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TeamLeague T38: My 5th Round Game

After a painful 0.5-3.5 loss in round 5, our team is no longer in contention of reaching the playoffs. One round remains, but without any real significance. I am starting to plan on finding an even-matched match opponent when the league finishes.

Below is my 5th round game. In the diagram position below, I am clearly winning, but blundered away the game on a silly mistake on move 28.

Fuzion (1740) – Jonas Martinsson (1808) [B01]
TeamLeague T38 Free Internet Chess Server (5), 15.03.2009

1.e4 d5 2.exd5 Nf6 3.Nf3 Qxd5 4.d4 Bg4 5.Be2 Nc6 6.c4 Qf5 7.h3 Bxf3 8.Bxf3 Qa5+?

[8...0-0-0=]

9.Nc3 0-0-0 10.Bxc6 bxc6 11.0-0 e5 12.Qf3?

[12.d5 cxd5 13.cxd5 Nxd5 14.b4!+/=]

12...exd4 13.Ne4 Nxe4 14.Qxe4 Qc5 15.b3N

[RR 15.b4 Qxc4-/+ 16.Bg5 f6 17.Rfc1 Qd5 18.Qg4+ Rd7 19.Bd2 Bd6 20.Rc2 f5 21.Qd1 d3 22.Rc3 Be5 23.Rc5 Qe6 24.Rac1 Qxa2 25.Rxe5 Qa6 26.Qf3 g6 27.Rxc6 Qb7 28.b5 Rd6 29.Qe3 Rhd8 Gulati,J (2122)-Lynn,J (1871)/Edmonton 2005/CBM 107 ext/1-0 (33)]

15...f5?!

[15...Bd6=/+]

16.Qd3

[16.Qe6+!? Kb7 17.Bg5 Qd6 18.Qxf5 Re8=]

16...Qe5 17.Bb2 Bd6 18.f4?

[18.g3=]

18...Qe3+ 19.Qxe3 dxe3 20.Bxg7 e2!-+ 21.Rfe1 Bc5+ 22.Kh2 Rhe8 23.Be5 Rd2 24.Kg3

game_3

24...Rg8+?

This is the wrong plan. [24...Red8 wins quickly.]

25.Kf3 h5 26.h4 Rgd8

With this move, Black gets back on the winning track.

27.g3 R8d3+ 28.Kg2 Rd1??

I simply didn't see that White's rook on a1 is defended by the bishop, and White can therefore simply eat the pawn. [28...Rc2 29.Bf6 Rd1-+ is one straightforward continuation that wins immediately.]

29.Rxe2= Rxa1?

Shaken after throwing away my winning advantage, I throw away the game.

30.Bxa1 Rd1 31.Bc3 Rd3 32.Bf6 Be3 33.Be7 Kd7 34.Bb4 c5 35.Be1 Bd4 36.Bf2 Rd1 37.Kf3 Rd3+ 38.Kg2 Rd1 39.Bxd4 cxd4 40.Kf2?!

[40.Re5+-]

40...d3

[>=40...Ra1+/-]

41.Rb2 Rh1 42.Rd2 Rh2+ 43.Ke3 Rxd2 44.Kxd2 Kd6 45.Kxd3 c5 46.a3 a5 47.Kc3 Kc6 48.b4 cxb4+ 49.axb4 axb4+ 50.Kxb4 Kb6 51.c5+ Kc7 52.Kc4 Kc6 53.Kd4

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