[Event "2009 Standard Chess Dropout Tournament, Round 2"] [Site "SchemingMind.com"] [Date "2009.02.27"] [Round "-"] [White "thefriediceman"] [Black "Robert Pallett"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "B01d"] [WhiteCountry "USA"] [BlackCountry "ENG"] [WhiteElo "1874"] [WhiteRD "67"] [BlackElo "2282"] [BlackRD "82"] [GameID "194339"] 1. e4 { thefriediceman: Well, this should be quite a challenge for me! Best of luck. } 1... d5 { Robert Pallett: You will be fine ! I am pleased to play you and I know that we will have an enjoyable game . Good luck ! :) } 2. exd5 { thefriediceman: Center counter...not an opening I see every day. } 2... Qxd5 { Robert Pallett: Neither do I ! I have never played this opening before ! I just wanted something different from the usual Sicilian or Ruy Lopez ! :) } 3. Nc3 { thefriediceman: Fair enough. :) } 3... Qd6 4. d4 Nf6 5. Nf3 a6 6. h3 Nc6 7. Be3 Bf5 8. Bd3 e6 9. Bxf5 exf5 10. O-O O-O-O 11. Ne2 Nd5 12. Bd2 Nf6 13. Bf4 Qe6 14. Re1 Ne4 15. Ng5 Qg6 16. Nxe4 fxe4 17. c3 f5 18. Ng3 Bd6 19. Bxd6 Rxd6 20. Qh5 Qxh5 21. Nxh5 g6 22. Ng3 Re8 23. Re2 Ne7 24. Rae1 Nd5 25. Nf1 Nf4 26. Rd2 Rde6 27. Ne3 Nd3 28. Red1 h5 29. b3 h4 30. Nc4 g5 31. Nb2 Nxb2 32. Rxb2 Kd7 33. d5 R6e7 34. Kf1 Kd6 35. c4 Rd7 36. Re2= { thefriediceman: I personally would be very happy to escape to the next round with a draw here - not sure if you feel the same way. :) } 36... a5 { Robert Pallett: Hi ! I think that I would like to play on for a while , please . I have a space advantage [ I think ]and I would like to see if it is a winning one :) } { thefriediceman: Absolutely, not a problem. I've just kicked myself one too many times after losing a game and later hearing my opponent say that he would've taken a draw. :) } 37. a3 Kc5 38. Rc2 f4 39. Ke2 Re5 40. Rc3 b6 { thefriediceman: Busy. Best wishes to all. } 41. Rd2 Rd8 42. Rd1 Rf8 43. Kf1 Rfe8 44. Re1 e3 45. fxe3 Rxe3 46. Rcxe3 Rxe3 47. Rb1 a4 48. bxa4 Rxa3 49. Rb5+ Kxc4 50. d6 cxd6 51. Rxb6 d5 52. Rc6+ Kd3 53. Rc5 Ke3 54. Kg1 Ra1+ 55. Kh2 d4 56. Re5+ Kf2 57. Rd5 Rg1 58. Rxg5 f3 59. Rg8 Rxg2+ { Robert Pallett: Thanks for a fascinating endgame study . It was very close ! I do hope that we meet again some time . Until then , good luck ! :) } { Game Over: I'm sure you'll be smart enough to avoid the stalemate from here. Well played, best of luck in the rest of the tournament. } 0-1