Exeter Chess Club: Blunders\blun_102.htm

102) Evans I. D. - Dunn A. M. [C41]

Exeter Premier (5) 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.exf5 "Out of Book," says Fritz. 4...e4 5.Qe2 Bxf5 6.Nc3 Nf6 7.Nh4

+-----------------+
|rh.1kg.4|
|0p0.+.0p|
|.+.0.h.+|
|+.+.+b+.|
|.+.)p+.H|
|+.H.+.+.|
|P)P+Q)P)|
|$.G.IB+R|
+-----------------+

7...Qd7

[2.69 Fritz 5.00: 7...Be6 8.Nxe4 Nxe4 9.Qxe4 Qe7 10.Bg5 d5 11.Qe5 Qf7 12.Nf3]

8.Nxf5 Right idea, wrong move order.

[0.53 Fritz 5.00: 8.Qb5 Nc6 9.Nxf5 a6 10.Qb3 Ra7 11.d5 Qxf5 12.dxc6 bxc6]

8...Qxf5 9.Qb5+ Qxb5 10.Nxb5 Kd8 11.Be3 c6 12.Nc3 d5 13.0-0-0 Bd6 14.Be2 Nbd7 15.h3 Kc7 16.Rhf1 Rhf8 17.f3 exf3 18.Bxf3 Rae8 19.Rde1 Rxe3 20.Rxe3 Bf4 21.Nd1 Re8 22.Rfe1 Nb6 23.Kb1 Bxe3 24.Rxe3 Nc4 25.Rxe8 Nxe8 26.Kc1 Nf6 27.Nf2 Nd6 28.Kd2 Kd7 29.Kd3 Ke6 30.b3 Kf5 31.Ke3 Kg5 32.Ng4 Nf5+ 33.Kd3 Nh5 34.c3 Nf4+ 35.Kd2 Nh4 36.Ke3 Nfxg2+ 37.Bxg2 Nxg2+ 38.Kf3 Nh4+ 39.Kg3 Ng6 40.Ne3 h5 41.c4 h4+ 42.Kf3 Nf4 43.cxd5 cxd5 44.b4 b5 45.Nd1 Nxh3 46.Nc3 Kf5 47.Nxb5 Ng5+ 48.Kg2 Ke4 49.Nxa7 Kxd4 50.Nc6+ Kc4 51.a4 Ne6 52.b5 Kc5 53.Kh3 g5 54.Kg4 Kb6 55.Nb4

+-----------------+
|.+.+.+.+|
|+.+.+.+.|
|.i.+n+.+|
|+P+p+.0.|
|PH.+.+K0|
|+.+.+.+.|
|.+.+.+.+|
|+.+.+.+.|
+-----------------+

55...d4

[-1.00 Fritz 5.00: 55...Nf4 56.Nc6 h3 57.Kg3 g4 58.Ne5 Nh5+ 59.Kh2 Nf6 60.Kg3]

56.Nd3 Nc5 57.Nf2 Ne6

[0.00 Fritz 5.00: 57...d3 58.Kxg5 Ne4+ 59.Nxe4 h3 60.Nf2 h2 61.a5+ Kxa5 62.b6]

58.Nd3 Nf4 59.Nf2 d3

+-----------------+
|.+.+.+.+|
|+.+.+.+.|
|.i.+.+.+|
|+P+.+.0.|
|P+.+.hK0|
|+.+p+.+.|
|.+.+.H.+|
|+.+.+.+.|
+-----------------+

And a final double blunder (time pressure notwithstanding): 60.Kxg5

[-4.56 Fritz 5.00: 60.Nd1 Ng6 61.Nf2 d2 62.Kf3 Nf4 63.Ke3]

60...Ne6+

[0.00 Fritz 5.00: 60...Nh3+ and White's poor Knight does the splits. 61.Nxh3 d2 62.Nf2 h3 63.Kf5 h2 64.Ke5 h1Q 65.Nxh1]

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