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ANNOTATED GAME
Central pawns' mess
damalfi vs. mynox
Annotated by: damalfi (1200)
Chess opening: Queen's pawn, Mason variation (D00)
damalfi vs. mynox
Annotated by: damalfi (1200)
Chess opening: Queen's pawn, Mason variation (D00)
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1. d4 d5 2. Bf4 Bf5 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. c3 e6 5. h3 h6 6. g4 Bg6 7. Nbd2 Bd6 8. Ne5 Nxe5 9. dxe5 Bc5 10. e3 |
One of the possible lines for the London. Black needed to play c5, but he is betting on a strong attack on e3. At the present moment, invulnerable. | ||||
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10... a6 11. Nf3 |
I had to prefer to develop, but I really needed the knight to be guarding h4 and have a look on d4. | ||||
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11... Ne7 |
Slow and logical developement. Black doesn't seem to have an attack plan right now. | ||||
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12. Qa4+ |
Just stupid, since Nc6 was on black's agenda anyway. I don't want to exchange lsbs, I want to leave his uselessly dominating all this diagonal. If Be4, Be2 and Rh2, and all this is just developement for me. I'm not planning to castle kingside anyway. | ||||
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12... c6 |
Profilactlcly. lt blocks a lot black's position, though. | ||||
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13. Nd4 |
If the black knight moves, I'll consider Nxc6 (just consider). | ||||
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13... Qb6 |
Nice, I didn't "see" it, even if it one of the moves white should be always aware of. I can go b4, of course, and after BxN, exB, the game becomes very closed for my taste. | ||||
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14. Nb3 Be4 |
Ah, ok, but I already have the answer for it. | ||||
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15. Rh2 |
The good plan by black I overlooked is that by removing with tempo the lsb, now he can play g5, and once my bishop is not defending e3 anymore, a sac comes into consideration. | ||||
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15... Ng6 16. Bg3 Bxe3 |
Here it is. I have to accept the loss of a pawn, period. And try to get the most of it. How? Good question. I found a poor answer. | ||||
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17. Qa3 |
This prevents castling kinside (not very importan), and takes away my queen from Bc2, a possible threat. More important, leaves guarded b2 so the knight can fly. Nd2 assures a bishop's exchange, and this is good for white. | ||||
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17... O-O-O |
This move I adore brings the rook into the attack and connects rooks and shields the king. | ||||
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18. Rd1 |
This looks ugly for white, but I must remain calm and just be careful. Now I do "threaten" Nd4. | ||||
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18... Bf4 |
Threatening e5. | ||||
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19. Bxf4 |
I couldn't find nothing better, but incredibly enough, white's position seems to hold. What is black missing? He should win! | ||||
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19... Nxf4 |
Fortunately, my lsb is well placed where it is. | ||||
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20. Nd4 |
To c5, Ne2, and go on eliminating pressures of minor black pieces. The problem is that the endgame is down a pawn for me, but a lot of pawns are on the table, still... | ||||
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20... Ng6 |
And this gives me a nice idea: | ||||
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21. f3 |
"The bishop is trapped". Incredible. On a blitz, we both saw things too late. But black has a way to go out of it. | ||||
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21... c5 |
Of course. But a Knigt for the dominating lsb is a good exchange. | ||||
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