[Event "CT Class 1 #24"] [Site "SchemingMind.com"] [Date "2011.01.23"] [Round "-"] [White "zogger"] [Black "James Bradner"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "A02"] [WhiteCountry "GER"] [BlackCountry "ENG"] [WhiteElo "2117"] [WhiteRD "69"] [BlackElo "2289"] [BlackRD "69"] [GameID "273673"] 1. f4 { zogger: hello, good game! } 1... Nf6 { James Bradner: hi, let's hope so! Welcome! } 2. Nf3 c5 3. e3 Nc6 4. Be2 d5 5. O-O g6 6. d3 Bg7 7. Qe1 O-O 8. Qh4 Bf5 9. h3 Qc7 10. g4 Bd7 11. Nbd2 Rad8 12. Nb3 b6 13. Bd2 Ne8 14. e4 Bf6 15. Qh6 c4 16. exd5 cxb3 17. dxc6 Qxc6 18. c3 bxa2 19. f5 Bg7 20. Qh4 gxf5 21. Rxa2 fxg4 22. hxg4 a5 23. Rf2 Qe6 24. Ng5 Qg6 25. Ne4 Bb5 26. Qxe7 Rd5 27. Ra1 Bxd3 28. Bxd3 Rxd3 29. Raf1 Rd5 30. Bf4 Qxg4+ 31. Rg2 Qe6 32. Qxe6 fxe6 33. Bh6 Rxf1+ { James Bradner: i expected 33.Ng5. } 34. Kxf1 Kf8 35. Bg5 b5 36. Ke2 Kf7 37. Be3 h5 { James Bradner: You are keeping me on my toes, Zogger! Phew! } { zogger: hi Michael, nevertheless, my position is running out of options... When you are starting with the Bird opening and your attack doesnt damage the opponent's King wing enough, you sooner or later are facing some trouble araound your own king... greetings, Bernd } 38. Rg1 Bf6 39. Rf1 a4 40. Nxf6 Nxf6 41. Ra1 Ng4 42. Bf4 Kg6 43. Rh1 e5 44. Be3 e4 { zogger: congratulations, you have made some terrific moves! I am more sure than ever that my Bird's opening knowledge is not deep enough for correspondence chess above a 2000+ level... I have a good Bird's opening score vs. 2000+ opponents on-the-board, but i can't get similar results in mail chess. Practise, zogger! :) Thanks again for the entertaining game and the defense lesson you gave me. I hope that you will play a successful tournament. Greetings, Bernd } { James Bradner: Many thanks, I've learnt a lot from this game! Good luck in the future. } 0-1