Friday 9 March 2007

Sacrificing

I had an interesting match last night, it was the first time I sacrificed a piece, hoping to somehow get a mating opportunity around the king.

I sacrificed a bishop to take a pawn on h6:


Unfortunately it fizzled out, but it was fun being in an attacking position for a change. The idea was to get here:


But I couldn't figure out a way of getting rid of his pesky light bishop.

[Event "rated standard match"]
[Site "Free Internet Chess Server"]
[Date "2007.03.08"]
[Round "?"]
[White "deanmadden"]
[Black "BojtarLajos"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "1381"]
[BlackElo "1507"]
[ECO "A07"]
[TimeControl "3600"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 Bf5 3. Bg2 Nf6 4. O-O h6 5. d3 b5 6. Nbd2 c6 7. Re1 e6 8. e4
Bg6 9. e5 Nfd7 10. Nf1 a5 11. Bf4 Bh5 12. N1d2 c5 13. Rb1 b4 14. b3 Be7 15.
c4 d4 16. Qc1 Ra7 17. Ne4 O-O 18. Bxh6 gxh6 19. Qxh6 Bg6 20. Nfg5 Nxe5 21.
Bh3 Bxg5 22. Nxg5 Qf6 23. Re2 Nbd7 24. Rf1 Qg7 25. Qh4 Nxd3 26. Bxe6 N7e5 27.
Bg4 Nxg4 28. Qxg4 Raa8 29. Re7 Rfe8 30. Qe2 Rxe7 31. Qxe7 Qf8 32. Qf6 Ra7 33.
f4 Qe7 34. Qb6 Kg7 35. f5 Qe3+ 36. Kg2 Qxg5 37. Qxa7 Bxf5 38. Qb7 Qd2+ 39.
Kg1 Qe3+ 40. Kg2 Be4+ {deanmadden resigns} 0-1

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