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ANNOTATED GAME
Buckley - Mold v Malpas & Whitchurch
Dave Aldridge (ECF143) vs. Charles L Higgie (ECF 177)
Annotated by: charleshiggie
(2222)
Chess opening: English (A27), three knights system
Dave Aldridge (ECF143) vs. Charles L Higgie (ECF 177)
Annotated by: charleshiggie
(2222)
Chess opening: English (A27), three knights system
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In this match, we out-rated our opponents on the top three boards, but were out-rated on the bottom two. So I knew I had to win with black if we wanted to win the match. | |||||||
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1. c4 |
So he started with The English. | ||||||
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1... e5 |
I decided to play a Closed Sicilian reversed. | ||||||
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2. Nc3 |
Normal development. | ||||||
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2... Nc6 |
Me too. | ||||||
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3. Nf3 |
The natural square for the knight. | ||||||
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3... f5 |
A more aggressive move than Nf6. | ||||||
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4. d4 |
He rightly challenges my pawn centre. | ||||||
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4... e4 |
So I advance. | ||||||
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5. Ng5 |
He advances the knight. | ||||||
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5... Be7 |
I hit the knight. | ||||||
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6. h4 |
He protects. | ||||||
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6... h6 |
I go after the h pawn. This plan is over-ambitious. Probably simple development with Nf6 was best. | ||||||
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7. Nh3 |
The only square for the knight. | ||||||
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7... Bxh4 |
The logical follow-up to my last move, but probably a mistake. My computer likes the bizarre looking 7....Rh7 here. | ||||||
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8. e3 |
As well as helping his development, this threatens a rather nasty check on h5. | ||||||
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8... g6 |
So I stop that. | ||||||
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9. Nf4 |
Now he threatens the pawn on g6. | ||||||
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9... Kf7 |
So I protect it. My computer now likes 10. g4 d6 11. gxf5 Bxf5 12. Qb3 Na5 13. Qa4 Nc6 14. Qb3 with a draw! | ||||||
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10. c5 |
But this move looks stronger, with a terrible threat of Bf1-c4+. | ||||||
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10... Bg5 |
This is a tactical mistake. OK stop and find the best continuation for white! | ||||||
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