I'm currently tied for first place with 2 points in a correspondence tournament on facebook. I will show the completed games here.
Jacob Bard_Drew Parker_2009_2_11_11_26.pgn
Some comments:
5. Nf3: White is trying to control the e5 square. An e5 push is my eventual plan.
9... Nh5: White's rook opposes my queen on the c-file. This means I have to be wary of white opening the c-file. I almost have control of the e5 square. With 9 ... Nh5, I expose my bishop to control of the square while attacking white's dark-square bishop which defends the square.
11... a4: I am trying to slow down white's opening of the c-file. White wants to play b4 and b5, at which point I would have to either open the c-file, or play c5, which gives white control of the d5 square as an outpost.
21... Bh6: The start of some tactics based around this pinned knight. The only piece that can defend is the queen and some pawns. However, my doubled pawns on the e-file control the squares that these pawns need to be on in order to support the knight.
23... Qe7: attacks the pinned knight as well as introducing a discovery on the unprotected bishop on e2 after 24. f4 exf4.
25... Qxg5: To avoid any discoveries on the e-file. I have won a knight and am now threatening to take the g3 pawn.
26. Kg2?: The worst possible way to defend the g-pawn. Better would have been 26. Qxf4 Qxf4 27. gxf4 Bxf4 and I'm a piece and 2 connected passed pawns up.
29... Bxc1: I am now a whole rook up and I have two entry points into the 2nd rank with check.
30... Ra1: Threatening to remove the bishop for checkmate. It is a forced mate here. After 31. Bg2 to create a hiding square for the king there is 31... Be4! and the bishop is effectively pinned, as moving it would allow checkmate on the back rank. Mate by the following line: 31. Bg2 Be4 32. Kh2 Rxg2+ 33. Kh3 Bd2 34. Rb1 Rxb1 35. bxc6 Rh1+ 36. Kg4 h5#
Will come back to post the other game. It involved a rook sacrifice to force(?) a perpetual check. I will be checking if it actually would have worked with best play.
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