A 73 move game with an interesting endgame.
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Nice endgame, but too many smileys. It took me a second to realize why you didn't take the rook on move 41. Good eye.
Great game, Einstein. I'm quite amused that all comments but 1, 46..., 61, & 62... included :) as part of the notes.
Yeah maybe I should of put a :( each time he takes one of my pieces instead of a :) lol :)
Don't pander to the anti-smiley crowd. The smiley can be your signature. You don't need a bunch of frowneys tellin' you how to live!
Einstein, the one ?! move I see is the Queen capture. You had his dark squared bishop as a bad bishop due to his pawn stuck on the dark square in the middle. You trading it off allowed his pawn to recover which caused his dark square bishop to have a superior position.
That's also why I love 16...Bxe5 His knight moved to a strong position so you took it out and made his dark squared bishop bad. Giving a somewhat locked position meaning your 2 knights and bishop sould be stronger than his 2 bishops and knight. And that ended up being the case in the end game.
I think he moved his knight prematurely.
Good game :)
Interesting game! 54.Rd3! was an absolute game saver.
You thought his 20.Qd6 is good but I think 20.Qe2 (attacking your a-pawn and threatening an attack which blows big holes in your castled position) was very strong. In fact I think it "refutes" your 0-0-0.
After 20 Qe2 I think I would be ok with 20...Nb8. :) After he played 22 exd6 the only good square his dark bishop in my territory is the g7 square. :) If he plays 23 Bg7 then I play 23...Rg8 followed by 24...Rg6. :) He would have to retreat back into his territory or trap his bishop on the kingside. :) I think if he played 22 Rxd6 then he would have a winning game because his rook can start picking off my pawns slowly. :)
Actually I wasn't too worried about his bishop moving to g7. :) There was some discussion about exd6 where his bishop gets more room. :) I agree that his bishop was not able to attack much when most of my pieces are on light squares.
And 32...gxh3 e.p. would not have been a bad move. Instead of playing 33 Bxh5 he can play 33 Kh2 and that would stop my attack. :) I was focusing on his passed pawn because I think I had enough material to win it but he decided to do the rook sac. :)
Here is an interesting game that I finished just recently. :) This was a closed game that went into a tough endgame. :)