This game is annotated by the LOSER. It is an attempt
to show something of the mind of the amateur, and to pin-point the
thought patterns that enable one to lose. Dylan Morgan
1. d4
Nf6 2. Nf3
g6 3. Bg5
Ne4 4. Bf4
d6 5. Nbd2
Bf5 6.
Nxe4 Bxe4
7. e3 Singificantly
better would have been 7. Ng5
Bf5 But I strangely missed 8.
e4 which is odd as this move is
often on my mind! That is one weakness: not seeing very far ahead.
7... Nd7 8.
Bd3 Again I
should have seen 8. Ng5 8...
Nf6 9.
c3 I failed to
see 9. Bxe4
Nxe4 10.
Qd3+/- I played this later. But it
is stronger played sooner. My c3 move was too cautious, seen as
blocking the bishop soon to go to g7. 9...
Bg7 10.
Bxe4 Nxe4
11. Qd3
Nf6 12.
Qb5+ Qd7
13. Qxb7 O-O
14. Qa6
Rab8 15.
Rb1 c6
16. O-O
Rb6 17.
Qe2 Rfb8
18. e4 I wanted
to clear space for my bishop. A common fault: to let my "wants"
stopping me thinking of his replies. 18...
Qe6= 19.
e5? Nh5?+/-
poor. Black should have
played 19... Nd5 20.
Be3 dxe5
21. Nxe5 I should
have spent more time calculating the alternatives here. I could have
won the exchange. 21. dxe5
Bxe5 22.
Ng5! which is what I missed. Not
seeing far enough ahead. 22... Qd5
23. Bxb6 winning exchange.
21... Bxe5 22.
dxe5 Qxe5
23. Rfe1
c5 At this point
I offered a draw. I felt that I was a bit ahead, thanks to his broken
pawns. But he is a better player! 24.
Bc1? A poor move.
I thought that it would probably reuslt in an exchange of queens, and
did not think through all the answers to "What will he do?"
Best is 24. b4+/-
which I did not even think of. I should have seen the pin on the c5
pawn. 24... Qxc3 25.
Rbc1 Qf6
26. Bxc5+/- 24...
Qf5 25.
Qe4?? This was
the blunder that lost the game. I had thought of his coming move, but
failed to see that I could NOT then exchange queens because of the
back row mate. I ASSUMED that this would be OK. And that is perhaps
one of the common faults of the average player: to ASSUME rather than
KNOW. 25. Bh6
is rated best by Fritz 0.37/14 25.
Be3= 25.
Ra1= 25...
Re6! 26.
Qxe6 fxe6
Pity, as for most of the game I had a slight edge.
0-1 [Dylan ]
