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ANNOTATED GAME
3 pawns for a dangerous attack
notfromearth (1966) vs. khajeh (1946)
Annotated by: notfromearth (1766)
Chess opening: Sicilian (B97), Najdorf, Poisoned pawn variation
notfromearth (1966) vs. khajeh (1946)
Annotated by: notfromearth (1766)
Chess opening: Sicilian (B97), Najdorf, Poisoned pawn variation
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Hi all,
This is an interesting game I played here on gameknot. Feel free to comment it. I'm not an expert in chess, so some of my comments may be innacurate.
In this game, 3 pawns are sacrified for a very dangerous attack where black probably has to play extremely accurate to not lose.
I also annotate it because the gameknot analyzer sees quite a disadvantage for white until a certain point, but this variation has been played quite a few times by players who are rated far higher than I am and probably understand this all better. I followed a few moves by the game database, but tried to do as few times as possible (I still need to learn a lot about openings) | |||||
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1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 |
The Najdorf opening... very common on gameknot it seems, I've had quite a few games with this opening already. Very difficult to understand everything though, so I'm following the main line as long as possible. | ||||
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6. Bg5 e6 7. f4 |
Still main line | ||||
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7... Qb6 8. Qd2 |
The poisoned pawn variation... still had this position in a few games. White sacrifies the pawn on b2 to have a strong attack. White's pieces are better developped for this pawn | ||||
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8... Qxb2 9. Rb1 Qa3 10. e5 |
quite aggressive move... I knew the move f5 already, but by looking at the database, I saw that this move shows quite good results for white. And since I prefer to have a very active and tactical play, I decided to try it out. | ||||
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10... dxe5 11. fxe5 Nfd7 |
That's how far the book line goes according to gameknot analyzer. | ||||
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12. Ne4 |
!? Another pawn (in fact, 2) is sacrified for more pressure against the black king. Gameknot analyzer jumps to -1.50 ;-). (I think this position might really be too complicated, even for a computer analyzer). | ||||
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12... h6 |
Chasing the Bishop away | ||||
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13. Bh4 |
keeping it in the d8-h4 diagonal, keeps up the pressure. | ||||
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13... Qxa2 |
2 pawns behind now | ||||
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14. Rd1 |
I think here you can see again how much more active the white pieces are. the pawn on e5 is also sacrified, but black has a very hard time defending now. | ||||
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14... Qd5 15. Qe3 Qxe5 |
3rd pawn ;-) | ||||
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16. Be2 |
preparing to bring the other rook into play | ||||
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16... Bc5 |
black prepares too castle and also attacks the strong Nd4 | ||||
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17. Bg3 Bxd4 18. Rxd4 |
pieces exchanged. White still has both bishops which is definitely an advantage in open positions like this. | ||||
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18... Qa5+ 19. Rd2 O-O |
castling... but the white pieces still look very dangerous. | ||||
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20. Bd6 |
attacks the rook and makes the bishop control more squares | ||||
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20... Re8 |
Rd8 seems more common. | ||||
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21. O-O |
the other rook comes into play too ;-). whites 6 pieces are all developped and have a lot of possibilities to act, while black only has his queen and 1 knight developed. gameknot analyzer still sees black having a better position (-1.74). I think white has to prove his tactical abilities now ;-). | ||||
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21... Nc6 |
Develops the knight | ||||
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22. Qg3 |
To be honest, I played this move by looking at the database (it's the last move that can be found there). But it seems to give a lot of future threats to black | ||||
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