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ANNOTATED GAME
B12 Caro-Kann against Excalibur DTC
Chessknave vs. Excalibur
Annotated by: chessknave (1560)
Chess opening: Caro-Kann defence (B12)
Chessknave vs. Excalibur
Annotated by: chessknave (1560)
Chess opening: Caro-Kann defence (B12)
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1. e4 |
King Pawn Opening to B12 Caro-Kann Advance Variation. Played against Excalibur Deluxe Talking Chess, Level 3. | |||||
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1... c6 |
Caro-Kann | |||||
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2. d4 d5 3. Bd3 |
Standard is Nc3, but I wanted to try an idea using the Bishop. | |||||
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3... Nf6 |
Perhaps e6 looks better. The knight can be displaced by e4-e5 costing tempo. | |||||
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4. e5 Ne4 |
A blunder because the knight will be trapped. | |||||
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5. f3 f5 |
Maybe the best idea for trying to compensate for the blunder 4...Ne4 by siezing control of the center after 6.fxe4 fxe4. | |||||
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6. fxe4 fxe4 7. Be2 Bf5 |
Trying for the best development of the Q bishop, perhaps hinting of castling to that side. | |||||
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8. Bg4 |
With the idea of exchanging bishops with white influencing the c8-h3 diagonal, and watching g7, by the Queen. | |||||
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8... Bxg4 9. Qxg4 Nd7 10. e6 |
Wedging black by blockading the e7 pawn on its home square to restrict black. | |||||
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10... Nf6 |
A blunt attack on the Queen that offers no real gains. | |||||
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11. Qh3 |
Keeping contact with e6. | |||||
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11... Qc7 |
Developing for castling. There is 11...Qa5 for an option with 12.Nc3 a response. It isn't much of an alternate move because there is a lack of pieces to join in an attack queenside. The influence of the pawn wedge on the f8 bishop and lack of mobility for the f6 knight can be observed. | |||||
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12. g4 |
Taking space and threatening the knight. | |||||
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12... O-O-O |
Castling to improve king safety. | |||||
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13. Ne2 |
With the idea of Bc1-f4 to control the b8-h2 diagonal and keep the queen isolated from other pieces. | |||||
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13... h5 |
No danger of 14...hxg4 because of 15.Qxh8, pin theme. | |||||
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14. Bf4 |
Completing a small plan. | |||||
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14... Qb6 15. b3 |
Necessary to prevent queenside incursion. | |||||
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15... Nxg4 16. Rg1 g6 |
A serious blunder because the knight is really not defended due to the pin on the h8 rook. Better was 16...g5 17.Bxg5 Bg7 to defend the rook and restore the defender; the pawn can protect the knight. | |||||
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17. Rxg4 |
Good move, using the tactic of eliminated defender; the pawn can not take because of the undefended rook. If 17...hxg4 then 18.Qxh8 winning a piece. | |||||
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