[Event "DCC Rapid 2019"] [Site "Lone Tree Library"] [Date "08/10/2019"] [Round "3"] [White "Burkhardt"] [Black "Igoe"] [Result "0-1"] [WhiteElo "Unrated"] [BlackElo "1322"] [TimeControl "25d5"] [UTCDate "2019.08.11"] [UTCTime "16:15:24"] [Variant "Standard"] [ECO "C45"] [Opening "Scotch Game"] [Annotator "https://lichess.org/@/cristoper"] [Source "https://lichess.org/study/O0AtSq7O/5z2zT4ga"] [Orientation "white"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Ne5 { I've never faced this move before... } 5. Bf4 { I wanted to chase his knight some more, but think f2-f4 might have been better since he can just move to attack my bishop } 5... Ng6 6. Be3 Bb4+? 7. c3 Ba5? { This leaves g7 quite vulnerable. } 8. Nf5 Kf8? (8... Bb6 9. Nxg7+ Kf8 10. Nf5) 9. Qa4 c6 { I feel like I have a winning position if I can keep the pressure up. I spent all my time looking without success for a concrete attack. I should have just kept his king awkward and developed my pieces. } 10. Bd4 (10. Qa3+ d6 11. Nxd6 N8e7 12. Bc4 Ne5 13. Be2 Bc7 14. Nxc8 Qxc8) 10... Nf6 11. Bc5+? { It turns out this just chases the king to a safe square. } 11... Kg8 12. Qa3?? { So busy looking for an attack, I forgot to defend my pawn. } 12... Nxe4 13. Nd6?? { I didn't realize it until it happened, but this drops my knight. } 13... Nxc5 14. Qxc5 Qe7+ 15. Be2 Bc7 16. Nxb7 Bxb7 17. Qxe7 Nxe7 18. O-O g6 19. Re1 Kg7 20. Bg4 Nf5 21. Bxf5 gxf5 22. Re2 { I don't know what I was thinking with this move. } (22. Kf1) 22... Rhe8 23. Rxe8 Rxe8 24. Kf1 { I wanted to keep the black rook out of e1 and e2... but I didn't see the forced checkmate. Sneaky bishops. I never got my queenside pieces developed. } { [%csl Gb1,Ga1] } 24... Ba6+ { Mate in 2. I resigned. } 0-1