Riding the Rapids of Redemption

Playing the King's Gambit or the Fishing Pole is fairly unpredcitable -
you never know what's going to happen next.

[Event "ICC 3 0"]
[Site "Internet Chess Club"]
[Date "2008.03.07"]
[Round "-"]
[White "OneRedemption"]
[Black "brianwall"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ICCResult "White resigns"]
[WhiteElo "2261"]
[BlackElo "2265"]
[Opening "Ruy Lopez: Berlin defense, 4.O-O"]
[ECO "C65"]
[NIC "RL.07"]
[Time "14:01:08"]
[TimeControl "180+0"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Ng4!!

The Finger-fehler Pole

5. d4 exd4 6. Nxd4 h5!!

My favorite blitz position

7. Bf4

I like it better when they try the tempting
7 Nb3 or N:c6 or Nf5:g7+f5

7 ... Bc5!!

Basic Fishing Pole battle station for my KB

8. Nf5 d6 9. Nxg7+ Kf8!

The natural King Square in the Fishing Pole-
except for ... Qh4 everyone is where they should be

10. Bxc6 Kxg7

I never had this option before but
10 ... bc 11 Nf5 Ba6! is better
10 ... Qf6 is a little better too

11. Bd5! Qf6! 12. Bg3???? Qxb2?

Darn. I only saw 12 ... h4!!!!
9 moves later
I am just a little better now.
12 ... c6!! also wins

13. Nd2! c6

A good move but
13 ... h4!!!! 14 Bf4 c6!!!!
was much stronger

14. Bb3? Be6???

I was not used to a bishop sitting contentedly on g3 -
14 ... h4!! 15 Qf3 N:f2!! is crushing again

15. Bxe6! fxe6! 16. Nb3

I was waiting for 16 Rb1!!:b7+ but
OneRedemption's move is pretty good

16 ... Rad8 17. Nxc5?

Again I am waiting for the crushing 17 Rb1!!:b7+

17 ... dxc5! 18. Qf3 Qf6 19. Qb3 b5!! 20. f3 Qd4+!?

Trying to create some chances

21. Kh1! c4!?

Trying to improve on 21 ... h4! 22 Q:e6!!

22. Qb4

22 Qa3!! is better

22 ... c5!!

Trying to keep the Queen away from me
long enough to scare up some tactics

23. Qxb5?? h4!!

Finally!

24. fxg4

The only good move is impossible to see in blitz -
24 c3!!! and my Queen has to leave its perfect location
but wait ... I save the game with a Queen sac Fishing Pole attack!!!
24 c3!!! hg!!! 25 cd R:h2+ 26 Kg1 Rdh8
27 Qd7+ Kg6 28 Q:e6+ Nf6 29 Qf5+ Kf7
30 Qh3 R8:h3 31 gh cd!!!
I am down the exchange but two passed pawns on the 6th are worth an
extra rook - my pawns are only on the 5th -
My next move will probably be
32 ... Nh5 or ... c3
Let's contine a bit and see what happens
32 Rab1 c3 33 Rb7+ Kg6 34 R:a7 c2
35 Rc7 d3
and 36 ... Rf2 or ... Rd2
will win next

24 ... hxg3!!!

mating

This is what I was aiming at-
some real Fishing Pole action
Time -
OneRedemption 1:01
Brian 1:36

25. h3

Throwing away the Queen with
25 Qb7+ Rd7 26 Q:d7 Q:d7 27 Rad1 R:h2+ 28 Kg1 Qe7
29 g5 Q:g5 30 Rf3 Qh4 31 Rd7+ Kg6 32 R:g3+ Q:g3
33 Rd2 Qh4 34 Kf1 Rh1+ 35 Ke2 Rg1 36 Kf3 Rf1+
37 Ke2 Qe1+ 38 Re2 Qc3 checkmate
delays mate the longest

25 ... Rxh3+!! 26. gxh3! Qxe4+! 27. Kg1! Qe3+!
28. Kh1! g2+!! 29. Kxg2

Bummer. I didn't get to underpromote with
29 Kh2 f1(N)+!! 30 Rf1 Rd2+ mating

29 ... Rd2+

{White resigns} 0-1

mate in 2
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Statistics for OneRedemption On for: 14 Idle: 0
OneRedemption is currently involved in a match against Jonmeista.

rating [need] win loss draw total best
Blitz 2275 4209 3769 360 8338 2458 (05-Sep-2003)
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[Event "ICC 3 0"]
[Site "Internet Chess Club"]
[Date "2008.03.07"]
[Round "-"]
[White "OneRedemption"]
[Black "brianwall"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ICCResult "White resigns"]
[WhiteElo "2261"]
[BlackElo "2265"]
[Opening "Ruy Lopez: Berlin defense, 4.O-O"]
[ECO "C65"]
[NIC "RL.07"]
[Time "14:01:08"]
[TimeControl "180+0"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Ng4 5. d4 exd4 6. Nxd4 h5 7. Bf4 Bc5
8. Nf5 d6 9. Nxg7+ Kf8 10. Bxc6 Kxg7 11. Bd5 Qf6 12. Bg3 Qxb2 13. Nd2 c6 14.
Bb3 Be6 15. Bxe6 fxe6 16. Nb3 Rad8 17. Nxc5 dxc5 18. Qf3 Qf6 19. Qb3 b5 20.
f3 Qd4+ 21. Kh1 c4 22. Qb4 c5 23. Qxb5 h4 24. fxg4 hxg3 25. h3 Rxh3+ 26.
gxh3 Qxe4+ 27. Kg1 Qe3+ 28. Kh1 g2+ 29. Kxg2 Rd2+ {White resigns} 0-1
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To recap the action from the dark side -
10 ... bc 11 Nf5 Ba6
would have been OK
12, 13, 14 ... h4!!! wins
On move 24 c3 loses brilliantly to 24 ... hg!!!!
24 fg hg! mates as played
24 Be1!! Q:a1!! ( 24 ... h3! draws)
25 fg Rhf8! 26 Rg1 Qe5
is OneRedemption's One Redemption
I am up the exchange but my pawns
look like a Times Square recruiting center.
( my brother Fred lived on 42nd and 8th street, NY, NY for a decade. )