Cup round 2, and the draw had not been kind. Worksop I were always going to be tough opposition, and so it proved.
1.e4
d5
Centre-counter. It just looks unsound...
2.exd5
Nf6
3.d4
Qxd5
4.Nc3
Qd8
5.Bc4
Waste of a tempo - the bishop is better on d3.
5...e6
6.Nf3
Be7
7.Be3
0-0
8.Qe2
c6
9.h4
Over ambitious. Fritz puts me nearly a full point up after the simple 0-0.
9...b5
10.Bd3
b4
11.Ne4
Nbd7
12.h5
Qa5
13.Bd2
c5
14.g4
Up to now everything had been going fine - but this is even more over-ambitious. I'm not ready for a full on attack.
14...Bb7
15.Neg5
cxd4
16.h6
g6
17.Rh3
e5
18.Kf1
Rae8
19.Nh4
e4
20.Bc4
Bd5
21.Bxd5
Qxd5
I've gone from (relative) comfort, to disaster in only 8 moves. Running short of time, just to compound things, so I play pretty much the worst move possible in this position.
22.Rg3
e3
And now, eit her directly or indirectly, I have four pieces hanging, on g5, h4, d2 and a1.
23.Ngf3
exd2
Can't even recapture the pawn ( 24. Qxd2 Ne4 forking rook and queen).
24.Ng2
Bd6
On second thoughts, maybe I should just have recaptured the pawn :-(
25.Qxd2
Bxg3
And my knight is also unprotected now.
26.Qd1
Be5
27.g5
Ng4
28.Ne3
One little trick (Jim's queen is unprotected). But he has a trick of his own...
28...Qxf3
And I resigned, as I'm losing another piece after 29. Qxf3 Nh2+ 0-1