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ANNOTATED GAME
Challenge from ashmal29
ashmal29 (1569) vs. alloutwin (1612)
Annotated by: alloutwin (1200)
Chess opening: QGD (D38), Ragozin variation
ashmal29 (1569) vs. alloutwin (1612)
Annotated by: alloutwin (1200)
Chess opening: QGD (D38), Ragozin variation
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1. d4 |
This was a hard fought battle that remained fairly even until a late slip up by me gave a winning chance to my opponent who played solidly to take it. | |||||
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1... d5 2. c4 |
Queens Gambit, my prefered opening as white. Appears to give away a pawn, but if I take it I will struggle to hold onto it. | |||||
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2... e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 |
Still standard development, although more common here is Bg5 with the threat of Bxf6, winning a pawn, or creating a structural weakness. | |||||
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4... Bb4 5. Bd2 Bd7 6. e3 O-O 7. Be2 c5 |
Both sides still developing rapidly, minding their own business. This move looks to open the centre up, having castled early. | |||||
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8. O-O cxd4 9. Nxd4 dxc4 10. Bxc4 |
I choose to open the centre, at the cost of better position for my opponent. I feel that the open game is more to my style of play, and I can fight my way back into the match easily. | |||||
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10... Nc6 |
Natural development, hoping to encourage 11. Nxc6 Bxc6 which improves my position. | |||||
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11. Nce2 |
This move makes the threat of 12. Nxc6 Bxc6 13. Bxb4 winning the bishop | |||||
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11... Bxd2 |
The easiest move, the knight no longer has to defend the bishop. Perhaps better is Bd6, as whites d2 bishop was trapped behind the wall of pawns. | |||||
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12. Qxd2 |
Naturally recaptures | |||||
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12... Ne5 |
A simple threat to the undefended bishop, and improves my position as: 1) My knight holds a powerful square in the centre 2) My d7 bishop can now get out onto the board 3) The c-file is now wide open offering good attacking chances (to either side) The other posibility would have been ...e5, driving the powerfully placed white knight away and gaining a tempo to move out the rook on the next move. | |||||
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13. Rac1 |
Defends the knight and places a rook on the open file. | |||||
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13... Rc8 |
I don't want to lose the file without a fight, and I put a second attacker on the bishop. Perhaps better would be ...Nxc4, capturing the bishop for the knight. Then in an endgame i would have the bishop / knight combination against two knights. | |||||
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14. b3 |
Defends the bishop, but better would have been Bb3 ready to reroute round to c2 in case of a kingside attack. This move weakens the pawn structure and allows me to trade a knight for a bishop. | |||||
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14... Nxc4 15. Rxc4 |
Rather than weaken the pawn structure white recaptures with the rook giving me the option to keep the heavy pieces or weaken his pawns. | |||||
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15... Rxc4 |
I chose to capture an easy choice as I have the chance to put pressure on the 2 isolated pawns. It also prevented white from getting doubled rooks on the c-file, which could give him a significant positional advantage. | |||||
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16. bxc4 Qc7 |
I make a small threat while improving my position, but again I failed to push the e-pawn forwards | |||||
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17. Rc1 |
A natural move setting up potencial threats against the queen | |||||
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17... Ng4 |
A slightly slow move by me, unable to find anything constructive I chose to make a threat hoping to provoke a mistake | |||||
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18. f4 |
Easily defended, though perhaps Ng3 would be better as now the e3 pawn looks very weak | |||||
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18... Rd8 |
Planning to set up a pin on the knight, though again e5 looks the better move. After 18...e5 19. fxe5 Qxe5 threatens both checkmate and the e-pawn. | |||||
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