My Blitz Thread

[Event "ICS Rated blitz match"]
[Site "freechess.org"]
[Date "2013.01.22"]
[Round "-"]
[White "paulbuchman"]
[Black "1800+"]
[Result "*"]
[WhiteElo "2074"]
[BlackElo "1800+"]
[TimeControl "180"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nc3 d5 3.e4 dxe4 4.f3 exf3 5.Nxf3 e6 6.Bd3 Bd6 7.O-O O-O
8.Qe1 h6 {There were a few distractions during this game, and I must have just thought the bishop was on the standard e7 and played ...} 9.Qg3 {??- Any sensible person would resign here, but I say you can't lose a game twice. I usually play until the tricks run out. Believe it or not, the "Lasker approach" does work a lot of the time. Often a player will get ahead on material, relax too much, and toss a perfectly good game (mostly out of anxiety from the opponent not resigning). } Bxg3 10.hxg3 Nc6 11.Be3 Nb4 12.Rad1 Nbd5 {? Why not Nxd3? When ahead trade!} 13.Bd2 Nxc3 14.Bxc3 Nd5 15.Bd2 {When behind, avoid trades!} Bd7 {I have one very slight glimmer of hope. He has played the move h6 (moved a pawn around the castled king). I have a distant dream of prying on the h or g file with g5 and attacking. It's not much, but I'm lost anyway.} 16.Ne5 Ne7 17.g4 {Handy ... prevents Nf5 and prepares g5} Nc6 18.Nf3 Re8 19.g5 {My counterplay lol} hxg5 20.Nxg5 f6 21.Bh7+ {Finally with a threat Kh8 Nf7} Kf8 22.Bg6 {Trying to induce Re7, then Nh7 and I try to rush to the h file with rooks.} Ke7 23.d5 { One idea is exd5 Rfe1+ Ne5 - see game conclusion ... fxg5 Bxg5+ also wins the queen.} Ne5 {? - Black doesn't see it coming.} 24. Bb4+ {and would have mated had black not forfeited by disconnection ... and then logged immediately back in to play someone else ...}

[Event "ICS Rated blitz match"]
[Site "freechess.org"]
[Date "2013.01.22"]
[Round "-"]
[White "paulbuchman"]
[Black "2100+"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2082"]
[BlackElo "2100+"]
[TimeControl "180"]

1.d4 d5 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.e4 Nxe4 {Black prefers the Hubsch Gambit to dxe4. Advantage trades pieces, reducing white's attacking force / Disadvantage removes kingside defender - knight on f6} 4.Nxe4 dxe4 5.c3 {5.Bc4 is the older recommendation, but I wanted to try something different.} c6 {Meeting a slow waiting move with a slow waiting move} 6.f3 exf3 7.Nxf3 Bf5
8.Bc4 e6 9.O-O {I'd like to slip in Ne5 and Rxf5, but he foils it} Nd7 10.Bf4 {Just seemed like a good square for the bishop. I just have a little time and an open f file, there is no need to rush things.} Be7 11.Qe1 {With kingside intentions} Qb6 12.b4 {clamps c5 and defends b2 ... maybe he should try a5} O-O 13.Qg3 {threat Bc7, winning the queen} Nf6 {Darn it ... He stopped it with a counter threat Nh5 or Ne4. I decided that I needed something for my pawn, so I began to look a little deeper. Luckily, he follows my analysis.} 14.Bc7
Nh5 {This may be a blunder. I forget, but I think he was supposed to go to e4.} 15.Qe5 {His queen is still trapped and if f6 Qxf5 Qxc7 Qxh5 ... The knight hanging on h5 is what makes all of this work.} Bf6 {If 16.Qxf5 simply exf5 ... so I needed another trick. ...} 16.Bxb6 Bxe5 17.Nxe5 axb6 18.g4 {The trade down ends with a fork. This is the refutation of the Nh5 move.} b5 19.Bb3 f6 {To remove the defender of g4 but ...} 20.Rxf5
fxe5 21.Bxe6+ Kh8 22.gxh5 Rxf5 23.Bxf5 exd4 24.cxd4 g6 { A trap based on the Rg8 pin, but I worked too hard to spoil this beautiful game. The rest is just the conversion, with time trouble somewhere in here.} 25.hxg6 hxg6
26.Be4 Kg7 27.d5 cxd5 28.Bxd5 Kf6 29.Bxb7 Rb8 30.Bc6 Rb6 31.Bg2 Ke5
32.Rc1 Kd4 33.Rc5 Rb8 34.Bf1 Ra8 35.Rxb5 Rxa2 36.Rg5 Rb2 37.b5 Ke3
38.Rxg6 Kf3 39.Rg3+ Kf4 40.Rg2 Rb4 41.h4 Kf3 42.h5 Rh4 43.Rh2 Rg4+
44.Bg2+ Kg3 45.Rh3+ Kf4 46.h6 Rg8 47.h7 Rh8 48.b6 Kg4 49.b7

[Event "ICS unrated blitz match"]
[Site "freechess.org"]
[Date "2013.01.24"]
[Round "-"]
[White "?"]
[Black "paulbuchman"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "0"]
[BlackElo "2108"]
[TimeControl "180"]

1.e4 e6 2.f4 d5 3.d3 e5 4.fxe5 dxe4 5.Nc3 Nc6 6.Nxe4 Nxe5 7.Nf3
Nxf3+ 8.Qxf3 Be7 9.Bd2 Nf6 10.Bc3 Nxe4 11.Qxe4 O-O 12.O-O-O Re8 13.Qd4 Bg5+ 14.Kb1 Qxd4 15.Bxd4 Bg4 0-1

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bc4 g6 7. f3 Bg7 8. Be3 O-O 9. Qd2 Qa5 10. a3 Bd7 11. g4 Rfc8 12. Ba2 Ne5 13. Qe2 Rxc3 14. bxc3 Qxc3+ 15. Kf2 Nexg4+ 16. fxg4 Nxg4+ 17. Kf3 Nxe3 18. Qxe3 Bg4+ 19. Kf2 Bxd4