11-09-2013, 08:37 AM
you're both right Andrew and Phil, the pawn ending is won obviously and so if Nxf6 I just fell asleep when I played g5. I reasoned it completly shut in the king therefore was the better move Willie's move with the queen to d8 also wins. I just had too many choices and took the wrong one! I did the exact same with Jimmy Doyle so it's something I have to work on the queen sacrifice was correct and I should have had the courage of my convictions and followed it through. I'll enclose Jimmy's game here and would welcome comments. I would welcome comments about how to overcome blind spots such as this
[pgn]1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 c5 4.d5 exd5 5.cxd5 d6 6.e4 g6 7.f4 Nfd7 8.Nf3 Bg7 9.Bd3 0-0 10.Be3 a6 11.a4 Re8 12.Qd2 Nf6 13.0-0 Ng4 14.e5 b6 15.h3 Nxe3 16.Qxe3 Bb7 17.Bc4 Qe7 18.Rfe1 Nd7 19.e6 Nf6 20.Qd3 Nh5 21.f5 Nf4 22.Qe4 Bh6 23.Ne2 Nxe2+ 24.Rxe2 g5 25.Rf1 Bg7 26.Qg4 f6 27.h4 h6 28.g3 Ra7 29.Rh2 Rea8 30.Qe4 b5 31.axb5 axb5 32.Bxb5 Ra1 33.Rhf2 R1a5 34.Qd3 Rb8 35.Bc4 Ba8 36.b3 Ra7 37.hxg5 fxg5 38.Nh2 Bd4 39.Ng4 Ra2 40.f6 Qh7 41.f7+ Kg7 42.Qxd4+ cxd4 43.f8Q+ Rxf8 44.Rxf8 Qc2 45.R8f2 Qe4 46.Rxa2 Qxg4 47.Rxa8 Qxg3+ 48.Kh1 ½-½[/pgn]
draw! I missed 47. Rf7! Kg6 48Bd3 ch and 49 Rh2 and also missed 42. Qxh7 and 43. e7 and finally 45. R1f7 ch Kg6 46. Rg8 ch and 47 Nf6 mate which would have looked good after the Queen sac!
[pgn]1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 c5 4.d5 exd5 5.cxd5 d6 6.e4 g6 7.f4 Nfd7 8.Nf3 Bg7 9.Bd3 0-0 10.Be3 a6 11.a4 Re8 12.Qd2 Nf6 13.0-0 Ng4 14.e5 b6 15.h3 Nxe3 16.Qxe3 Bb7 17.Bc4 Qe7 18.Rfe1 Nd7 19.e6 Nf6 20.Qd3 Nh5 21.f5 Nf4 22.Qe4 Bh6 23.Ne2 Nxe2+ 24.Rxe2 g5 25.Rf1 Bg7 26.Qg4 f6 27.h4 h6 28.g3 Ra7 29.Rh2 Rea8 30.Qe4 b5 31.axb5 axb5 32.Bxb5 Ra1 33.Rhf2 R1a5 34.Qd3 Rb8 35.Bc4 Ba8 36.b3 Ra7 37.hxg5 fxg5 38.Nh2 Bd4 39.Ng4 Ra2 40.f6 Qh7 41.f7+ Kg7 42.Qxd4+ cxd4 43.f8Q+ Rxf8 44.Rxf8 Qc2 45.R8f2 Qe4 46.Rxa2 Qxg4 47.Rxa8 Qxg3+ 48.Kh1 ½-½[/pgn]
draw! I missed 47. Rf7! Kg6 48Bd3 ch and 49 Rh2 and also missed 42. Qxh7 and 43. e7 and finally 45. R1f7 ch Kg6 46. Rg8 ch and 47 Nf6 mate which would have looked good after the Queen sac!