Rough day for chess yesterday. I think I lost three in a row, pretty much all because I wasn’t paying enough attention and missed some pretty obvious things.
[Event "Online Chess"]
[Site "Chess.com"]
[Date "2008.07.30"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Greg M."]
[Black "Jim Stitzel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "1385"]
[BlackElo "1357"]
[TimeControl "1 in 1 day"]
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Bd6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 O-O 5. Bg5 Nc6 6. a3 b6 7. b4 Bb7 8. b5 Nd4 9. Nxd4 exd4 10. O-O Qe7 11. Nd2 Qe5 12. Nf3 Qe7 13. Nxd4 Be5 {This is the first of my questionable moves. I may have been better for me to play Qe5 again or Bxa3.} 14. c3 Bxd4 15. cxd4 c5 16. e5 Rae8 17. exf6 Qd8 {Pxf6 would have been better because from here it’s all downhill for me.} 18. Qg4 g6 19. Qh4 Kh8 20. Qh6 Rg8 21. Bxf7 1-0