Annotated chess game

The better play for black was to go for the queenside instead of Kg8. You would have been able to bring some more pieces into play to harass the king in the process, but the queenside offers more protection.

In fact 12. ...Ne5 helps white do what he wants to do which is reorganize his queen to support f2-f4. Here the subtle 12. ...Qd7 prepares for 13. d3 Ne5 and now white does not achieve anything from the exchange. 14. Qf5 Qxf5 15. gxf5 Bd6=

either 13. Qe2 or 13. Qf5 are good here but not 13. Qf4 since 13. ...Ng6 solves all of black's defensive problems.

This is black's best move. Matter of fact it gives white serious problems on the dark squares with ideas of ...Bd6 and ...Qh4 on the horizon.

How about this guys 14. ...Qd7! defending e6 and threatening to win a pawn. Then white only has 15. Rh1 Qxg4 16. d3 Bd6 -/+ white is in the deep end of the pool.

chess is not about punishing or tormenting our opponents. You should be courteous to all your opponents and not trash talk them. Sometimes you might feel justified, but don't descend down to those levels. Also, Qe6#.

Doesn't matter. This still mates anyhow. If it does, I'm perfectly fine.

Take a look at the games database and you will find that a large number of higher-ranked players do play that very opening with lots of success for black. The rate of won games for black after move 4 is 62% fgr black and only 10% for white. Play shows that the sequence you describe actually favors black by a 6-to-1 margin. Consider the following sequence, based upon your above game and see which side you would favor playing against: 1. e4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. Bc4 Nxe4 5. Bxf7+ Kxf7 6. Nxe4 d5 7. Ng3 e4 8. Ng1 h5 The moral of this story is that not everyone plays every position to its fullest potential, but be careful of making grandiose claims based upon a single game. Best of luck in your future matches!

@evilgm look at the world around you instead of the world as you see it. You're seeing that move as a bad thing, but many creat chess masters and coaches and I saw that as potential for a winning position. If played correctly, White wins; if not, black wins.

chesskingdom - that's quite a comment to be making to someone nearly 500 points higher rated than you! I think you need to have a bit more respect for better players than you. Sacs on f7 do sometimes work - can be quite dangerous in fact - but what experience among many better players than you has shown is that the sac you played in this game is statistically bad. "If played correctly, white wins" is a massive statement to make with absolutely no back up at all.

Sacs on f7 work when the right preconditions exist. Bxf7 was not a sacrifice as you were going to lose a piece anyway. One of the most important preconditions to an attack is either having control of the center or a blocked center. Had you committed to an attack with Ng5, Black would have had a won game and his mobile pawn center would have crushed you. "Sometimes, you have to admit that a move/tactic is bad, even if you don't feel like admitting it" is good advice and jkarp and I thought maybe you had learned something, but obviously not. As a great strategist once said, you have to remove the log from your own eye, before trying to remove the splinter from another person's eye.

I think what saved the game for white is the complexity that arouse after move 5. What white has to keep in mind is that his opponent plays at his level. If white truly feels that he has a good position after. 5. Ng3 then he should test that theory with the help of his 2000+ rated player on his team.