Sunday, September 17, 2006

Home Schooling

In my desire to become a better chessplayer, I've been learning a lot more about the game. My latest lesson came from none other than the world famous David Hall. Last night at the chess club he gave me a little home schooling! Here's the game (it was a g/15).

[Event "2006 PVCC Skittles Game"]
[Date "2006.09.16"]
[White "Borowski, Edwin"]
[Black "Hall, David"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "1880"]
[BlackElo "1661"]
[PlyCount "48"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Bf4 c6 4. c3 e6 5. e3 Bd6 6. Bg5 Nbd7 7. Bd3 h6 8. Bh4
O-O 9. Nbd2 Re8 10. Qc2 e5 11. dxe5 Nxe5 12. Nxe5 Bxe5 13. Nf3 Bd6 14. O-O-O c5??
{loses a pawn} 15. Bb5 Re4 16. Rxd5?! {
Bxf6 wins the pawn without complications} Rxh4 17. Rxd6 Qxd6 18. Rd1?? {
The immediate Nxh4 was necessary} Qb6!! {and now white is lost} 19. Nxh4 Qxb5
20. Rd8+ Ne8 21. c4 Qc6 22. e4 Kf8 23. Nf5 Qf6 24. Qa4?? Qxd8 0-1

Ed.

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