1.Nf3 e6 2.b3 Bc5 3.Bb2 Nf6 4.d3 d5 5.Nbd2 Nbd7 6.g3 c6 7.Bg2 O-O 8.O-O a6 9.e4 h6 10.e5 Nh7 11.h4 b5 12.Qe2 Bb7 13.Rfe1 Ba7 14.Nf1 Rc8 15.N1h2 c5 16.Bc1

(<I wasn't sure about this move, it probably isn't best, my idea was simply re-employing the Bishop on f4 so it would be more useful in the attack>)

f5

(<Probably a mistake, I now win a pawn>)

17.exf6 Qxf6 18.Qxe6+ Qf7

(<Another mistake, I guess my opponent missed my next move>)

19.Bh3 Rcd8 20.Qxf7+

(<And here I began an unusual King hunt by exchanging the Queens>)

Kxf7

(<20...Rxf7 would have been followed by 21.Be6, but it was probably best to give up the exchange, since now Black loses at least a piece.>)

21.Be6+ Kf6 22.Ng4+ Kg6

(<Going back to the e-file was necessary, where White wins easily with 23.Bxd5+>)

23.h5+ Kxh5 24.Nge5

(<Threatening mate in 1>)

Nxe5 25.Nxe5 Nf6 26.g4+

(<This is winning too, but I cannot explain how I didn't see the quiet 26.Bf5 with mate next move. I was pretty sure of the win now, and I played g4 without hesitation, since I saw it already when I played 22.Ng4+.>)

Nxg4 27.Bxg4+ Kh4 28.Kg2 Rxf2+

(<And now a few annoying spite checks.>)

29.Kxf2 c4+ 30.Kg2 d4+ 31.Bf3 Bxf3+ 32.Kxf3 Rf8+ 33.Kg2 c3

(<33...Rf8+ followed by 34...Rf2+ would have been more in style.>)

34.Rh1# 1-0

I liked the idea of Bc1, Nf1-h2-g4
and the killer move Bh3!

1.Nc3 c5 2.d3 Nc6 3.Nf3 d5 4.Bf4 f6 5.h3 e5

(<I decided for a Sämisch KID kind of setup>)

6.Bh2 Be6 7.a3 Bd6 8.e3 Nge7 9.Be2 Qd7 10.Nb5 Bb8 11.Nc3 a6 12.O-O b5 13.Nd2 O-O 14.Na2 f5

(<A nice wall of Pawns, hehe.>)

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15.Nb3 Bd6 16.Nd2 Ng6

(<I must admit I was tempted to play 16...g5 and 17...h6, but in the end I decided it might seem disrespectful in a way. I think the move I played is better anyway.>)

17.c3 f4 18.exf4 Rxf4

(<Again, I couldn't resist, I'm a sacrifice addict. My idea was simply 19.Bxf4 Nxf4 with the threat of 20...Bxh3, plus I get at least one pawn and a very powerful Knight, and his Rooks aren't doing much. I'd say that's compensation enough.>)

19.Bxf4 Nxf4 20.Bg4 Nxd3 21.Bxe6+ Qxe6 22.b4 c4 23.Nc1 e4 24.Nxd3 cxd3 25.Qg4 Qxg4

(<I considered the ending slightly favorable for me, so I opted for it.>)

<I must admit I was tempted to play 16...g5 and 17...h6, but in the end I decided it might seem disrespectful in a way. I think the move I played is better anyway.>

Well, you should have gone for 16...g5 followed by 17...h5,18...a5 and then maybe after that you could serve some aces How could you resist the temptation ? :)

White for some reason is playing very passively...
Your idea of Ng6,f4 is fine!

18...Rf4
Now I know why you like rock songs :)
White's position is very passive,The ♘ on a2 is dead!

19.Bg4 ?
Black is better but still white can hold on if he plays cautiously starting with 20.Re1,Bf1 etc but the ♘ on f4 is very dangerous.

The ending was clearly better and you did a fine job co-ordinating your ♗ and ♘.

1.I wondered why the baseball was getting bigger. Then it hit me.

2.Did you hear about the guy whose whole left side was cut off? He's all right now.

3.He drove his expensive car into a tree and found out how the Mercedes bends.

4.A bicycle can't stand on its own because it is two-tired.

5.Show me a piano falling down a mineshaft and I'll show you A-flat minor.

6.When fish are in schools they sometimes take debate.

7.A rubber band pistol was confiscated from algebra class because it was a weapon of math disruption.

8.The roundest knight at king Arthur's round table was Sir Cumference.

9.When women enter middle age, it gives men a pause.

10.To write with a broken pencil is pointless.

11.A prisoner's favorite punctuation mark is the period. It marks the end of his sentence.

12.Every calendar's days are numbered.

13.Gravity is studied a lot because it's a very attractive field.

14.A chicken crossing the road is poultry in motion.

15.He said I was average - but he was just being mean.

16.Those who jump off a Paris bridge are in Seine.

17.If you don't pay your exorcist you get repossessed.

18.We were so poor when I was growing up we couldn't even afford to pay attention.

19.He had a photographic memory that was never developed.

20.Be true to your teeth, or they will be false to you.

21.He wears glasses during math because it improves divison.

22.The one who invented the door knocker got a No-bell prize.

23.In democracy its your vote that counts. In feudalism its your count that votes.

24.She had a boyfriend with a wooden leg, but broke it off.

25.A cardboard belt would be a waist of paper.

26.When the smog lifts in Los Angeles, U C L A.

27.Once you've seen one shopping center you've seen a mall.

28.Tennis players don't marry because Love means Nothing to them.

29.A scientist doing a large experiment with liquid chemicals was trying to solve a problem when he fell in and became part of the solution.

32.Show me a piano thrown into an army trench, and I'll show you A-flat major.

33.When chemists die, we barium.

34.Some burglars are always looking for windows of opportunity.

35.Never lie to an x-ray technician. They can see right through you.

36.Local Area Network in Australia: the LAN down under.

37.It's true I don't like soap, but you don't have to rub it in my face!

38.Seven days without a pun makes one weak.

39.The Irish should be rich because their capital is always Dublin.

40.I was a banker, but I lost interest.

41.My brand new expensive vacuum cleaner really sucks.

42.I'm not sure if I've seen that door chime before, but it rings a bell.

43.Years ago, changing TV channels from a sitting position was a remote possibility.

44.Some Spanish government employees are Seville servants.

45.A toothless termite walked into a tavern and said, "Is the bar tender here?"

46.Math teachers have lots of problems.

47.Alcohol and calculus don't mix so don't drink and derive.

48.Italian building inspectors in Pisa are leanient.

49.Somebody was running a flea circus, but a dog came and stole the show.

50.Be kind to your dentist because he has fillings too.

51.Some people don't like food going to waist.

52.Let's talk about rights and lefts. You're right so I left.

53.Those who study the moon are optimists. They look at the bright side.

54.An archaeologist's career ended in ruins.

55.I like European food so I decided to Russia over there because I was Hungary. After Czech'ing the menu I ordered Turkey. When I was Finnished I told the waiter 'Spain good but there is Norway I could eat another bite'.

56.After working for 24 hours straight he called it a day.

57.An illiterate fisherman was lost at c.

58.The dead batteries were given out free of charge.

59.Will this computer last five years? Obsoletely!

Liked the puns too.

Here's a game I just played. Many mistakes on both sides, but also sacrificing and king attacks on both sides. It's a little long, but that's because I had too many moves to comment on, and my opponent made me play it out until mate.

[White "me"]
[Black "NN"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "1589"]
[BlackElo "1513"]
[TimeControl "300+3"]

''You foul-mouthed swine,'' retorted the lady indignantly. ''In this country we don't talk about our sex lives in public.''

Energizer Bunny arrested -charged with battery.

A pessimist's blood type is always b-negative.

Practice safe eating - always use condiments.

A Freudian slip is when you say one thing but mean your mother

Shotgun wedding: A case of wife or death

Marriage is the mourning after the knot before.

A hangover is the wrath of grapes.

Corduroy pillows are making headlines.

Is a book on voyeurism a peeping tome?

Does the name Pavlov ring a bell?

A successful diet is the triumph of mind over platter.

Time flies like an arrow. Fruit flies like a banana.

A gossip is someone with a great sense of rumor.

Without geometry, life is pointless.

A man's home is his castle, in a manor of speaking.

When two egotists meet, it's an I for an I.

A bicycle can't stand on its own because it is two-tired.

What's the definition of a will? (Come on, it's a dead giveaway!)

A backwards poet writes inverse.

A chicken crossing the road is poultry in motion.

If you don't pay your exorcist, you get repossessed.

With her marriage, she got a new name and a dress.

When a clock is hungry, it goes back four seconds.

The man who fell into an upholstery machine is fully recovered.

A grenade thrown into a kitchen in France would result in Linoleum Blownapart.

A lot of money is tainted. It t'aint yours and it t'aint mine.

A boiled egg in the morning is hard to beat.

He had a photographic memory that was never developed.

The short fortune-teller who escaped from prison was a small medium-at-large.

Once you've seen one shopping center, you've seen a mall.

Those who jump off a Paris bridge are in Seine.

When an actress saw her first strands of grey hair, she thought she'd dye.