Annotated chess game: Brave Knights + Selfless Bishop = Royal Pain

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Brave Knights + Selfless Bishop = Royal Pain
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Annotated by: jboyette36 (1902)
Chess opening: Norwegian defence (B06)

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1. e4	This game's only fine attribute is that it shows how an inaccurate opening can be punished severely. The quality of the game is not high, but it does contain an entertaining minor piece attack.



1... g6	Black goes with the modern defense.



2. d4	Not having faced this move before I opted for quick control of the center.



2... d6 3. Nf3	Continuing development and protecting d4 against the inevitable Bg7



3... Bg7	Yep.



4. Nc3	Further dominating the center.



4... Nd7	? This move blocks Black's white squared bishop. Pinning the white knight on f3 looks better.



5. Bc4 b6	Preparing to fianchetto the other bishop. It is true the bishop needs to get into play but Black is taking way too much time to get developed
	1 comment marinvukusic (2161) on 28-Apr-08: ?? Too slow. As a rule fianchetto has to be done in 2 moves (b6 and Bb7) and if that is not possible then the first move is usually a mistake.


6. Ng5	Brave Knight number 1 prepares to attack the weak f7. (The pawn of f7 cannot be moved because of 7. Ne6 winning the Black queen.)
	5 comments marinvukusic (2161) on 28-Apr-08: This is already a winning move (6...Nh6?; 7.Bf7 with 8.Ne6). emres (1200) on 28-Apr-08: You could have directly played 6.Bxf7! raskerino (1841) on 03-May-08: what? Ne6+ wins the queen in that line. kingstuart (1200) on 11-May-08: he means 7...Nb8 and now the LSB covers e6 jboyette36 (1902) on 11-May-08: Bxf7 appears inferior to the text to me because of 6. ... Kf8 7. Ng5 Nb1* *sorry Kingstuart is right I meant Nb8


6... e6	The best Black had but..



7. Bxe6	! The Selfless Bishop offers to sacrifice himself.



7... Nh6 8. Bxf7+	The bishop insists on sacrificing himself. Martyrdom for eternal paradise?



8... Nxf7 9. Ne6	The Knight sets his sights on the Black queen.



9... Qf6	Trying to protect the poor bishop on g7



10. Nd5	?/! This is a bit of a gamble with Qxe6 available
	3 comments marinvukusic (2161) on 28-Apr-08: 10.Nc7 is also possible (probably better, since White gets 6 units of material and disrupts the castling rights). haggismcbeany (1200) on 29-Apr-08: black was probably worried about the fork, which white hopefully saw too! 10...Qxe6 11.Nxc7+! and whites up a queen and a pawn for both knights jboyette36 (1902) on 29-Apr-08: Nc7 was the safe play and I thought the fork threat was enough to protect the Knight on e4, but I did not realize that 10. ...Qxe4 11. Nxc7+ Ke7 12. Nxe6 Kxe6 results in black being three points down, but still having play with six pieces (three developed) to white's four (zero developed).


10... Qh4	?? This costs black the game. Qxe6 would have resulted in black being three points down, but still having play with six pieces (three developed) to white's four (zero developed).
	1 comment nuntar (1702) on 31-Aug-08: But White can develop with tempo: 13. Qg4+ Ke7 14. Bg5+


11. Nxg7+	What true knight could resist plundering a rich bishop?



11... Kf8 12. Ne6+	Preparing to go after the rook on a8 as soon as the king returns to e8.



12... Kg8	?! losing the rook was preferable to ..



13. Qg4	!! losing the queen. If the Black queen leaves the d8-h4 diagonal then Ne7# , any other move loses the queen for a knight.
	1 comment archduke_piccolo (2332) on 30-Apr-08: Nice - especially as the queen moves to an empty square to make the offer. Something aesthetically pleasing about such moves, even when the tactic is short-ranged.