[Event "2m, 12s increment"]
[Site "ICC"]
[Date "2011.11.17"]
[Round "?"]
[White "housesnickleviper"]
[Black "NN"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C21"]
[WhiteElo "1196"]
[BlackElo "1324"]
[PlyCount "41"]
[EventDate "2011.11.17"]
1. e4 e5 2. d4 exd4 3. c3 dxc3 4. Bc4 Nc6 5. Nxc3 Na5 $4 {this move loses
immediately. Unfortunately, I missed the win.} 6. Bd3 $2 (6. Bxf7+ {and White
wins 2 tempi, a pawn, and Black's castling rights} Kxf7 7. Qd5+ Ke7 (7... Ke8
8. Qh5+ $1 g6 9. Qe5+ Kf7 10. Qxh8) 8. Qxa5) 6... d6 {Qa4+ goes on the radar,
but the immediate check is easily solved by Black via Nc6} 7. Nf3 {preparing
to castle short} Bg4 $6 {Black should avoid attempting to pin the knight
before White has castled} 8. h3 Bh5 9. g4 {again, OK since White hasn't castled
} Bg6 {by forcing Black's light square bishop to the the kingside, the bishop
can no longer guard the a4-e8 diagonal} 10. h4 {threatens h5} h6 $6 {better is
h5 in these positions} 11. h5 Bh7 12. Nd4 {Qa4+ is now a serious threat. The
knight can no longer block the check without material loss and c7-c6 traps the
knight.} Qf6 $2 {Black misses the threat} 13. Qa4+ (13. Nd5 $1 {also looks good
} Qd8 (13... Qxd4 $4 14. Bb5+)) 13... c6 14. Be3 (14. Nd5 {again is probably
better here}) (14. Qxa5 $6 Qxd4 {solves Black's problems}) 14... Qd8 15. b4 {
wins the knight} Be7 $6 ({Black could have given White more to think about with
} 15... Nf6 16. f3) 16. bxa5 Bf6 17. Nd5 {keeping the initiative by attempting
to trade off Black's pieces} Be5 18. Rc1 {unpinning the rook and threatening
Nxc6} Qd7 19. Nf5 $5 {I was under time pressure here} (19. Nb5 $1 {is more
threatening}) 19... a6 $4 {prevents the bishop pin (allowing cxd5), but fails
by opening up b6} (19... cxd5 $4 {the Knight is poisonous} 20. Bb5) 20. Nb6 Qc7
21. Nxa8 {White's material advantage is decisive.} 1-0