[Event "2006 Standard Chess Dropout Tournament, Round 1"] [Site "SchemingMind.com"] [Date "2005.11.21"] [Round "-"] [White "Michael Preier"] [Black "latvija"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "C40l"] [WhiteCountry "GER"] [BlackCountry "USA"] [WhiteElo "1564"] [WhiteRD "120"] [BlackElo "2051"] [BlackRD "102"] [GameID "31014"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 f5 3. Nc3 fxe4 4. Nxe5 Qf6 5. d4 d6 6. Ng4 Qg6 7. Be2 c6 8. d5 Nd7 9. O-O Be7 10. Qd4 Ngf6 11. dxc6 bxc6 12. Nxf6+ Nxf6 13. Qe3 O-O 14. Qg5 Qf7 15. Qg3 d5 16. Be3 Qe6 17. f3 Nh5 18. Qe1 Qe5 19. Qd2 Bd6 20. f4 Nxf4 21. Bxf4 Rxf4 22. Rxf4 Qxf4 23. Qxf4 { Michael Preier: I have no other choice... } 23... Bxf4 24. Rf1 { Michael Preier: Sorry it took so long, but I didn't have an inspiring idea... } 24... Be3+ 25. Kh1 { latvija: There is no need to apologize. Deutschland, Deutschland uber alles! } 25... Be6 { Michael Preier: This is the part of the national anthem, that Germans are not really proud of. German's believed to long that they were superior in the world ("Deutschland über alles"), when they were in truth the most discusting nation... That's why we start with the third verse of the national anthem: "Einigkeit und Recht und Freiheit, für das deutsche Vaterland" (Unity, justice and freedom for the German fatherland... ) } 26. Nd1 Bd2 27. c3 c5 28. b3 d4 29. cxd4 cxd4 30. Nb2 { latvija: I watched the Olympic USA-Deutschland women's hockey game. It was exciting. } 30... Rd8 31. Rd1 Bc3 32. Na4 { Michael Preier: I must admitt, that I'm not that much into sports. But I'm looking forward to the Soccer World Championchip in summer. } 32... Bb4 { Michael Preier: short holiday } 33. Nb2 Ba3 34. Nc4 Bf8 35. Re1 d3 36. Bd1 Bc5 37. Rxe4 Bd5 38. Re1 Rf8 39. h3 Bxc4 40. bxc4 d2 41. Re5 Rf1+ 42. Kh2 Bd6 { Game Over: thanx for the game! } 0-1