Kevin C. Wong

Chess - IsakGallo v KevinCWong

I played this game during a 3+2 (3 min + 2 sec per move) arena tournament. It was my first game of the tournament and after this game I was to stressed to continue. I played black.


IsakGallo_vs_KevinCWong_2020.02.09


IsakGallo (919) v KevinCWong (938) Feb 09 2020 [ PGN ]

1. Nfe d5
2. d4 Nc6
3. Bf4 Bg4
4. Nc3 e6
5. Ne5 Nxe5

Here I thought I can't let him keep a knight there and didn't want to weaken king's-side castle by pushing f pawn.

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6. Bxe5 Bd6

Yikes! I left my h rook open for capture but neither of us ever saw it. Instead he focused on my bishop move and we traded bishops.

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7. Bxd6 Qxd6
8. f3 Bf5
9. e4 dxe4
10. fxe4 Bg6
11. e5 Qe7
12. Qd2 O-O-O
13. O-O-O f6

After some more moves we both castled queen side and I decided to contest the center. I think I checked time about now. At this point he has 2:27 and I have 1:29 so I knew I had to speed up a bit.

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14. exf6 gxf6
15. Nb5 a6

He attacked my a pawn. I moved it up to force his knight back and I was also conscious that if he moved his knight to check me it would trap his knight, and that's what happened so I was up a knight for a pawn.

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16. Na7+ Kb8
17. Qe3 Kxa7
18. d5+ Kb8
19. Qb3 exd5
20. Rxd5 Rxd5

20. Rxd5 was a blunder but I was so focused on the enemy rook I missed the checkmate and took his rook. Instead 20...Qe1+ forces him to block with his rook and then I take it with my queen for checkmate.

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21. Qxd5 Qe3+
22. Qd2 Qxd2+
23. Kxd2 Ne7

Here I thought I'm fine trading queens since I'm a piece up. He has 1:22 and I have 41 seconds.

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24. c3 Rd8+
25. Kc1 Nd5
26. Bc4 Ne3
27. Re1 Nxc4

My pieces were in good position and he had his rook trapped. I used a rook-check to develop my rook and get an extra tempo. We were moving quickly and he left his bishop undefended and suddenly I was two pieces up. He had 1:14 and I had 38 seconds.

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28. b3 Ne5
29. Kb2 Nd3+

I was moving fast, thinking I might not have enough time left to win. Then he made a mistake and I forked his king and rook. After I took the rook he resigned a move later.

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30. Kc2 Nxe1+
31. Kb2 (resigns)

Other than that early blunder it was my opponent making the mistakes while I tried to just play solid.