Annotated chess game: Stupidity Is Invincible!!!

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ANNOTATED GAME

Stupidity Is Invincible!!!
gr8m8 (1585) vs. fantasmenos (1487)
Annotated by: fantasmenos (1248)
Chess opening: Sicilian (B58), classical

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1. e4	This is a game which I played for a mini-tournament. It's the second game with the specific player. I lost the first game making a lot of mistakes and my opponent took advantage of them, winning easily the game. When I lost the first game I decided to concentrate to this game and don't make (a lot of) mistakes. I was playing carefully and with respect to my opponent. This game hasn't well-organized strategies and divine moves. I annotate this so you can see how emotions can destroy a game... It was a great lesson I took and I wanted to make it public.



1... c5	Sicilian defense. Even I don't use it a lot, I believed that it would help me develop without problems.



2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6	I believe, looking the whole game, that e6 was better move in order to open my bishop, castle and prevent the knight claiming the d5 square (which destroyed me).
	1 comment archduke_piccolo (2355) on 27-Sep-07: But there is nothing actually wrong with this move...


6. Bg5 e5 7. Bb5	??? Was it mistake? Nd4 is obviously ready to go to the graveyard and white didn't do anything to protect it. I thought a lot for the next move in case white had a plan. my opponent said that he didn't do this on purpose. It was simply a mistake which everyone has done at these low-respected games. I didn't find something that could cause me problems so...
	1 comment marinvukusic (2161) on 09-Sep-07: 6...e5 is pretty unusual (usually people play 6...e6), but 7.Bb5 is a big mistake here. 7.Ndb5, 7.Nc6, 7.Nb3, 7.Nf3 or 7.Bf6 are good moves and one of them should have been chosen by White.


7... exd4	exd4. Here is the key to my defeat. After this move white had 4 options for his knight. 2 going back, 1 going to a4 and do nothing and 1 going ahead to d5. So this move was really natural to me and I wasn't surprised at all.
	1 comment marinvukusic (2161) on 09-Sep-07: 7...ed4 would be the key to White's defeat if it happened, not Black's


8. Nd5	Expected...
	1 comment marinvukusic (2161) on 09-Sep-07: I disagree, why allow destruction of pawn structure after taking on f6? 8...Be7 seems best, when White has to prove that he has something for the piece (I don't think he has enough).


8... Qa5+	And here is my crash. After taking the knight all were easier. I had only to attack, and using the queen was the proper way. It was the second time in the game that his knight couldn't move to prevent a second strike to his pieces: c3 was unavailable. So there was only one solution...
	2 comments marinvukusic (2161) on 09-Sep-07: Only good moves here are those that are played with tempi, so either 9.b4 or 9.Bd2, otherwise its game over for White. archduke_piccolo (2355) on 27-Sep-07: Black seems to have inveigled himself in unnecessary complications. 9.b4 looks rather embarrassing for Black (9...Qxb5 10.Nc7ch)! 8...Be7, as mentioned in an earlier comment looks solid.


9. c3	In this move I felt winner without happening in fact anything that could lead to victory. I was so happy with the idea that I would send another piece to the graveyard that I forgot completely my defense. c7 was barely protected now and with my next move everything was going down. I repeat that staying white knight in d5 was the result of the pressure of the d4 pawn. Everything was going allright
	2 comments marinvukusic (2161) on 09-Sep-07: 9.c3?? Now Black simply has to play 9...Nd5 and routinely finish the game. archduke_piccolo (2355) on 27-Sep-07: A "retained image" error? Did Black imagine the f6-knight was still pinned? 9.c3?? Nxd5 10.Bxc6ch bxc6 11.exd5 Qxd5 and Black remains a piece ahead with a straightforward win in prospect.


9... Qxb5	?!?!?!?!?! And now what? gr8m8 had only one move to do and he did it. The funny thing is that when I closed the pc I strongly believed that the opponent would soon resign after losing two pieces! But...
	1 comment marinvukusic (2161) on 09-Sep-07: ?? Catastrophic. 9...Nd5 wins on the spot.


10. Nc7+	Knight threatens my king, my queen and my rook. When I saw this I was really angry with myself and I wanted to smash the computer. It wasn't the loss of the queen that made me furious but my blindness. There are some emotional rules which everyone must keep in order to play without unpleasant surprises. Even if you know playing chess masterfully if you underestimate your opponent (which I did after 7... exd4) weaknesses are expected. I believed that I won without doing something to prove this. Also, after 7... exd4 and 8... Qa5 I never looked back. I didn't pay attention to the heavy weaknesses. Knight and Bishop were not for me attacking pieces. Ι believe that everyone had this problem sometime. He underestimated his opponent just because he thought that he was in a superior position. In the end that was only a fake idea. You may say that 10. Nc7 was obvious and I was just careless but I think that you did it too sometimes in the past and it wasn't obvious for you then. That's all folks. I hope you enjoyed the crash of my arrogance... Thank you for watching this game... :-)
	2 comments marinvukusic (2161) on 09-Sep-07: You said "I annotate this so you can see how emotions can destroy a game... It was a great lesson I took and I wanted to make it public." Actually your biggest mistake is not emotions but superficial approach to the game (which translates to playing too fast etc.). Annotation suffers from the same problem, so I would suggest trying to play more slowly. fantasmenos (1248) on 10-Sep-07: Thanks for your comments. The were very useful to me. I will try to play more slowly but I can't promise that