This is a Game Center game with a fast time limit, 5 minutes per player plus 10 seconds increment per move. Since the server does not have time stamping, the 10 seconds more or less makes up for Net lag. I was lucky that it more than made up for it this evening, otherwise I would have lost on time at around move 17.
My 11.N17 was too fancy. It looks like 11.i15 would have won instead. My main problem was that I took too long to get to this point, and had about a minute left.
In mutual frantic time pressure, Butyogi let me off the hook with G16 when 30.E16 was crushing. Heartbreaker. He played very well up to that point.
On
2009-04-10 at 01:59,
twixter
said:
Oh, actually he lost on time instead of Resign.
On
2009-04-10 at 02:03,
twixter
said:
Maybe I should explain why I think 11.i15 would work here against the Medcalf:
I'm sorry for being rude. But it really helps to include the entire line in your post from the place where you diverge from the game, which in this case is move 1.
White: twixter
Black: Butyogi
1.j5 2.j9 3.n10 4.n12 5.r12 6.q15 7.h13 8.i17 9.e17 10.e19 11.n17 12.o10 13.i15 14.i11 15.q14 16.q9 17.l9 18.k7 19.r7 20.s8 21.t8 22.u9 23.o8 24.l13 25.f9 26.g12 27.c12 28.f14 29.b14 30.g16 31.f19 32.f7 33.g7 34.resign
My 11.N17 was too fancy. It looks like 11.i15 would have won instead. My main problem was that I took too long to get to this point, and had about a minute left.
In mutual frantic time pressure, Butyogi let me off the hook with G16 when 30.E16 was crushing. Heartbreaker. He played very well up to that point.
1.j5 2.j9 3.n10 4.n12 5.r12 6.q15 7.h13 8.i17 9.e17 10.e19 11.i15 12.j19 13.r17 14.s14 15.m15 How's that?
1.j5 2.j9 3.n10 4.n12 5.r12 6.q15 7.h13 8.i17 9.e17 10.e19 11.i15 12.j19 13.r17 14.o10 15.s14 16.q9 17.j12 18.k16 19.m15 20.m17 21.o14 22.p17 23.p18 24.o19 25.q13 26.q20 27.u20 28.t17 29.t16 30.s19 31.u18
1.j5 2.j9 3.n10 4.n12 5.r12 6.q15 7.h13 8.i17 9.e17 10.e19 11.i15 12.j19 13.r17 14.o10 15.s14 16.q9 17.j12 18.k16 19.m15 20.m17 21.o14 22.p17 23.p18 24.o19 25.q13 26.q20 27.u20 28.t17 29.t16 30.s19 31.u18 32.i7 33.l9
it looks like white can hold the line. But 18.K16 does not look best for black. Instead,
1.j5 2.j9 3.n10 4.n12 5.r12 6.q15 7.h13 8.i17 9.e17 10.e19 11.i15 12.j19 13.r17 14.o10 15.s14 16.q9 17.j12 18.m15
looks much better for black. So I back up to move 13:
1.j5 2.j9 3.n10 4.n12 5.r12 6.q15 7.h13 8.i17 9.e17 10.e19 11.i15 12.j19 13.m15
I'm sorry for being rude. But it really helps to include the entire line in your post from the place where you diverge from the game, which in this case is move 1.
16.p17 17.s14 OR
16.s14 17.n17 18.n21 19.j21 20.g16 21.k19 22.l18 23.m18 24.m16 25.p16
1.j5 2.j9 3.n10 4.n12 5.r12 6.q15 7.h13 8.i17 9.e17 10.e19 11.i15 12.j19 13.m15 14.o19 15.s17 two branches:
16.r17 17.r19 18.t16 19.m19 20.l18 21.n17 OR
16.s19 17.u16 two branches:
____18.u20 19.m19 20.l18 21.o20 22.n17 23.p18 24.p17 25.q16 OR
____18.t13 19.q18