I don't know what it is really but for some reason people are more rude on the internet. Recently I have suffered abuse and accusations of cheating just for playing on the internet. As a reward for such behavior I intend to post the games here to show the sort of play which insites abuse. I seriously hope that being published on the wrong side of a loss with this sort of behavior will irritate the sort of people who do this sort of thing.
This is the first of these games, with brief notes. My opponent swore at me when I declined a third 25+5 minute game. We drew the first before I won this game with Black. He then called me a poor sport. I simply don't understand these people who insist they deserve a rematch, let alone a second rematch...
CS Smith (2060) - nic_croad (2097)
playchess.com 'Friendly game' @ 25+5 2008
1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.exd5 cxd5 4.c4 Nf6 5.Nc3 e6 6.Nf3 Bb4 7.cxd5 Nxd5 8.Bd2 O-O 9.Bd3 Nc6 10.O-O Nf6 11.Bg5 Be7 12.Rc1 Nb4 13.Bc4 b6?! 14.Qa4 Bb7
I had a long think on this move because I didn't like my position after 14...Nbd5 15.Nxd5 Nxd5 16.Bxd5 exd5 17.Bxe7 Qxe7 and I must play with bad bishop against good knight. While I was not entirely happy about being forced to double my kingside pawns the damage didn't seem too significant at the moment and I get the g-file and bishop pair as a sort of compensation.
15.Bxf6 gxf6 16.Be2 Kh8 17.a3 Nd5 18.Nxd5 Bxd5 19.Rfe1 Rg8 20.Qa6 Qd7 21.Rc3
Instead 21.Bb5 loses to 21...Bxf3 22.Bxd7 Rxg2+ 23.Kf1 Rxh2 24.Rc8+ Kg7 and mate is unavoidable.
21...Rg7 22.Rec1 Rag8 23.g3 Bd6 24.Nd2 f5 25.Nc4?!
Better was 25.Bf3 Bxf3 26.Nxf3 f4, when the White kingside is significantly weak however Black's queenside is falling appart quickly. The game is probably balanced but many players including me would rather be attacking the king.
25...Bxc4!
An obvious decision, though it is often difficult to decide on exchanging part of a bishop pair. White's best chances are associated with exchanging off the light squared bishops. Now the opposite colored bishops act as a catalyst to my attack.
26.Rxc4?
The queen is required to help with the defence. Either it must seek to exchange itself for it's black counterpart or stay in proximity to the White king in order to defend at an appropriate moment.
26...f4 27.Bf3
Other defences are no better. 27.R4c3 fxg3 28.hxg3 Bxg3! 29.fxg3 (29.Rxg3 Qxd4 30.Rxg7 (30.Kf1 Qf4! 31.Rcc3 Rxg3 32.Rxg3 Rxg3 -+) 30...Qxg7+ Kf1 31.Qg1#) 29...Qxd4+ 30.Kf1 Rxg3 31.Rxg3 Qf4+ 32.Rf3 (32.Ke1 Rxg3 -+) 32...Qxc1+ 33.Kf2 Qg1#
After 27.R1c3 f5 Black will further weaken the White kingside with the White queen still out of play.
27...fxg3 28.hxg3
28...Bxg3!
This must be the move which caused Mr Smith to get so worked up.
29.fxg3 Rxg3+ 30.Kf2 Rxf3+
The obvious follow up. With the queen and rook both engaging the king while the White can't come back on the diagonal f1-a6 I was quite confident it would work even without calculating every variation exactly. I sketched the following variations to check it was correct 31.Kxf3 Qd5+ 32.Ke3 (32.Kf4 Qf5+ 33.Ke3 Rg3+ 34.Ke2 Qf3+ 35.Kd2 Rg2+ 36.Ke1 Qe2#) 32...Rg3+ 33.Kd2 (32.Kf4 Qg5+ 33.Ke4 Qf5#) 33...Qg2+ 34.Kd1 Rd3+ 35.Ke1 Re3+ 36.Kd1 Qe2#
31.Ke2 Rg2+
Still trying to sacrifice the rook because of the transposition, 31...Kxf3 32.Qd5+ Ke3 33.Rg3+ and Black forces mate like in the above variations.
32.Ke1 Rh3 33.Rc8+
I was planning to swap my queen for checkmate with 33.Qc8+ Kg7 34.Qxd7 Rh1#
33...Kg7 0-1
