This game was part of a three-board rapidplay match in which each player played all three members of the opposing side, with a time handicap determined by the difference in grades. I had 16 minutes; Marcel had 24.
1.e4
e6
2.d4
d5
3.Nc3
Bb4
4.e5
c5
5.a3
Bxc3+
6.bxc3
Qc7
7.Nf3
Ne7
8.Bd3
0-0?
Black has various good options here, but this isn't one of them.
9.0-0?
[I could have made Black pay immediately with the classic bishop sacrifice: 9.Bxh7+
Kxh7
10.Ng5+
Kg8
(10...Kg6
11.Qd3+
Nf5
12.Qh3
leads to mate.) 11.Qh5
Rd8
12.Qh7+
Kf8
13.Qh8+
Ng8
14.Nh7+
Ke7
15.Bg5+
Kd7
16.Qxg7
Kc6
17.Bxd8
Qxd8
18.Qxf7
when White has a big advantage.]
9...Ng6
10.a4
Nd7
11.Ba3
f6?
Weakening the king position.
12.Bxg6
hxg6
13.Qd3
fxe5
14.Qxg6
Rf6
15.Qe8+
Kh7?
[15...Nf8
is the only move to stay alive: 16.Nxe5
b6
17.a5
Bb7
18.Qb5
but White has a very big advantage.]
16.Ng5+
Kh6
17.Bc1
[My move is good, but naturally the computer finds a forced mate: 17.g4!
Rf7
(17...Kxg5
18.Qh5+
Kf4
19.Bc1+
Ke4
20.Re1+
Kf3
21.Qh3#
) 18.Qh8+
Kg6
19.Qh5+
Kf6
20.Qxf7+
Kxg5
21.Bc1+
Kxg4
22.Qxg7+
Kf3
23.Qg3+
Ke4
24.Qd3#
]
17...Qc6
Avoids losing the queen to a discovered check, but leads to mate in 2. The alternatives are also hopeless. [17...Rf5
18.Nxe6+
Kh7
19.Nxc7
; 17...Rf4
18.Nxe6
Qc6
19.g4
Kh7
20.Ng5+
Kh6
21.Qh5#
]
18.Qh8+
Kg6
19.Qh7#
1-0