32.Nxd6??

White commits the last blunder. 32.Kf4 d5+ 33.Kf3 dxe4+ 34.Qxe4 Rxc1 35.Kg2, =.

32...Qc5+ 33.Kf6 Qxd6+, 0-1.

Matanzas (2303) - vaska (2582) [A04]
ICC 1 0 Internet Chess Club, 2004
1.Nf3 b5 2.g3 Bb7 3.Bg2 Nf6 4.0–0 e6 5.d3

This is a very popular formation for bullet specialists because you can whip out the first 10 moves or so against almost any response.

5…c5 6.Nbd2 d5 7.e4 dxe4 8.Ng5 Nc6 9.dxe4 h6 10.Ngf3 c4 11.Rb1 Bc5 12.Qe2 Qb6 13.e5 Nd5 14.Ne4 Nd4? 15.Nxd4 Bxd4 16.Nd6+

I noticed this half a second after playing ...Nd4.

16...Kf8 17.Nxb7 Qxb7 18.c3 Bb6 19.Kh1 Rd8 20.f4 g6 21.g4 h5 22.f5? hxg4 23.fxe6?

Everybody has been taught to capture toward the center, but this is one of the exceptions.  Correct was 23.fxg6 g3 24.h3 Bf2 (24...Nf4 25.g7+! wins) 25.Qg4 and White's chances look better.

23...g3! 24.h3

BLACK TO MOVE AND WIN

24...Nf4!! 25.Bxb7

The alternative was 25.Qf3 Qxf3 26.Rxf3 Rd1+ 27.Rf1 Nxh3 28.Rxd1 Nf4+ 29.Bh3 Rxh3 mate. Also note that 25.Bxf4 runs afoul of 25…Rxh3 mate thanks to the pin along the h1-a8 diagonal.

25...Rxh3+ 26.Qh2 Rxh2 mate.

vaska (2451) - Palooka (2050) [B07]
ICC 1 0 Internet Chess Club, 2004
1.e4 d6 2.d4 Nf6 3.Nc3 a6 4.f3 b6 5.Bg5 Nbd7 6.Qd2 Bb7 7.Nge2 c5 8.d5 b5 9.a4 b4 10.Nd1 a5 11.Ne3 Ba6 12.Ng3 Nb6 13.Bxa6 Rxa6 14.0–0 Ra7 15.f4 Qc7 16.c4 g6 17.e5 dxe5 18.fxe5 Nfd7 19.d6 exd6

WHAT WOULD YOU DO?

20.Rxf7!?

20.e6! fxe6 21.Qf2 Ne5 22.Qf6.

20...Kxf7 21.Nd5 Nxd5 22.Qxd5+ Kg7

22...Ke8 23.Qe6+.

23.Rf1