[Event "Winter Open"]
[Site "Arcadia Chess Club"]
[Date "2012.01.09"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Argall, David Carl"]
[Black "Self, Mark"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C68"]
[WhiteElo "2000"]
[BlackElo "1213"]
[Annotator "Self,Mark"]
[PlyCount "48"]
[EventDate "2012.??.??"]
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Bxc6 dxc6 5. d4 Nf6 6. dxe5 Qxd1+ 7. Kxd1 Nxe4
8. Ke2 Bc5 9. Be3 Bxe3 10. Kxe3 Bf5 11. Nh4 Nxf2 {A needless desperate attempt
to regain some pawns for the piece. I disregarded an easy out -- 11...g6 --
after looking at White's g4 in response. However, White doesn't win the knight
due to the skewer (12...Be6 13. Kxe4 Bd5+).} (11... g6 12. Nxf5 gxf5) 12. Kxf2
Bxc2 13. Nc3 O-O-O 14. Rac1 Rd2+ 15. Kg3 Bg6 16. Nxg6 fxg6 17. Rhe1 Rf8 18. Nd1
Rf5 19. e6 Rg5+ 20. Kf3 Rf5+ 21. Ke3 Rxg2 22. Kd3 Rxh2 {A terrible blunder.
White could have easily pushed e7 and won. I had thought that after e7, I'd be
able to force a draw. That, however, turns out to have been an illusion.} 23.
Nc3 {Luckily for me, I wasn't the only one fooled by this illusion.} Rf8 24.
Rc2 {Oops.} Rd8+ {White resigns.} 0-1
