This was played in a team match called Rise Of The Daleks. The match consists of 34 boards and it is played between Daleks of Skaro and TriBaL KnighT's. I played on board 9 for Daleks of Skaro and in addition to this loss, I was able to get a draw from my other game against letranknight. The current score is a bit grim from our point of view, 24.5 - 41.5 in favor of TriBaL KnighT's, which means that they have secured the win in the match.
Up to the move 7.Bd3 I think that both players were making normal looking developing moves, but then I diverted from the develop all my pieces as fast as possible plan and played 7...Ne4. The reason behind my move was to try and exchange a few pieces because I had less space than my opponent and also try to stop e4 ideas from my opponent at least for the time being. My opponent, letranknight, played 8.Qc2 in order to put more pressure to my knight on e4 and threaten to take it with the bishop. I think my best option was to take on c3 with the bishop, so that is what I did. Going back to f6 with the knight was not an option because it would have meant that going to e4 was a mistake. I think I also considered f5 and d5, but I did not really like those moves in that position. Had I played d5, I would have needed to take back on e4 with the pawn, doubling my pawns on the e-file. Well, f5 might have actually transposed to the game continuation, so it was a possible move to play. The game continued on evenly until letranknight made a small mistake witht the move 11.Bxe4. While I think that my knight was well placed on e4, I do not think that my opponent should have given the bishop pair for that. The next mistake came from my opponent again, this time in the form of 13.Ng5. After that I started to have the advantage clearly on my side.
With the move 15...Ba6 my pressure against the pawn on c4 started. I was planning to play Nc6 and follow it up with Na5 and place my queen on a4, so that I could at some point win the pawn on c4. While at first glance it might appear that 18.Rb4 holds for White, Stockfish thinks that it was the biggest mistake of the game so far and that I should be winning after that blunder. However, I did not see the best move, but instead one that kept me clearly on the better side of the position. I stayed on the better side for quite some time, but with the move 30...g6 that advantage started to dissipate a bit and by the time we reached the position after 30...g5, the advantage had completely vanished. On move 40 letranknight gave me once again a chance to seize the advantage, but this time I was not up to the task and the position seemed to be more even again after 40...Qf7. I continued playing badly and after my 41st move, letranknight should be clearly better. My opponent did not find the right idea and played 42.Bf4, which gave me another chance to hang on in the game. Both players continued to play horrible moves and the advantage shifted from one player to the other, move after move. At long last, it came time to play my final mistake of the game 52.Kd7, after that horrible move the game was over. I have added one mate in one, two mate in three, one mate in four and one mate in five puzzle today.
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