Annotated chess game: A nice attack

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A nice attack
person28perfect6 (1200) vs. fenril (1684)
Annotated by: person28perfect6 (1200)
Chess opening: Sicilian (B27), Katalimov variation

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This is my first annotated game on GK, so if you have any feedbacks, please message me. Thanks!

1. e4 c5	The Sicilian



2. Nf3 b6	Katilimov Variation, with plans to fianchetto the light bishop.



3. d4 e6 4. Nc3 Bb7 5. d5	this breaks open the position and positions one of my pieces on the nice d5 square.



5... exd5	This opens the e file, which becomes important later.



6. exd5 Bd6 7. Bg5	Goading black into pushing the f pawn and weakening the kingside
	1 comment danilsafin (1768) on 08-Aug-07: I think 6...Bd6 was a wrong plan, blockading his own queenside pieces. black should have been thinking in benoni frame of mind and tried d6, g6 and Bg7, after which white has some problems on the queenside. I'd play 7. Ne4 as white, planning c4, and having the option of removing the e6 bishop at any time. And if Qe7, then Qe2 seems fine. A problem with Bg5 is that black might reconsider his last move and go Be7!


7... f6 8. Be3 Ne7 9. Nb5 Nc8 10. Bd3	Notice how white is very developed while black has most of its forces crammed into the queenside while the king is not very protected



10... a6	removing the powerful knight



11. Nxd6+ Nxd6 12. O-O O-O	This was the wrong side to castle on since most of my pieces are already pointed that way and black's pieces are stuck on the queenside.
	1 comment danilsafin (1768) on 08-Aug-07: I don't think black had many options...


13. c4	solidifying d5 and severly binding black's queenside pieces.



13... Qc7	This was a blunder to remove the queen from the already defenceless kingside.



14. Qc2	attacking h6



14... f5 15. Nh4	attacking the pawn again



15... g6 16. Bh6 Rf7	The king is now also immobile and the only piece to defend it was the rook. But this temporarily prevents a possible mate on g7



17. Rfe1	seizing the open lane and eyeing e8



17... a5	This was probably a blunder since the king is under heavy attack, yet black is not responding to the threat. Better might have been Qd8.



18. Nxf5	Sacking is so fun!



18... gxf5 19. Bxf5 Rxf5	This loses immediately. Nxf5 is met with Re8 forced mate. The only moderate continuation was Na6, opening up the A rook to defend the back rank.



20. Qc3 Rf7	Rg5 might have lasted longer, but then Qf6 still leads to mate.



21. Qg3+ Kh8 22. Qe5+	My opponent resigned here, but after Kg8, a queen sack on e8 leads to 23. Qe8 Nxe8 24. Rxd8 Rf8 25. Rxf8# Consider the final position again. Almost all of the black pieces were crammed into the 4*4 corner on the queen side with no immediate plans to return to the king's side. The only defender remained was the rook. In this game, black had castled to the wrong side and ended up with his king defenceless as his other pieces were tied to the queenside while white's attacking pieces demolished black defence. Thanks for the nice game fenril!