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ANNOTATED GAME
American Open 2006
bakerbaker (1791) vs. Cau Duong Le (1925)
Annotated by: bakerbaker (1200)
Chess opening: Sicilian (B22), 2.c3, Heidenfeld variation
bakerbaker (1791) vs. Cau Duong Le (1925)
Annotated by: bakerbaker (1200)
Chess opening: Sicilian (B22), 2.c3, Heidenfeld variation
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1. e4 |
I was White in this game. It shows that having hanging or isolated pawns can actually be an advantage. | |||||
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1... c5 |
The most common response to e4. | |||||
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2. c3 |
The most common continuation for White is Nf3 followed by d4, leading to equally imbalanced positions, but I like the move c3, which usually yeilds White a microscopic advantage. | |||||
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2... Nf6 |
This variation has similar ideas from the Alekhine (e4 Nf6). Black wants to lure my pawns forward and then undermine them. | |||||
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3. e5 |
If you don't want to study this opening, you can simply play 3.d3, and get a King's Indian setup, but why play passive as White? | |||||
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3... Nd5 |
Ne4 loses to d3. | |||||
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4. d4 |
Playing the tempting c4 is totally winning for Black, because then it's hard for my d-pawn to reach d4. I need my pawn on c3 to support d4. | |||||
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4... cxd4 |
Black should take this pawn, because now that my pawn is already on d4, me playing c4 is a real threat. | |||||
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5. Nf3 |
I don't need to take immediately on d4, but you can if you want to avoid the boring 5...d3 variation. | |||||
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5... e6 |
Nc6 is the sharpest move. | |||||
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6. cxd4 Be7 |
A weak move. A much better move for Black is d6. Be7 just seems pointless and unsharp. | |||||
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7. Nc3 |
Knights before bishops, since bishops usually have a lot of available developing squares. | |||||
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7... Nxc3 |
If Black moves the knight, then he has trouble after 8.d5. | |||||
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8. bxc3 d5 |
If Black had played d6, then I'd still play my ninth move. | |||||
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9. exd6 e.p. Qxd6 10. Bd3 |
This is a good diagonal for my bishop since it aims toward the kingside for when Black castles kingside. If Black decides to castle queenside, then it's suicide since there are two open files on the queenside. | |||||
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10... Nc6 11. O-O O-O 12. Qe2 |
I didn't like Qc2, because although it's a direct threat, my queen will get harrassed when Black doubles his rooks on the c-file. | |||||
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12... Bd7 |
Black is slightly ahead in development, but I have pawns controlling the centre. Even though my pawns are hanging in the centre, they aren't weak. | |||||
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13. Rb1 |
Open file. | |||||
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13... b6 |
I thought Qc7 was better. | |||||
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14. h4 |
Since there isn't much else to do, I begin an attack on the kingside. | |||||
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