Rc4 Rc4 31.Qc4 Ba6 32.Qc3 Qe5 33.Kf2 Kf8?? (A clunker. I stared at my hands and rejoiced when Mike didn't play 34.Ne6+ Qe6 32.Rd8) 34.Qa1 Kg8 35.g4?? (Mike said he was tired of messing around and thought a general space gain was in order. However it was a most unfortunate move.) Qh2+ 36.Ke3 Re8+ 37.Ne6 Re6+ 38.Kd4 Qe5#
We both could do better. It was skittles without a clock and we went from around 6PM -9PM perhaps. That is too slow for our G60s and G90s that we have around here.
Next time I show up, I will bring my clock.
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