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I picked up the bishop, started to move it to g6, and then decided to take a few more seconds to think about it, so I tried to drop the bishop to a square it couldn't legally move to. Normally when I do this (especially with queens and rooks) I just move it onto the opponent's king as that's never a legal move, but I figured that bishops move to so few squares that I could just fling it to some random corner of the board...

Unfortunately bishops turned out to be long-range pieces...
 
What a way to make a mistake!

Good thing I have to submit my moves!
 
From winning a piece to losing one in one slip... ouch. Following is my first game from the 2010 club championship.

Spoiler :
I am black playing a 200 points lower rated player that is much better than his rating suggest. Never-the-less I really wanted a win. The time control was 1 hour and 15 minutes with a 30 second increment.

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. d4 g6 3. c4 Bg7 4. Nc3 O-O 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bxf6 exf6

Taking the knight is unusual, at least to me. I decided to recapture with the pawn to create some excitement.

7. e3 d6 8. Bd3 Nd7 9. O-O f5 10. Qc2 Nf6 11. Rad1 c6

I obviously considered b6 and Bb7 but if I do that I might have some trouble with covering the b5 square from his knight. If I play both a6 and b6 I might find it hard to meet a pawn storm on that side of the board. And of course after d5 from white the diagonal might prove hard to use anyhow so I just decided not to go that route.

12. d5 c5 13. Rfe1 Re8 14. e4 fxe4 15. Nxe4 Nxe4 16. Rxe4 Rxe4 17. Bxe4 Qf6

White is a player that never fails to push forward, making things happen, forcing things. In this case the pawn pushes d5 and e4, while certainly forcing, was not neccessarely the best idea for white. I was pretty happy with my position at this point in the game. My next few moves seemed to be so obvious that they almost played themselves.

18. b3 Bg4 19. h3 Bd7 20. a4 Re8 21. Re1 Qf4 22. g3 Qf6

I was a little surprised by his decision to move his pawns forward in front of his King but it didn't seem to be that weakening in the end. In fact, while my position is very good I had a terrible time figuring out where to go from here.

23. Kg2 Qd8

I had two ideas with this move. Either Qc8 or Re7 followed by Qe8. One interesting possibility that I did not see over the board was 24. Re2 Qc8 25. h4 Bh4+ 26. Kh2? Bf1 winning the exchange because of the (mate-)threat Qh3+

24. Re2 Re7 25. Bd3 Qe8

I could have gained the move a6 for free had I chosen to play it now. As the game progressed I regretted not playing it but in this position I was not sure I wanted it played. There is always the chance that the straight pawn chain a7-b6 etc. turns out to be a better formation.

26. Rxe7 Qxe7 27. Qe2 Qxe2 28. Bxe2 Bf5 29. Bd1 Be4 30. Kf1 Bd3+ 31. Kg2 Bc3 32. Ng1 a6

I never did find another plan besides breaking on the queenside.

33. Kf3 Bd2 34. g4 b5

As sometimes happens to me I was too wrapped up in my plan to stop and think about something else. Having prepared b5 I saw no reason not to play it. I never even looked at f5 in this position. When white played g4 I should have taken a moment and thought about how that move changes things. f5 does seem to make sense in this position.

35. axb5 axb5 36. cxb5 Bxb5 37. Be2 Bxe2+

I was pretty sure my bishop was better than his so I did think about Bd7. Without an engine as you are when playing yourself I figured the resulting position with bishop against knight with no obvious outposts would also be good.

38. Kxe2 Bc3 39. Nf3 Kg7 40. Kd3 Bb4 41. Nd2 Bxd2

Okay, I guess there is one obvious outpost but I wasn't about to let him get there.

42. Kxd2 f5 43. Ke3 fxg4 44. hxg4 Kf6 45. f4 h5

I still felt I had reasonable winning chances with my potential outside passed pawn.

46. Kf3 h4 47. Kg2 g5

I played g5 with more than 5 minutes left on my clock (and 30 seconds per move don't forget). Only now did I suddenly to my horror see that this game that I felt I had played reasonably well in, thought I might be winning but maybe only a draw, was in fact lost. As a lightning bolt from the clear sky he was now winning with fxg5, Kxg5, Kh3. I can't even wait with fxg5, Kg6 as white just plays Kh2 and I can't wait anymore. Dead lost. Never before in my life have I felt so unfairly treated by chess. Noway did white deserve to have a winning line here.

48. f5 Ke5 49. Kf3 Kxd5

With some 5 minutes left on his clock white somehow missed the win and gave up in what after f5 now finally is a won position for me. But what joy can you take from such a game? If ever there was a sour point this is it. Sometimes I just loathe this game. That feeling usually passes so maybe it will this time too.


Spoiler :
[Event "ESS Club Championship 2010"]
[Date "2010.01.25"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Opponent"]
[Black "Panzar"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "1446"]
[BlackElo "1660"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. d4 g6 3. c4 Bg7 4. Nc3 O-O 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bxf6 exf6 7. e3 d6 8.
Bd3 Nd7 9. O-O f5 10. Qc2 Nf6 11. Rad1 c6 12. d5 c5 13. Rfe1 Re8 14. e4
fxe4 15. Nxe4 Nxe4 16. Rxe4 Rxe4 17. Bxe4 Qf6 18. b3 Bg4 19. h3 Bd7 20. a4
Re8 21. Re1 Qf4 22. g3 Qf6 23. Kg2 Qd8 24. Re2 Re7 25. Bd3 Qe8 26. Rxe7
Qxe7 27. Qe2 Qxe2 28. Bxe2 Bf5 29. Bd1 Be4 30. Kf1 Bd3+ 31. Kg2 Bc3 32. Ng1
a6 33. Kf3 Bd2 34. g4 b5 35. axb5 axb5 36. cxb5 Bxb5 37. Be2 Bxe2+ 38. Kxe2
Bc3 39. Nf3 Kg7 40. Kd3 Bb4 41. Nd2 Bxd2 42. Kxd2 f5 43. Ke3 fxg4 44. hxg4
Kf6 45. f4 h5 46. Kf3 h4 47. Kg2 g5 48. f5 Ke5 49. Kf3 Kxd5 {white resigns} 0-1
 
Hey, at least A : you saw it & B : you still won! I know that feeling ("Sometimes I just loathe this game") but as far as addictions go it's one of the better ones. ;)
 
You said it Narz. Another of the better addictions IMHO is chocolate... goes good with late-night chess playing.:lol:
 
Funny thing WE, I often bring chocolate to chess tournaments. I use 100% dark chocolate powder & mix it with some honey. Outside of chocolate I don't consume any caffeine so when I do it's powerful.
 
Second game from my club's championship 2010. I'm white this time.

Spoiler :
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 b5 5. Bb3 Nf6

Pretty normal so far. I usually go with d3 rather than allow the open Ruy Lopez with 0-0 so I played it here as well.

6. d3 d5 7. exd5 Nxd5

d5 is not something I see often though. I didn't see a good way to prevent him from trading knight for my bishop so I just castled.

8. O-O f6

Speaking of things you don't see often... I did look long and hard at 9. d4 e4 10. Re1 f5 but even after 20+ years of playing my board visualization is not good enough to evaluate this position in my head with any degree of certainty. It's sad really.

9. a4 Na5 10. Bxd5 Qxd5 11. axb5 axb5

It is a good thing for him that his bishop is guarding the b4 square, otherwise b4 would win material. I didn't see any way of using this as Bd2 and/or Qe1 is just met by black playing b4 himself and then my knight on b1 would look kind of bad.

12. Nc3 Qb7

After the game my opponent said he was happy with his position here. He thought he had the better position and that he would have an easier time developing his pieces than I would have. This turned out to be a false sense of security.

If you are lower rated than 1300 or so this would be a good position to setup on a board and try to guess white's next move before looking.

Spoiler :
Truth be told I did not see concretely that the obvious sacriface would work out. But with black's rooks and bishops all undeveloped, his queen inactive and knight offside and all white's pieces ready to join the fight in short order there is ample reason to believe things will somehow work out. I spent about 10 minutes looking at it before playing it but I never seriously considered any other move. This is one of those times when you just have to go for it.

13. Nxe5 fxe5 14. Qh5+ Kd8

g6 loses the rook to Qxe5+ followed by Qxh8 so that is obviously out. Kd7 is slightly worse than what he played but complicated enough that I could have made a mistake somewhere after Qf7+.

15. Bg5+ Be7 16. Bxe7+ Kxe7 17. Qxe5+ Kf7

Things are looking pretty good for me. I have two central pawns and a king on the run for my sacrifaced piece and I can always take another one and probably even two of them if I want to. Still, this is the type of position where it pays off to play the very best moves rather than the second or third best ones. Play your cards right and it just might be mate in a few. Turns out I had the right idea but went about it in the wrong move order.

18. Rfe1 Nc6

Swithing moves 18 and 19 for eachother would make sure that he did not have 18. Rf8 where his king can hide out a bit. While this is still okay for white it's far from ideal to let his king hide when you don't have to allow it. Still, he missed that idea.

When he played Nc6 I thought for a moment I had a mate in a few moves for sure but it wasn't quite so easy as that.

19. Qf4+ Kg6

Not 19...Kg8?? 20. Re8#

20. Rxa8 Qxa8 21. Qg3+ Kf6

Black really is between a rock and a hard place. 21...Kh6 22. Ne4 g6 23. Qg5+ Kg7 24. Qf6+ Kg8 25. Ng5 is clearly hopeless. Realatively best was 21...Kf7 22. Qxc7+ Kg6 23. Qg3+ Kf7 24. Qf3+ Kg6 25. Nd5 and black will get mated or lose even more material (probably both). I did see most of this over the board.

22. Nd5+ Kf5

Maybe I can be excused for missing the fastest mate (in 3) with 23. h4. My line was a move slower.

23. Qxg7 Re8 24. g4#

Not much to say. One of the few attacking games of my career. Usually it's more of a positional struggle.


Spoiler :
[Event "ESS Club Championship 2010"]
[Date "2010.02.01"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Panzar"]
[Black "Opponent"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "1660"]
[BlackElo "1458"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 b5 5. Bb3 Nf6 6. d3 d5 7. exd5 Nxd5 8.
O-O f6 9. a4 Na5 10. Bxd5 Qxd5 11. axb5 axb5 12. Nc3 Qb7 13. Nxe5 fxe5 14.
Qh5+ Kd8 15. Bg5+ Be7 16. Bxe7+ Kxe7 17. Qxe5+ Kf7 18. Rfe1 Nc6 19. Qf4+
Kg6 20. Rxa8 Qxa8 21. Qg3+ Kf6 22. Nd5+ Kf5 23. Qxg7 Re8 24. g4#
{White mates} 1-0
 
I lost a grueling 7-hour game in a simul (yes, the girl took 7-hours for our game, 8-hours for the longest game on a 20-board simul, it was her first so I give her some leeway).

I was winning by a pawn at one point (positionally, slightly less) but allowed myself to get psychologically lost before I was even losing. I probably could've held a draw with better play (trading queens when I did wasn't optimal but I was seeing ghosts regarding bad things that could happen to me if I tried to delay it), especially considering she accepted six draws (on 20 boards) from other players around my strength (A-players). Overally she had 14 wins & 6 draws (no losses).

The length of the event kind of wore me out & eroded my focus to some degree. Of course, at the end of the day the girl is 500 points above me so even doing as well as I did I suppose I should give myself some credit.

[Event "ATKM Simul"]
[Site "Pitman, NJ"]
[Date "2010.01.31"]
[White "Melekhina, Alisa"]
[Black "Norris, Tony"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B26"]
[WhiteElo "2320"]
[BlackElo "1814"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 g6 3. g3 Nc6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. d3 d6
6. Be3 e5 7. Qd2 Nge7 8. Bh6 O-O 9. Bxg7 Kxg7 10. Nge2 Nd4 11. Nxd4 cxd4 12.
Ne2 Be6 13. O-O Qd7 14. f4 f6 15. c3 dxc3 16. bxc3 Rac8 17. d4 Bc4 18. Rf2 Qc6
19. Raf1 Bxe2 20. Qxe2 Qxc3 21. fxe5 dxe5 22. d5 Qc5 23. Bh3 Rcd8 24. Be6 Nc8
25. Qc2 Qxc2 26. Rxc2 Nd6 27. Rc7+ Kh6 28. Re1 g5 29. g4 a6 30. Re3 1-0

Will post some pics when I get them. They will be much prettier than my endgame. :ack:
 
You seem to have no shortage of opportunities to play chess over there.

I am puzzled by you choice to play 6...e5. It looks sort of odd, not a typical move in the sicilian at all. An attempt to get out of theory?

The computer agrees with your 14...f6 but I don't understand it. What does it do? I would rather look at moves like Rac8 and b6 to clear the long diagonal or f5.

Second time I get slightly puzzled is 21...dxe5. You are playing a 500 points higher rated player and you're up a pawn. Why not chose the recapture that does NOT give her a protected passed pawn and that probably forces more trades?

Being ahead in evaluation against a 2300 player for almost the entire game is no small feat. In my opinion this is a game you should be very proud of. At least, I would be if it had been me.
 
You seem to have no shortage of opportunities to play chess over there.

I am puzzled by you choice to play 6...e5. It looks sort of odd, not a typical move in the sicilian at all. An attempt to get out of theory?
It's a system I've had some success with. It does block my bishop but it also blocks white's bishop. I usually don't like having the hole on d5 (or d4) but in this case it's usually ok.

The computer agrees with your 14...f6 but I don't understand it. What does it do? I would rather look at moves like Rac8 and b6 to clear the long diagonal or f5.
In retrospect I'm not 100% sure why I did it. I think I was perhaps overly concerned with a pawn sacrifice at f5 (and giving my bishop extra space if necessary).

David Vigorito - Closed SicilianSecond time I get slightly puzzled is 21...dxe5. You are playing a 500 points higher rated player and you're up a pawn. Why not chose the recapture that does NOT give her a protected passed pawn and that probably forces more trades?[/quote]
This was a serious mistake I think (even though the computer evaluation seems not to rate it so badly). Again, I was overly worried about my king being opened up after exf6+ (which probably wouldn't have even been a good move for her because it would have allowed me to liquidate further). Again, my over-cautiousness got me into trouble.

Being ahead in evaluation against a 2300 player for almost the entire game is no small feat. In my opinion this is a game you should be very proud of. At least, I would be if it had been me.
I am actually. Just a bit upset with myself for blowing it. True she is a 2300 player but her quick rating is just over 2000 & this was her first simul. Her performance rating for the event probably would have been about 1950. Thanks though, I thought it was a decent game & definitely an instructive one.
 
I do remember you playing e5 in the one game we have played so far. (I found the game on QA: 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 g6 4. Bxc6 dxc6 5. d3 Bg7 6. h3 e5) I have had other people playing e5 in this type of position (after Bb5 and Bxc6). Having looked at a lot of your games I have never seen you play it before in a regular sicilian setup though.

I was also looking at white playing f5. It does look scary regardless of what the computer might say. That's why I would most likely have played f5 myself in that position to completely remove that possibility.
 
Just home from another away game in the Swedish division 3. I'm white on board 1 against a 2010 player. Had a decent game until I lost a piece in time trouble.

Spoiler :
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 d6 5. d4 exd4 6. Nxd4 Bd7 7. Nxc6 bxc6 8. c4 g6 9. O-O Bg7 10. Nc3 Ne7

I was fairly happy with my game so far. I looked at c5 both this move and next but didn't think it was as good as the computer seems to think.

11. Be3 O-O 12. Qd2 Rb8 13. Rab1 f5

Maybe the rook move was a waste of time but I felt like Bc2 would be an idea and so had to take care of the b-pawn.

14. Bc2 fxe4 15. Bxe4 Nf5 16. Bg5 Bf6 17. Bxf6 Qxf6 18. b3 Rbe8 19. Rbd1 Rf7

I tried to prevent Nd4.

20. g3 Rfe7 21. Bg2 Re5 22. Rfe1 Nd4

Obviously Qxd4 is out because of Rxe1+ losing the queen. Guess I didn't prevent Nd4 after all.

23. Rxe5 dxe5 24. f4 Bg4

One of those tricky positions where you have several decent looking moves. Ne4, Re1 and Rf1 all look interesting. Naturally I choose the worst one according to the computer.

25. Rf1 Qd8

Threatning the queen due to the discovered check Nf3+. I missed the best continuation with Kh1 which I really should have seen.

26. Qf2 Rf8 27. Qe3 exf4 28. Rxf4 Rxf4 29. Qxf4 Qd7 30. h3 Bf5 31. Kh2 Qd6 32. Qe3 Bd7 33. Ne2 c5

This is where I'm starting to get into a bit of time trouble. Bd5+ was apparently much stronger than I thought during the game.

34. Nf4 c6 35. Ne2 Nf5 36. Qf4 Qd3 37. Qc7 Kf7

Qc7 wasn't the most accurate move but I was down to less than 2 minutes for the next few moves.

38. g4 Ne3 39. Qe5 Qxe2

I could pretend I ment to put the queen on f4 and just dropped the queen a square too early but frankly I had planned Qe5 on most moves and with just a few seconds left on the clock I played it too fast. Just as I dropped the queen I saw that black could just take on e2.

40. Qf4+ Ke7

So, I made the time control but lost a piece on move 39. Time to resign perhaps... but maybe there can be some checks.

41. Qe5+ Kf7 42. Qf4+ Ke7 43. Qe5+ Be6 44. Qc7+ Kf8

I'm not sure if there is a perpetual in there somewhere, probably not.

45. Qd6+ Kf7 46. Qf4+ Nf5

Black sacrifaces a piece back to get out of perpetual check.

47. gxf5 gxf5 48. Qc7+ Kg6 49. Qg3+ Kf6 50. Qh4+ Ke5 51. Qxh7 Kd4

I was looking at Qg7+ but I was under the impression that after 52. Qg7+ Qe5+ 53. Qxe5+ Kxe5 black could just advance with his king to e3 and ram the pawn home. Something like 54. Bxc6 Kf4 55. Kg2 Ke3 56. h4 f4 57. h5 Bg4 58. h6 f3+ and while the computer is happy with white here I was very unsure about it back at move 52.

52. Qh4+ Kc3 53. Qf6+ Kb4

Here I was getting low on time yet again. I had no clue what to do so I decided to try the only thing I could think of; run my h-pawn and hope it somehow turns out to be good.

54. h4 Ka3 55. Qg5 Kxa2 56. h5 f4 57. Qxf4 Qxh5+ 58. Kg3 Qg6+ 59. Kh2 Qh7+ 60. Kg1 Qb1+ 61. Bf1 Qb2 62. Qe3 Qd4

Two minutes left on the clock and losing the queen, time to resign. Still, given that I blundered a piece I got some play out of it.

Spoiler :
[Event "Swedish Division 3"]
[Site "www.schack.se"]
[Date "2010.02.07"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Jan Persson"]
[Black "Hans Wiklund"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "1660"]
[BlackElo "2010"]
[TimeControl "40/7200:3600"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 d6 5. d4 exd4 6. Nxd4 Bd7 7. Nxc6 bxc6
8. c4 g6 9. O-O Bg7 10. Nc3 Ne7 11. Be3 O-O 12. Qd2 Rb8 13. Rab1 f5 14. Bc2
fxe4 15. Bxe4 Nf5 16. Bg5 Bf6 17. Bxf6 Qxf6 18. b3 Rbe8 19. Rbd1 Rf7 20. g3
Rfe7 21. Bg2 Re5 22. Rfe1 Nd4 23. Rxe5 dxe5 24. f4 Bg4 25. Rf1 Qd8 26. Qf2
Rf8 27. Qe3 exf4 28. Rxf4 Rxf4 29. Qxf4 Qd7 30. h3 Bf5 31. Kh2 Qd6 32. Qe3
Bd7 33. Ne2 c5 34. Nf4 c6 35. Ne2 Nf5 36. Qf4 Qd3 37. Qc7 Kf7 38. g4 Ne3
39. Qe5 Qxe2 40. Qf4+ Ke7 41. Qe5+ Kf7 42. Qf4+ Ke7 43. Qe5+ Be6 44. Qc7+
Kf8 45. Qd6+ Kf7 46. Qf4+ Nf5 47. gxf5 gxf5 48. Qc7+ Kg6 49. Qg3+ Kf6 50.
Qh4+ Ke5 51. Qxh7 Kd4 52. Qh4+ Kc3 53. Qf6+ Kb4 54. h4 Ka3 55. Qg5 Kxa2 56.
h5 f4 57. Qxf4 Qxh5+ 58. Kg3 Qg6+ 59. Kh2 Qh7+ 60. Kg1 Qb1+ 61. Bf1 Qb2 62.
Qe3 Qd4 {white resigns} 0-1
 
Funny thing WE, I often bring chocolate to chess tournaments. I use 100% dark chocolate powder & mix it with some honey. Outside of chocolate I don't consume any caffeine so when I do it's powerful.
I like my chocolate and iced coffees as well, so I don't get that much of a boost from the caffeine. When I quit drinking it, I usually go to sleep for a long period of time, so I try to use it only when I work a morning shift at work.

I am using s'mores pies (from McDonalds ;) ) to stay awake at night - got to love to mixture of graham cracker crust, chocolate, and marshmellows!
 
For some reason your PGN files never work right for me Panz. :(

How to use (for those that don't know): make a new text document for example by right clicking on the desktop on your computer and choose "new/text document". Name it whatever you'd like. Change the three letter ending that now reads ".txt" to ".pgn" instead. (You may have to open windows explorer and choose the menu "tools/folder options" and then uncheck "hide file extensions for known file types" first.) Then copy this:

[Event "Swedish Division 3"]
[Site "www.schack.se"]
[Date "2010.02.07"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Jan Persson"]
[Black "Hans Wiklund"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "1660"]
[BlackElo "2010"]
[TimeControl "40/7200:3600"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 d6 5. d4 exd4 6. Nxd4 Bd7 7. Nxc6 bxc6
8. c4 g6 9. O-O Bg7 10. Nc3 Ne7 11. Be3 O-O 12. Qd2 Rb8 13. Rab1 f5 14. Bc2
fxe4 15. Bxe4 Nf5 16. Bg5 Bf6 17. Bxf6 Qxf6 18. b3 Rbe8 19. Rbd1 Rf7 20. g3
Rfe7 21. Bg2 Re5 22. Rfe1 Nd4 23. Rxe5 dxe5 24. f4 Bg4 25. Rf1 Qd8 26. Qf2
Rf8 27. Qe3 exf4 28. Rxf4 Rxf4 29. Qxf4 Qd7 30. h3 Bf5 31. Kh2 Qd6 32. Qe3
Bd7 33. Ne2 c5 34. Nf4 c6 35. Ne2 Nf5 36. Qf4 Qd3 37. Qc7 Kf7 38. g4 Ne3
39. Qe5 Qxe2 40. Qf4+ Ke7 41. Qe5+ Kf7 42. Qf4+ Ke7 43. Qe5+ Be6 44. Qc7+
Kf8 45. Qd6+ Kf7 46. Qf4+ Nf5 47. gxf5 gxf5 48. Qc7+ Kg6 49. Qg3+ Kf6 50.
Qh4+ Ke5 51. Qxh7 Kd4 52. Qh4+ Kc3 53. Qf6+ Kb4 54. h4 Ka3 55. Qg5 Kxa2 56.
h5 f4 57. Qxf4 Qxh5+ 58. Kg3 Qg6+ 59. Kh2 Qh7+ 60. Kg1 Qb1+ 61. Bf1 Qb2 62.
Qe3 Qd4 {white resigns} 0-1

And paste it into the document and save the document. Now you should be able to read it with any program that can read .pgn files. Besides Chessmaster I use Winboard.

I just copied the above to a pgn file of mine and opened it with Winboard as well as Chessmaster. Works like a charm. If it doesn't work for you I have no idea what the problem might be.
 
I just realized something.

When I pasted it into WordPad & tried to save it as a PGN it didn't work right. But NotePad worked fine. Probably wordpad adds extra formatting or something.

Interesting game. It almost looked like you were gonna come back to draw even after losing the piece but endgames can be tough (and tiring) especially under time pressure.
 
I think you're right about the extra formatting. I'm pretty sure it needs to be a plain .txt file. Yeah, our game was the last one to finish after 5 hours and 50 minutes (and another hour and a half driving there). I had 2 minutes left on my clock and he had 10 minutes. Still, I felt like I would win this game about 50% of the time. I just need to capitalize a little better on my chances next time and of course not get so low on time that I blunder a piece.
 
I have yet to beat an expert in tournament play myself (though I drew a master last month) though I was up at least +2 (according to Fritz) in all three games I've played with this one expert of around 2150. I think I get intimidated or something & try too hard to simplify, often ruining my position in the process.
 
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