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ANNOTATED GAME

Bishops' cross mate
jprante (1200) vs. lucdb (1346)
Annotated by: jprante (2152)
Chess opening: QGD (D06), Marshall defence
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1. d4
The Queen's Gambit Declined Marshall Defense Variant. But Black is giving up the center very early.

 
1... d5 2. c4 Nf6 3. cxd5 Qxd5 4. Nc3 Qd6 5. e4 e5 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. d5
White has clear advantages in the center.

 
7... Nb4 8. Bd2 a6 9. a3 Ng4 10. h3
Both black knights hang. Black's position will collapse.

 
10... Nh6 11. axb4 Qxb4 12. Nxe5 Qxb2
The Queen is trapped, because b5 is no longer covered by Black (Rxa8).

 
13. Bb5+ Kd8
Without central pawns and Queen, the uncastled King is open for attacks.

 
14. Nd3 Ba3 15. Nxb2 Bxb2 16. Ra2 f5
?? After the Queen's loss Black makes a severe failure.

 
17. Bg5+
A Bishop's cross mate, rather seldom to observe.