Annotated chess game: Annotated Game #1

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Annotated Game #1
Xaviar vs. Martin
Annotated by: xaviar (1200)
Chess opening: Petrov (C42), Italian variation

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I am by no means a Master, check my rating if you doubt that, but this is still an interesting game that I played one of my friends who's not all that good, but he knows his basic openings to some extent. We decided to play a 5 minute blitz game, which explains many of the mistakes on Black's part.

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Bc4	This is my favorite opening to play. 3. Bc4 puts pressure on f7 pawn, which only the king defends. I also play this when black does 2... Nc6 just to be different and not do the Ruy Lopez that everyone expects when I reach for the bishop.



3... Nxe4 4. d3 Nc5 5. Nxe5 Be7	??? At this point, he had lost the game. I had won his queen, and I offered to let him resign the game now, although he felt he could continue and at least try to get something done with the rest of the game.
	1 comment brammall (1748) on 10-Jan-08: Since this is only a blitz game it seems 6. Nxf7 Nxd3+ 7. cxd3 Bb4+ 8.Nc3 Qe7 seems plausible.... even without compensation one can always look for complications. Black is certainly still dead though, as even with his queen escaping he lost a knight and rook for a pawn--- but blitz is blitz.


6. Nxf7 O-O	?? Castling is a good idea... as long as it doesn't result in a discovered check when I take 7. Nxd8. Four minutes on the clock.



7. Nxd8+ Kh8 8. Nf7+ Kg8 9. Ne5+ Kh8 10. Qh5	It's usually not a good idea to start moving your queen out on move 10, especially before castling, but I wanted to see if I could finish the game in the next ten moves and this was the easiest way I could see to do it. Three minutes on the clock.



10... g6	?? Not only does this move does nothing useful, as I could just as easily respond 11. Qh6, but I could force a relatively fast mate after this. 2 Minutes on the clock.



11. Nf7+	I did this move to taunt him with the possibility of winning my queen, but knowing he couldn't. I'm mean that way. I later found out that at this point in the game I have a forced mate in 6 if he plays perfectly, which he didn't.



11... Kg7	11...Rxf7 would have prolonged his imminent death at this point, but not for long - as I would respond Bxf7 winning two points.
	2 comments toiletduck1 (1200) on 13-May-08: exactly what I was thinking! smarticalz (1776) on 23-Jun-12: After Rxf7 you cant do Bxf7 because your queen is hanging


12. Qh6+ Kf6 13. Qh4+ Kf5 14. Qf4#	Checkmate with two minutes on the clock. Black had one minute.