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ANNOTATED GAME
Casual Club game
Him (1545) vs. Me (1800)
Annotated by: byakuugan3 (1200)
Chess opening: Alekhine's defence (B02), Scandinavian variation
Him (1545) vs. Me (1800)
Annotated by: byakuugan3 (1200)
Chess opening: Alekhine's defence (B02), Scandinavian variation
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1. e4 |
I played this game at my club a couple days ago and decided to annotate it today. I sacrificed a pawn in the opening for superior development. | ||||
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1... Nf6 |
Alekhine's defense, I want to entice White's central pawns forward so I can undermine them while White's centre will be left with weaknesses | ||||
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2. Nc3 |
This is the best move against Alekhine, because e5 is overextensive. | ||||
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2... d5 |
This is the most active move. All others will yield White the advantage. | ||||
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3. exd5 |
Other choices are Nxd5 and e5. | ||||
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3... Bg4 |
Instead of recapturing, I decide to develop another piece. | ||||
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4. f3 |
Althought it seems White has won a tempo, f3 weakens the a7-g1 diagonal, and takes away the knight's best square. | ||||
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4... Bf5 |
I can simply move, while White's weakness stays | ||||
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5. Bc4 |
White holds onto the pawn. | ||||
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5... c6 |
My sacrifice. | ||||
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6. dxc6 Nxc6 |
For compensation for the pawn, I have superior development and more control of centre. | ||||
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7. Nge2 e5 |
It's easy for me to make good developing moves as a result of my sacrifice. | ||||
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8. O-O Bc5+ |
White wouldn't have been able to castle if he'd waited a move becauase of the weakness on the g1-a7 diagonal. | ||||
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9. Kh1 h5 |
preparing a kingside attack. | ||||
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10. d3 |
White is about to complete development, so I need to do something drastic while I still have a lead in development | ||||
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10... Ng4 |
This move threatens Nf2 so White must accept my knight sacrifice. | ||||
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11. fxg4 hxg4 |
For compensation for the knight, I now have an open h-file to White's king, and I have another threat Rxh2 followed by Qh4 mate. | ||||
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12. g3 |
This stops Qh4, and it was here I realized I was losing, and that my attack wasn't as good as I envisioned it to be. Now I'm down a knight for nothing, and it must take a miracle to win now. | ||||
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12... Kd7 |
Sometimes all it takes is an odd-looking move to throw your opponent off. My opponent had a defensive move here d4 which would have given him time to defend properly. I guess White was thrown off by my obscure move it caused him to blunder. | ||||
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13. Rxf5 |
White greedily snaps off another of my pieces, not seeing the real reason I played Kd2. | ||||
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