Annotated chess game: bigpeta's mini-tournament I, http://gameknot.com/chess.pl?

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bigpeta's mini-tournament I, http://gameknot.com/chess.pl?
ionadowman (2105) vs. bigpeta (2108)
Annotated by: bigpeta (1200)
Chess opening: QGD Slav (D30)

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1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 c6 4. Qc2 Nf6 5. Bg5 dxc4 6. Qxc4 Nbd7 7. Nbd2 h6 8. Bh4 Be7 9. e3 c5 10. Be2	slightly better was dxc5



10... b6 11. O-O	a little stronger is Nb3 guarding the d-pawn so as to avoid an isolated pawn if recapture with exd5 after cxd5



11... O-O 12. Rfd1 Bb7 13. Rac1 Rc8 14. Nb3 cxd4 15. Qxd4 Rxc1 16. Rxc1 Qa8 17. Rc7	Better is Qd1 which boosts the defence of the Non f3 without risking disrupting the pawn shield in front of the K. Also it moves the Q away from the centre of the board where it is open to attack by minor pieces



17... Rd8 18. Qa4 g5	much better was Kf8 moving towards supporting the B & N



19. Bg3 a6	slightly better is Nd5 attacking the R



20. h3	much better is h4 attacking the pawn structure also if gxh4 then Qxh4 bringing her over to attack the opening K-side
	1 comment archduke_piccolo (2334) on 30-Dec-13: As the game developed I thought I had made a mistake with my 17th or 18th move, but couldn't figure out why they were so bad. I was mistaken and unduly pessimistic as a result. This move was the crucial error, after which White's game began to go downhill. I never did figure out a way to stop the rot...


20... Nd5 21. Rxb7 Qxb7 22. Bxa6 Qa7 23. Bb5 Qxa4 24. Bxa4 Nb4 25. Nbd4 Nc5 26. Bb5 Nxa2 27. Bc7 Ra8 28. Nc6 Bf6 29. Bxb6	mistake. sets up the Na4 fork which follows. Better was Nfe5 linking the Ns deep in black's space and blocking the attack on b2.



29... Na4 30. Bxa4 Rxa4 31. b3 Ra6 32. Bd4 Bg7 33. Bxg7 Kxg7 34. Nfd4 Nc3 35. b4	much better is f4 or g4 beginning the ofensive on both sides of the board. Plus giving the K room to move



35... Ra1+ 36. Kh2 Ra2 37. f4	a little late as now the K is on the edge of the board and the b-pawn pinned to it
	1 comment archduke_piccolo (2334) on 30-Dec-13: More to save the f-pawn than begin an attack with it. I considered White's game pretty near hopeless by this time.


37... Nd5 38. fxg5 hxg5 39. e4 Nf4 40. Kg3 Rxg2+ 41. Kf3 Rg1 42. h4 Rf1+ 43. Kg4 gxh4 44. Kxh4 Re1 45. Kg4 Rxe4 46. Kf3 f5
	1 comment archduke_piccolo (2334) on 30-Dec-13: After a bit of thought I concluded that at this point there really was nothing more to be done, hence resignation. Not one of my better games, I fear, and after a fine run in the middle of the year seem to be going through a bad patch right now. All the same, thanks for the game, Pete, and for inviting me into this Mini-Tournament.