CICL Games

Hey everyone,

I was hoping to post some annotated games from CICL matches on the blog, however I haven't had many games worth annotating lately. I figured I might as well post my game from this week's match against AMATS. I played board 2 against AMATS's Fred Furtner, a 1408 USCF player. Fred played fine in the opening until around move 11 or 12 where he needed to find a plan. Instead, he played useless developing moves (along with 13. Nb8), while my space advantage grew, leading to a blast in the center with 14. c5. Here's the game:

Strunk,Alex (1948) - Furtner,Fred (1408) [E91]
AMATS vs. Loyola , 26.01.2009
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d6 4.e4 Bg7 5.Nf3 0–0 6.Be2 c6 7.0–0 Bg4 8.Be3 Nbd7 9.h3 Bxf3 10.Bxf3 e5 11.d5 Qc7 12.Rc1 Rfd8 13.b4 Nb8 14.c5 dxc5 15.bxc5 b5 16.Qb3 a6 17.a4 Qd7 18.Rfd1 Qe8 19.Rd2 bxa4 20.Qxa4 cxd5 21.Qxe8+ Rxe8 22.exd5 e4 23.Be2 Nfd7 24.Na4 Be5 25.c6 Rc8 26.Rb1 f5 27.cxd7 Nxd7 28.Bd4 Bd6 29.Rdb2 Rc7 30.Rb7 Rac8 31.Rxc7 Rxc7 32.Bxa6 f4 33.Be2 h5 34.Nb6 Nxb6 35.Bxb6 Rb7 36.Ba6 Rb8 37.Rb5 f3 38.gxf3 exf3 39.Be3 Rxb5 40.Bxb5 Kf7 41.Bd3 Kf6 42.Be4 g5 43.Bxf3 h4 44.Kg2 Kg6 45.Bg4 Kf6 46.Kf3 Kg6 47.Ke4 1–0

I hope you enjoyed!