At the UWmilwaukee chess club on the union second floor I sat down for a brutal two hour game against an unknown but equally skilled opponent named Paul. It was a freindly game, we discussed some aspects of play a few times throughout, but it had its intense moments. Paul is a tank of a chess player. His style of play isnt overly aggressive or defensive and their were no brilliant combinations or wild gambits. But every phase and situation that he was in was answered solidly, a good opening defence against the English or the Botvinnik variation as I was playing it, a queenside push in the middle game with a closed center (I disagree with bringing the queen to Qa5+ in the early middle game however) and an endgame that worked his bishop, queen and pawns somewhat smoothly in conjuction with eachother. He made only one major mistake by hanging the rook on h1 but even that is debatable. It could also be interpreted as a sacrifice for position as it really evened up material and gave him an advantage of time and position. The annotated game follows:
Dan Paul
Dan Paul
- c4 Nf6
- g3 e6
- Bg2 c6
- Nc3 d5
- e4? d4
- Ne2 e5
- Ngf3 Bd6
- d3 Qa5+?
- Bd2 Qb6
- Rb2 a5
- o-o Bg4
- Qc2 Bb4
- Bg5 BxNf3!
- BxBf3 Nbd7
- a3 Bc5
- b4! axb4
- axb4 Bxb4
- c5 Qa5
- Rfc1 Ra7
- Bg2 Bxc5
- BxNf6 pxB
- bh3 Bd6!
- BxN KxN
- Qd1 h5
- Rba1 Qb6
- Rab1 Qc7
- Rb3 b5
- Rb1 b4
- Nc1 c5
- Ne2 Ke7!
- Qc1 Ra2
- Kf1 Qd7
- Ng1 h4
- Rba1 RxRa1
- QxRa1 hxg3
- hxg3 Rh1
- Rb1 Qh3+
- Ke2 Qh5+
- Kd2 f5
- Qa7+ Ke6
- Qa2+ Kf6
- Qd5 Be7
- e4xf5 Qxf5
- QxRh1 Qxf2
- Kc1 Qe3+
- Kc2 Qf2+
- Kd1 Kg7
- Ne2 c4
- Qe4? Qf1+
- Kc2 b3
- Kb2 Ba3+
- Kxa3 QxR
- Qxp+ Kf8
- Qh8+ Ke7
- Nxd4 Qa2+
- Kb4 b2
- Qe5+ Kf8
- Qd6+ Kg8
- Qd8+ Kh7
- Draw offered and exepted
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