[Event "Dark Chess (Checkmate Wins): Mating in the Darkness III"] [Site "SchemingMind.com"] [Date "2012.04.15"] [Round "-"] [White "Dragon Fire"] [Black "magier72"] [Result "0-1"] [Variant "dark1"] [WhiteCountry "ENG"] [BlackCountry "GER"] [WhiteElo "2008"] [WhiteRD "143"] [BlackElo "2006"] [BlackRD "160"] [GameID "308203"] 1. e4 { Dragon Fire: Nice to have you on board. } 1... c5 { magier72: yess, dark is great & funny : /) } 2. Bc4 g6 3. d3 Bg7 4. a3 d6 5. Ba2 Nc6 6. Ne2 Nf6 7. O-O O-O 8. Be3 Bg4 9. g3 b5 10. Nbc3 Rb8 11. Qd2 a5 12. Kg2 Bc8 13. f4 e6 14. Rae1 Qe7 15. h3 h5 16. Ng1 Ne8 17. Nf3 b4 18. axb4 axb4 19. Nd1 Nc7 20. Bc4 d5 21. exd5 exd5 22. Bb3 Re8 23. Qf2 Be6 24. c4 bxc3 25. bxc3 d4 26. Bxe6 dxe3 27. Qxe3 { Dragon Fire: Hard one. I need to take some risks now bur would BXf7 have been check or attacked the Q? If so it was probably best, if not I lose the Q. Guess I'll only know at the end but for now I think best to let you win B for P and see how it goes. } 27... Nxe6 28. Nf2 Qd7 29. c4 Ncd4 30. Nxd4 Bxd4 31. Qd2 Rb2 32. Qd1 Qb7+ 33. Kh2 Bxf2 34. Rxf2 Rxf2+ 35. Kg1 Qg2# { magier72: Thank you for this exciting game! } { Dragon Fire: Thanks. 20.Bc4 was the mistake that lost it for me, although I could have redeemed it with 22.Ba2. Playing Bb1 was essential. Messy! Cramped! but essential. My initial intention was 24.BXc5 and not really sure why I didn't play it having built up for it as I think it won but after 25...d4 I was doomed. } 0-1