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ANNOTATED GAME
31st GK tournament
osiris_007 (1733) vs. patagon (1860)
Annotated by: osiris_007 (1908)
Chess opening: English (A35), symmetrical, four knights system
osiris_007 (1733) vs. patagon (1860)
Annotated by: osiris_007 (1908)
Chess opening: English (A35), symmetrical, four knights system
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A game for Round one of the 31st GM Tournament. | ||||||
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1. c4 |
The English Defense, here I give up the centre to Black as a target for attack. | |||||
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1... c5 |
Not a move I expected to see. | |||||
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2. Nc3 |
After some thought I decided to continue with the English Defense normally. | |||||
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2... Nc6 3. Nf3 |
I advance my knight, controlling e5 and enabling a possible d4 pawn advance to weaken his pawn structure. | |||||
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3... Nf6 4. d4 |
I decide to go ahead with the pawn advance, opening the centre to disrupt his plans. | |||||
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4... cxd4 5. Nxd4 d6 |
d5 | |||||
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6. e4 |
Increasing my control of d5 | |||||
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6... Nxd4 |
A suprising move. Puts my Queen in the centre, which in this position isn't a bad thing as he has no effective way to chase the Queen away(e5 buries his King-Bishop, making it difficult to develop) | |||||
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7. Qxd4 g6 |
The only way to develop his bishop, due to his pawn on d6. | |||||
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8. Be2 Bg7 9. Be3 O-O 10. Qd2 |
To prevent an attack on my Queen and allow a possible attack on his dark-squared Bishop via Bh6. | |||||
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10... Be6 11. f3 |
Defends the e5 pawn and prevents Bg4. | |||||
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11... Qa5 |
Begining an attack on the queenside. | |||||
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12. Nd5 |
Threatening Nxe5 or Nxf6 , to dislodge the Knight and weaken his King defense, as well as forcing his Queen to trade or retreat. | |||||
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12... Qxd2+ 13. Kxd2 |
I decided to capture with my King instead of my Bishop in order to keep his Rook trapped protecting a7, and putting my king in a favorable endgame position, while still allowing development of my Rooks. | |||||
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13... Nxd5 14. cxd5 Bd7 |
Now his King-Bishop is badly placed, though his Queen-Bishop will de difficult to contain. | |||||
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15. Rac1 |
if Bxb7, then Rc7 gives me back the pawn and puts my Rook in an excellent position. | |||||
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15... Rfc8 |
To challenge my control over the c file. | |||||
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16. b4 a6 |
Stopping b5, which would weaken the King Bishop even more. | |||||
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17. Rxc8+ |
Believing I have a superior endgame position, due to my better placed king and white squared Bishop, I decide to force an exchange of Rooks. | |||||
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17... Rxc8 18. Rc1 Rxc1 19. Kxc1 Bc3 20. a3 Ba4 |
Preventing my King from advancing, but tieing down his Bishops in the process. His king is now stronger then mine, but my Bishops' kingside strength balances that. | |||||
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