[Event "2016 Standard Chess Dropout Tournament, Round 1"] [Site "SchemingMind.com"] [Date "2015.11.11"] [Round "-"] [White "Selwyn"] [Black "2curious"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D43l"] [WhiteCountry "AUS"] [BlackCountry "USA"] [WhiteElo "2574"] [WhiteRD "86"] [BlackElo "2103"] [BlackRD "105"] [GameID "390096"] 1. d4 { Selwyn: Best wishes. Tony } { 2curious: good luck from northern california } 1... d5 { 2curious: my email is misbehaving...I sent 1...d5 out yesterday....only 2 games on this site , for the moment } 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 { 2curious: the English psl games are shown on American television....are you a fan of one of the Manchester teams? } { Selwyn: Sorry but Arsenal is the only language spoken by me since my Dad first took me to see them 60 years ago. } 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 dxc4 7. e4 { 2curious: I had the same parental influences from my dad , except that there were only a couple of teams to root for....television changed all that ( revenue sharing )! } 7... g5 8. Bg3 b5 9. Ne5 Bb7 10. h4 g4 { 2curious: lots of games in the database with mixed results........who is your hero? } 11. Nxg4 Nxg4 12. Qxg4 { 2curious: sorry , now I notice you are from Australia , or not ? } 12... Qxd4 { Selwyn: British, Australian resident. } 13. Rd1 Qf6 14. e5 Qf5 15. Qd4 Be7 { 2curious: oh , the penal colony ? sorry , I must have a little fun.. } 16. a4 O-O 17. Qf4 Kh7 18. Qxf5+ exf5 { 2curious: the position is "unbalanced"....I am fortunate that you have postponed developing some of your kingside pieces } 19. axb5 cxb5 20. Nxb5 Bb4+ 21. Nc3 a5 22. Bxc4 Bxg2 23. Rg1 Bf3 24. Rd3 Be4 25. Rd2 Ra7 26. Ke2 Bxc3 { 2curious: 2503 on schemingmind is quite a nice rating......the numbers are somewhat inflated over iccf ratings , where I tread water at about 1865 } 27. bxc3 Rc7 28. Bd3 Bxd3+ 29. Rxd3 Nc6 { 2curious: this one could go on for a long time , but we are moving quickly } 30. Rf3 Ne7 { 2curious: I started a new section today on iccf......some of the players are people I have faced , and defeated before...this fact gives me a reason for confidence } 31. Ra1 Ra7 32. h5 Rc8 33. Rd3 Rc4 34. f3 Rc5 35. Ra4 Nc8 36. f4 Nb6 37. Ra3 Rd5 38. Bf2 Rxd3 { 2curious: I did notice that all of my minor pieces would be x-rayed by the bishop } 39. Kxd3 Rd7+ 40. Ke2 Nd5 41. Be3 Rc7 42. Bd2 Kg7 43. Kd3 Ra7 44. c4 { 2curious: black cannot provide any effective resistance after your latest move..i am a little smug in that I made no terrible errors , but simply got outplayed....well done , james } { Selwyn: Thanks James. You played well up move 42. Your last move was risky but the win still needs careful play. } { 2curious: there seems to be a match between arsenal and Manchester city this week ( 12/19-12/26)....are the games televised where you are? } { Selwyn: If you pay but otherwise sound only whilst match is on via arsenal commentary but full video after match is over on following day. Registration is free on Arsenal.com. } 1-0