RD 1 Rain Vs Smash

[Smash]

40.Bd4 Be2

 

[Rain]

40.Bd4 Be2
41. h3

 

[Rain]

ps what program did u use for the diagram? Looks very tidy.

 

[Smash]

40.Bd4 Be2
41. h3 Bf3



Sigma chess.I have it on my Mac.Aside from playing poorly,it is a great little program.You can look at branch lines without wrecking the main position,which is real handy.

 

[Rain]

40.Bd4 Be2
41. h3 Bf3
42. Rhg1

 

[Smash]

40.Bd4 Be2
41. h3 Bf3
42. Rhg1 Be4

 

[Rain]

40.Bd4 Be2
41. h3 Bf3
42. Rhg1 Be4
42. g5

 

[Smash]

hmmm......not the move I was expecting.:alien:


40.Bd4 Be2
41. h3 Bf3
42. Rhg1 Be4
42. g5 Kf7

 

[Rain]

Well its not good to be too predictable

40.Bd4 Be2
41. h3 Bf3
42. Rhg1 Be4
42. g5 Kf7
43. f5

 

[Smash]

40.Bd4 Be2
41. h3 Bf3
42. Rhg1 Be4
42. g5 Kf7
43. f5 Bxf5

 

[Rain]

Now i see why it was unexpected ~ I had the wrong position setup . had your B on f3 and my p on h4 sigh...

40.Bd4 Be2
41. h3 Bf3
42. Rhg1 Be4
42. g5 Kf7
43. f5 ?? Bxf5
44. h4 .... I offer a draw

 

[Smash]

I accept,since that is all I have been playing for,for some time.

1/2-1/2

I was wondering if I was missing something.42.f5 looked natural.You were ahead of yourself

In this position,44.Rcf1 and 45.Be5 looked interesting if black plays 44...Kg8.Black has a tough decision between Ke6 and Kg8 on move 44.I was favoring Ke6 although the complications arising from Kg8 were tempting.....


That was a brutal game.I'd like to say I'm looking forward to our 2nd game but I'd be lying

 

[Rain]

I was wondering if I was missing something.42.f5 looked natural.You were ahead of yourself

What happened is a combination of silly things on my part. I spilled a mug of tea into my keyboard and my darn game file got messed up. Then when i went back to analyzing i didnt play the game through but just set up the position from my analysis. Unfortunately i included h4 and Bf3. Then played g5 of course Kg7 in that position allows f5 and then f6. I should have realized it looked to good to be true.

42. f5 looks natural but i think it only draws. I was looking more to get in h5, h6. Black had a lot of resources in the position. If you stay on the g4 with B on f3 for example. All the lines leadnig to rook swaps and exchanging the g pawn for the a pawn are dead drawn. The extra white C p is useless and without the connected K side p's there's no way to force a win with the opposite B's. I think I went astray letting you swap off N's. Your B became very strong.

To backtrack a bit. I was saying how i never liked the Paulsen and this game illustrates exactly why. The Sozin bishop is such a dangerous threat when you play that Pauslen Nbd7 manouver because e6 becomes such a weak square in blacks camp.

Was quite an enjoyable game. Thanks and sorry for ending it in such a weak fashion. Look forward to the rematch.