An unexpected turn of events!
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I was kibitzing some blitz games on the playchess server last night and was surprised by the unexpected result of this game. There's a couple of errors on move 29 for black and 30 for white, but other than that the game is pretty good. The interesting moment comes on move 41, when Nigel tries to make some progress on the Kingside overlooking black's chances on the Queenside. By means of a nice sacrifice black was able to get a passed pawn and win the game.
With a FIDE rating of 2248, 18 year old Kestutis Labekas, from Lithuania (AKA Lordi_forever on the playchess server) is probably no match against a GM like Short, but as they say, "Blitz is blitz!".
Nigel Short (2942) - Lordi_forever (Kestutis Labekas, from Lithuania) (2742) [b11]
3m + 1s, rated, 21.04.2007
[pgn] 1.e4 c6 2.Nf3 d5 3.Nc3 Bg4 4.h3 Bh5 5.d4 e6 6.Bd3 Nf6 7.e5 Nfd7 8.g4 Bg6 9.Bxg6 hxg6 10.Ne2 c5 11.c3 Nc6 12.Kf1 Be7 13.Kg2 Rc8 [13...Qc7 Planning 0-0-0 looks safer.] 14.a3 b5 15.Be3 c4 16.h4 a5 17.Qd2 a4 18.Bg5 Bxg5 19.Nxg5 With the Queenside being blocked, white stands better as he has better chances on the Kingside. 19...Qe7 20.Rh3 Ndb8 21.Rah1 Kd7 22.h5 gxh5 23.Rxh5 Rxh5 24.Rxh5 Rg8 25.Rh7 Nd8 26.Ng3 Nbc6 27.Nh5 Qf8 28.f4 Ne7 29.Qc2 Rh8? After this white can simply take on g7, Nxg7. 30.f5 ? 30...Rxh7 31.Nxh7 Qh8 32.f6 gxf6 33.N7xf6+ Kc8 34.Qc1 Ng6 35.Kg3 Nc6 36.Qg5 Kc7 37.Nf4 Nce7 38.Qh5 Kd8 39.Qxh8+ Nxh8 40.Nh3 Nc6 41.Kh4 ? 41...Nxd4 !! 42.cxd4 b4 Sentence: one of black s pawns will be promoted! 43.Nf2 c3 44.bxc3 [44.Nd3 cxb2 45.Nxb2 bxa3] 44...bxa3 45.Kg5 a2 46.Kh6 a1=Q 47.Kg7 Qxc3 48.Kxh8 Qxd4 49.Nh3 Qxe5 50.g5 Qf5 0-1 [/pgn]
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