[Event "FICS rated standard game"] [Site "FICS, Fremont, California USA"] [Date "2002.08.09"] [Time "11:02:15"] [Round "1"] [White "Chesscracker"] [Black "Kvuzon"] [WhiteElo "2142"] [BlackElo "1701"] [TimeControl "900+0"] [Mode "ICS"] [Result "1-0"] 1. e4 { Guess who was the highest rated player? Guess who met him the first round? In practice this meant that I had to qualify in three rounds. } e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 { I really have no idea of what to play against 1 e4. As I see it it's good enough to fight for the centre from the beginning. } 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O b5 6. Bb3 Be7 7. Re1 O-O 8. h3 d6 9. c3 Na5 10. Bc2 c5 11. d4 Qc7 12. d5 Nc4 13. b3 Nb6 14. Nbd2 a5 15. Nf1 c4 16. Bd2 cxb3 17. axb3 Bd7 18. g4 a4 19. b4 Nc4 20. Bc1 Bd8 21. Ng3 Qb7 22. Bd3 Rc8 23. Bxc4 Rxc4 24. Bd2 Bb6 25. Re2 Bc8 26. Be1 Ne8 { I believe this to be a decent position. I don't study openings since I'm to bad on tactics and middlegames but I sometimes remember how a position looks after the opening and try to recreate it. Here I took a little time to try to think out how to win this game, that my opponent was much stronger and I maybe should try for a draw never occurred to me. The only thing I could think of was to move the knight to c4. I should first have moved the other pieces to make that possible. I'd really appreciate if anyone could give me a hint on a good plan here. The rest of the game isn't very interesting, I just play bad. } 27. Rc2 Rc7 28. Qd3 Ba7 29. Nd2 Qa8 { I tried to think strategically an didn't look for threats. } 30. Qxb5 Ba6 31. Qxa4 Bd3 32. Rcc1 Nf6 33. c4 {Black resigns} 1-0