Cooper, Brendan
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Smith, R. Daniel
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1.e4Nc62.Nf3f5?Mistake. e5 was best.2...e53.Bb5Nf64.O-ONxe45.Re1Nd66.Nxe5Be77.Bf13.Nc3?...Mistake. exf5 was best.3.exf5d54.Bb5Bxf55.Ne5Bd76.Bxc6Bxc67.d4Nf63....fxe44.Nxe4d55.Nc3?!...Inaccuracy. Ng3 was best.5.Ng3e56.Bb5Bg47.h3Bxf38.Qxf3Qd69.O-OO-O-O5....e56.d4e47.Ne5Nxe58.dxe5Be69.Bf4Ne710.Bb5+?!...Inaccuracy. Qh5+ was best.10.Qh5+g611.Qe2Bg712.O-O-OO-O13.g3Qe814.Bg2c615.f3exf316.Bxf3Nf510....c611.Ba4?!...Inaccuracy. Be2 was best.11.Be2Ng612.Bh5Bc513.Bxg6+hxg614.Qd2O-O15.O-OBe716.Ne2c517.c3g511....Ng612.Ne2?!...Inaccuracy. Bg3 was best.12.Bg3Bc512....Qc7?Mistake. Bc5 was best.12...Bc513.Qd4??...Blunder. O-O was best.13.O-OBc513....Nh4??Blunder. b5 was best.13...b514.Rg1?...Mistake. O-O was best.14.O-ONf515.Qd2Bc516.c4dxc417.Bc2Rd818.Qc1Rd319.b3O-O20.bxc4Qf714....Bh3??Blunder. Be7 was best.14...Be715.Qd2Bc516.O-O-OO-O17.Be3Bxe318.fxe3Qxe519.Bb3a520.a4Rf221.Qe115.Qe3??...Trying to avoid Nf3+, which could have forked my queen, king, and rook. I realized almost immediately that Qc3 would have accomplished this without allowing Nxg2+ and costing me a rook. Lichess tells me my best move was just to castle queenside, which I did right afterwards anyways.15.gxh3Nf3+15.Qc315.O-O-OBe615....Nxg2+?!Inaccuracy. Qa5+ was best.15...Qa5+16.Nc3Nxg2+17.Rxg2Bxg218.O-O-OO-O-O19.e6Be720.Qg3d421.Qxg7dxc322.Rd716.Rxg2Bxg217.O-O-OBf3?!Inaccuracy. Qa5 was best.17...Qa518.Bb318.Re1??...Trying to free up the queen and get out of the pin without dropping the knight; failing to recognize that Black's c6 pawn was pinned.18.Rxd5Qb618....Qa519.Nc3Bc520.Qd2Bb421.Bb3...By this point I had figured out that the c6 pawn was pinned, but I wasn't sure how to exploit it and I wanted to resolve the tension around my c3 knight without dropping the bishop.21....O-O-O22.a3Bxc323.Qxc3Qxc324.bxc3Rhf825.Bg5Rde826.c4h6?!Inaccuracy. d4 was best.26...d427.Bh4c528.Bg3g529.c3d330.Kd2Re631.a4h532.h4gxh433.Bxh427.Be3Rxe528.Bd4Rg529.Bxa7Kc730.Bc5Rff531.Be7Rh532.cxd5cxd533.Re3d434.Re1Rxh235.Be6Re536.Bc5Rxc5Expected36...Rxe637.Bxd437.Kb2Rxf238.Rc1d339.Bb3d240.c3?!...Failing to recognize that 40...d1=Q would be discovered check from the f2 rook.40....d1=Q+41.Rc2Rf142.Rc1Rf2+43.Rc2Rh544.Rxf2Rh1?!At this point, we both had less than 3 minutes left and stopped taking notation. The rest of the game is our best reconstruction. The final position is accurate.45.Bxd1Rxd146.Kc2g547.Kb3h548.Kb4Kc649.Rb2e350.Ka4e251.Rb4e1=Q52.Rc4+Kd653.Ka5Qe5+54.Kb4Rb1+55.Ka4Bd1#0-1