ANNOTATED GAME

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howler68 (1452) vs. serfork (1350)
Annotated by: serfork (1847)
Chess opening: King's pawn game (C44)
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And interesting game for the mistake I made (black), yet still managed to squeeze a victory out. Many thanks to my opponent for the challenging game.
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. b3 Nf6 4. d3 Bb4+ 5. c3 Ba5 6. b4 Bb6 7. b5 Ne7 8. Nxe5 O-O 9. h3 d6 10. Nf3 a6 11. c4 axb5 12. Be2 bxc4 13. dxc4 Nxe4 14. O-O Nf5 15. Bd3 Nfg3 16. Bxe4 Nxe4 17. Bb2 Ng3 18. Re1 Ra5
This move was a blunder, i'm still not quite sure what i was thinking here. I probably shouldn't have moved the knight back a few moves earlier. it made for an interesting mid/end game anyway

 
19. Bd4 Re8 20. Rxe8+
whoops.

 
20... Qxe8 21. fxg3 Bxd4+ 22. Nxd4 Qe3+ 23. Kh2 Rg5 24. g4 h5 25. a4 hxg4 26. Ra3 Qe5+ 27. g3 gxh3 28. Qd3 c5 29. Nb5 Qb2+ 30. Nd2 Bf5 31. Qxd6 Rg4 32. Rf3 g6 33. Nc7 Rd4 34. Nd5 Qxd2+ 35. Kh1 Qg2#
I think I was a bit lucky to get away with this one.