STC Open Round 7

I think this is a bit more interesting game...maybe the most fun I've had since beginning this effort! I made a deliberate effort to play more aggressively, and watch for tactics. This time it worked out fine, but there were many chances for it to come out badly. Perhaps that's the nature of the game?

I thing MDLM might be on to something. All the focus on tactics really does make a difference. I've been putting in a lot of time on the tactics server. Now I think I may actually spend a little time getting on a real Circles routine. This stuff seems to work!

I have done a little bit of 'analysis' and I'd be interested in your comments on what I missed.


















[Event "STC Open 2006 rated standard match"]
[Site "freechess.org"]
[Date "2006.04.18"]
[Round "7"]
[White "wilkhell"]
[Black "RBHawkins"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "1549P"]
[BlackElo "1539P"]
[ECO "A10"]
[TimeControl "3600"]
1. c4 {[%clk 1:00:00]} d5 {[%clk 1:00:00]} 2. b3 {[%clk 0:59:42]} e5 {[%clk
0:59:31]} 3. e3 {[%clk 0:59:37]} Nf6 {[%clk 0:58:32]} 4. cxd5 {[%clk
0:59:20]} Nxd5 {[%clk 0:57:59]} 5. Bb2 {[%clk 0:59:16]} Nc6 {[%clk 0:57:04]}
6. Bb5 {[%clk 0:59:09]} Bd6 {[%clk 0:56:24]} 7. e4 {[%clk 0:57:23]} Nf4
{[%clk 0:54:54]} 8. Bxc6+ {[%clk 0:55:22]} bxc6 {[%clk 0:54:26]} 9. Qf3
{[%clk 0:55:14]} Qf6 {[%clk 0:50:18]} 10. Ne2 {[%clk 0:54:57]} Qg5 {[%clk
0:45:54]} 11. Nxf4 {[%clk 0:54:47]} exf4 {[%clk 0:45:23]} 12. e5 {[%clk
0:52:38]} O-O {[%clk 0:40:22]} 13. exd6 {[%clk 0:52:26]} Re8+ {[%clk
0:40:10]} 14. Kf1 {[%clk 0:52:12]} Ba6+ {[%clk 0:39:32]} 15. Kg1 {[%clk
0:52:01]} Re1# {[%clk 0:39:24]} {wilkhell checkmated} 0-1