[Event "Rapid Play # 1"]
[Site "Mechanics Institute"]
[Date "2017-03-23"]
[White "Bas van Riel"]
[Black "Harrison Harrison"]
[WhiteElo "1624"]
[BlackElo "1732"]
[Result "1-0"]

{500MB, Bas-PC} 1.d4 {(BvR) This game is worth posting only because it shows how many terrible blunders can be made during a single game of rapid chess.It doesn't matter too much as long as both players suffer from the same 'malfunctioning', so to speak. The appeal of playing rapid chess for me is that within a short timeframe one usually goes through a wide gamut of fluctuating emotions: shock, embarrasment, relief, high tension/pressure, sadness, and at the end elation and a deep sigh when it finally is over. Therefore, rapid chess is good and healthy for people, but I fear that chess itself is the victim. Generally, someone has to reassure me afterwards that I am not really such a bad chess player, as implied by my rapid (and blitz) disasters. Usually, I am the person who reminds me...} b6 2.e4 e6 3.c4 Bb7 4.Nc3 e5? {dxe5, Nc6, Nf3= +1.2 advantage} 5.d5 c6 6.Nf3 d6 7.Be3 c5 8.Be2 Nf6 9.h3 Be7 10.O-O h6 11.Qd2 Na6 12.a3 Nc7 13.Rad1 Bc8 14.Nh2 Bd7 15.f4! a6?? {losing a piece} 16.fxe5 Nh7 17.e6 Nxe6 18.dxe6 Bxe6 19.Nd5 O-O 20.Nxe7+ Qxe7 21.Qxd6 Qe8 22.Rd2? {(BvR) Why not Qxb6 etc?} Nf6 23.Qd3? {Rxf6! and Bxh6} Qc6 24.Rxf6 gxf6 25.Bxh6 Kh7 26.Bxf8 Rxf8 27.Qd6 Qxe4? 28.Qxf8? {Oeps. Of course, Bd3 wins the queen} Qe3+ {There goes my rook. Still a piece up but rattled by all these 'oepses'..} 29.Kf1 Qxd2 30.Qa8 Qf4+ 31.Qf3?? {(BvR) An extreme 'oeps', as I even lose my extra piece} Qxh2 32.Qxf6 {(BvR) Now, I am only up +1.25} Qh1+ 33.Kf2 Qb1 34.Qh4+ Kg7 35.Qg5+ Qg6 36.Qxg6+ fxg6 {(BvR) phew...With the queens off the board, the endgame is winning for white. But only just} 37.Ke3 Kf6 38.h4 Ke5 39.b3 Bf5 40.Bd1 {Bd3 wins much quicker} Be4 41.g3 Bb1 42.Be2 Bc2 43.b4 Kd6 44.Bd3 Bb3 45.Kf4 cxb4 46.axb4 a5 47.c5+ Kc6 48.Be4+ Kc7 49.cxb6+ Kxb6 50.bxa5+ Kxa5 51.Bxg6 Kb5 52.Ke5 Bg8 53.h5 Kc6 54.Kf6 Kd6 55.Kg7 Ke7 56.Kxg8 {(BvR) etc etc until checkmate.} {#r}