With my
last two moves, I have managed to complicate the game. I actually have an
attack. White now stifles my attack, having won the exchange. But he had a
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This article may have appeared in the Montana Chess News. It is slightly improved, here. I'm not sure what year this game was played. It was in the first round of the Columbus, Ohio, US Open. I forget what year that was. I got overconfident, even though I had a lost ending. At the diagram, Browne missed a sharper win. After this game, we both had a bad tournament.
Walter Browne - Jim Loy, US Open, Columbus, OH
1 e4 Nf6 2 e5 Nd5
3 d4 d6 4 Nf3 g6 5 Bc4 Nb6 6 Bb3 Bg7 7 Ng5 O-O? (7...d5) 8 e6! d5 9
exf7+ Kh8 10 h4! Nc6 (10...h5 is better) 11 h5 Qd6 12 hxg6 h6 13 Nh7
Qxg6 14 Nxf8 Qxg2! [diagram]
With my
last two moves, I have managed to complicate the game. I actually have an
attack. White now stifles my attack, having won the exchange. But he had a
better way to do it.
Continuing: 15 Ng6+?(A) (Browne thought for 51 min. on this move) 15...Qxg6 16 Qh5 Qxh5 (Concedes the game, really. But, I didn't see a better plan) 17 Rxh5 Be6 (17...Kh7? 18 Rxh6+! or 18 Bxh6) 18 Bxh6 Bxf7 19 Bxg7+ Kxg7 20 Rh4 (Black is down the exchange) 20...e5 21 dxe5 Nxe5 22 Nd2 Re8 23 O-O-O c5 24 Rg1+ Bg6 25 f4 c4 26 fxe5 cxb3 (26...Rxe5) 27 Rhg4 Re6 28 Nxb3 Nd7 (Or resigns) 29 Nd4 Ra6 30 e6 Ne5 31 Rg5 Kf6 (31...Rxa2 32 Nb3 Kf6) 32 e7 Be8 33 Rf5+ 1-0 (White wins the Knight). White spent 113 min., Black 135 min.
A - 15 Qh5! Bg4 (15...Bxf8? 16 Qxh6+!) 16 Ng6+ (I only saw 16 Qh2 which is a difficult win for White) 16...Kh7 17 f8N+ Kg8 (17...Bxf8? leads to mate) 18 Qh2 White is a Rook ahead. One of those rare, winning Knight promotions.