[Event "2003-03-23 22:38:48"]
[Site "email"]
[Date "2003-03-23 22:38:48"]
[Round "3"]
[White "DWPj"]
[Black "Bill Staeven"]
[Result "*"]

1.e4 e5 2.Bc4 Nf6 3.d3 d6 4.Nc3 Qd7 5.h3 Nc6 6.Bg5 Nh5? 7.Qxh5

{bs:didn't see that coming}

7...g6 8.Qf3 f5 9.Nge2 Nd4 10.Nxd4 exd4 11.Nd5 Bg7 12.Bf6 O-O 13.Ne7+??

DWPj - Bill Staeven
Position after 13. Ne7+

{dp: Shoulda played 13. Nb6+}

13...Kh8 14.Bxg7+ Kxg7 15.Nd5 fxe4 16.Qg3 Qc6 17.h4 b5 18.Bb3 *

[Event "2003-03-19 01:32"]
[Site "email 2003-03-19 01:32"]
[Date "2003-03-19 01:32"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Staeven, Bill"]
[Black "DWPj"]
[Result "1-0"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.Nf3 Bb4

{bs: I had forseen this, and should have corrected. I didn't expect you to capitalize on it so quickly. Thanks :-/}

4.Nd5

{bs:Ain't ready to lose it just yet}

4...d6 5.Bc4 Be6 6.O-O Nf6 7.d3 Nd4 8.Nxb4

{dp: major brain fart there, huh? :-) bs: I *just* did see it :-)}

8...Nxf3+ 9.Qxf3 Bxc4 10.dxc4 c5 11.Nd5 Nxd5 12.Bd2 Nc7

{dp: What did you give me the knight for? bs: wanted to see what you'd do with it. Kinda expensive for a test, wasn't it?}

13.h4 Qxh4 14.g3 Qh3 15.Rfd1 Ne6 16.Bc3 Rd8 17.Rd5 Rd7 18.Rad1 Ke7 19.Bxe5 Rhd8 20.Bc3

{dp: it is getting kind of messy, isn't it?}

20...h5??

{dp: What a stupid move on my part! bs: I was surprised!}

Staeven, Bill - DWPj
Position after 20. ... h5

21.Rxh5 Qxh5 22.Qxh5 g6 23.Qf3 Re8 24.Qf6+ Kf8 25.Qh8+ Ke7 26.Bf6# 1-0

Staeven, Bill - DWPj
Position after 26. Bf6#

[Event "2003-03-13 15:21"]
[Site "email 2003-03-13 15:21-2003-03-18 23:04:21"]
[Date "2003-03-13 15:21-2003-03-18 23:04:21"]
[Round "1"]
[White "DWPj"]
[Black "Staeven, Bill"]
[Result "1-0"]

1.e4 c5 2.Bc4 e5 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 Nc6 5.d3 d6

{I had the same idea dp: Not a terribly good idea, as it blocks your black bishop from traveling.}

6.O-O Bg4

{Stupid move}

7.Bg5

{bs:Good Counter}

7...Nd4

{dp: ouch.}

8.h3 Nxf3+ 9.gxf3 Bxh3 10.Re1 Be7 11.Kh2 Qd7 12.Nd5 O-O 13.c3 h6 14.Bxf6 Bxf6 15.Nxf6+ gxf6 16.Rg1+

{bs: nice, I wasn't paying attention}

16...Kh7 17.Rg3 Be6 18.Qd2 Rg8 19.Rag1 Bg4 20.fxg4

{dp: I really don't know if Rxg4 would not have been a better move. What are you up to? fxg4 gets the pawn undoubled, but Rxg4 puts more pressure on the situation. The board is still a tad too open for a high pressure situation, though. :-)bs: ;-)}

20...Rg5 21.f4 exf4 22.Qxf4 Rag8 23.Qxf6

{dp: what the heck, you only live once. bs: hat's off to you sir, you've got guts}

DWPj - Staeven, Bill
Position after 23. Qxf6

23...Rxg4 24.Qxf7+ R4g7 25.Qxd7

{dp: Thanky. :-)}

25...Rxd7

{bs: No, Thank you. :-)}

26.Rxg8

{dp: Don't mention it. :-)}

26...Rg7

{dp: Now what did you want to go and do *that* for?}

27.R1xg7#

{dp: I almost missed it.}

1-0

DWPj - Staeven, Bill
Position after 27. R1xg7#