Jun 29 2006
Drawn II
[ZaBlanc, you know I had to write about this...]
If there is anything I am learning by playing chess with ZaBlanc, it’s simply how to survive a game getting completely destroyed. And a few other things of course.
ZaBlanc and I drew another game. This one not quite as interesting as the other, but it still had its interesting moments, nonetheless.
The battle really happened in the middle game where ZaBlanc was up a pawn, but had doubled up pawns on on the C file. We were both working hard to find an advantage, but it never happened for either of us. So, for the most part, the game was even right up to the end game, where I sacrificed a pawn in hopes of a better chance at a draw.
With this draw I earned 10 points in my RedHotPawn.com rating because ZaBlanc’s rating is so much higher than mine. I’m 10 points away from breaking 1300, although I’m not too worried about ratings at this point. I’m still learning (I’ll always be learning). I think I’m going to shoot for 1400 by the end of the year.
Here’s the PGN for this game:
[Event "Challenge"]
[Site "http://www.redhotpawn.com"]
[Date "2006.06.03"]
[Round "?"]
[White "BuckyKatt"]
[Black "ZaBlanc"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[GameId "2137652"]1. e4 d5 2. d4 dxe4 3. Nb1c3 Ng8f6 4. f3 exf3 5. Ng1xf3 Bc8g4 6. Bc1e3 e6
7. Bf1d3 Nb8c6 8. O-O Bg4xf3 9. Qd1xf3 Bf8e7 10. Nc3e4 O-O 11. c3 Nf6xe4 12. Bd3xe4 Ra8b8 13. Be4xc6 bxc6 14. b3 Qd8d5 15. Be3f4 Qd5xf3 16. Rf1xf3 Be7d6 17. Ra1e1 a5 18. Bf4e5 Rf8e8 19. Rf3g3 Bd6xe5 20. Re1xe5 Rb8b5 21. Rg3e3 Re8b8 22. c4 Rb5xe5 23. Re3xe5 a4 24. Re5c5 axb3 25. axb3 Rb8b6 26. Kg1f2 Kg8f8 27. d5 exd5 28. cxd5 cxd5 29. Rc5xc7 Rb6xb3 30. Rc7d7 Rb3b5 31. Kf2e3 Kf8e8 32. Rd7c7 Rb5b2 33. Ke3f3 d4 34. Rc7c1 Ke8d7 35. Rc1d1 Rb2b4 36. Kf3e4 Kd7e6 37. Rd1xd4 Rb4xd4 38. Ke4xd4 Ke6f5 39. Kd4e3 g5 40. h3 h5 41. Ke3f3 g4 42. hxg4 hxg4 43. Kf3g3 Kf5g5 44. Kg3f2 f5 45. g3 Kg5f6 46. Kf2e3 Kf6e5 47. Ke3d3 f4 48. Kd3e2 f3 49. Ke2e3 Ke5d5 50. Ke3f2 Kd5d4 51. Kf2f1 Kd4d3 52. Kf1f2 Kd3d2 53. Kf2f1 Kd2e3 54. Kf1e1 1/2-1/2