This was a VERY ugly Budapest, purely from the standpoint that I was so caught up in "what's the book move?" that I overlooked the fact that I had a piece hanging! What a moron. Anyways, this game just illustrates how much more important mobilization is over material. After all, if your pieces are sitting at home, they may as well not be on the board! |
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1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e5 3. dxe5 Ng4 4. Bf4 Nc6 5. e3 Bb4+ 6. Nd2
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Standard to here. Now I should just take on e5. But being so caught up in MCO memorization I fail to notice that white hasn't yet played Nf3 so my knight is undefended! So what do I do? Like a dummy, I play the book move as if he's already played Nf3. |

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6... Qe7
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7. Qxg4 Bxd2+ 8. Kxd2 Qb4+ 9. Kc2 d5
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Now white gets greedy. TOO greedy. |

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10. Qxg7 Bf5+
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Notice I have three pieces attacking and he's only got two. I've got the initiative and he's got a piece & two pawns. |

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11. Kc1
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Notice 11.Bd3 fails to 11...Qxc4 ! Better than walking into mate in one, I guess, but not much. Just delaying the inevitable. |

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11... Qe1#
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