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ANNOTATED GAME
Challenge from frederickrose
frederickrose (814) vs. falco99 (633)
Annotated by: lord_shiva
(1898)
Chess opening: Van't Kruijs opening (A00)
frederickrose (814) vs. falco99 (633)
Annotated by: lord_shiva
(1898)
Chess opening: Van't Kruijs opening (A00)
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1. e3 |
Vant Kruij’s opening. Spoiler alert, white wins with a lone king against KQ via TO. White had ample opportunity to declare a 50 move draw, but managed victory by clock. This would have been a draw in OTB tournament chess as white lacked material to draw blood. | ||||||
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1... a6 |
Highly unusual. Black generally does well with d5, Nf6, or g6. | ||||||
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2. Bc4 |
Now off book. | ||||||
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2... e6 |
Playing d5 instead makes white waste bishop moves while allowing black to develop better central board domination. | ||||||
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3. Nh3 |
Knights on the wall are poorly positioned. The d2 and e3 pawns block protection of Ng5. White’s remaining spot is Nf4 which is kind of weak. | ||||||
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3... Bc5 4. Qf3 |
The scholar’s mate is interrupted by e6, and the Ng5 variation is eliminated by the black queen. White is daydreaming. | ||||||
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4... Bxe3 |
The black bishop is not worth a pawn. Black doesn’t even double white’s pawns. | ||||||
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5. fxe3 |
White would have been better off with dxe3. Black can play Qh4+ to pick off white’s undefended white bishop. | ||||||
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5... Nc6 |
Black declines the free bishop. | ||||||
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6. b3 |
White secures the fielded piece. | ||||||
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6... Nb4 |
Black threatens a king rook fork. | ||||||
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7. a3 |
White yields the rook and pawn. | ||||||
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7... Nxc2+ 8. Kd1 Nxa1 9. Bb2 Qe7 |
While BxN buries baby bishop in the corner (nobody puts bishop in the corner!) I feel black is better served seizing another pawn. Seven points for three. | ||||||
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10. Bxa1 |
Honestly, Bxg7 nets a black rook. Black can trap white’s black bishop behind enemy pawns, so the material advantage close to pencils out. | ||||||
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10... f6 |
Black counters the threat. | ||||||
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11. d4 Ra7 |
This accomplishes nothing. The rooks should remain on the back row until they can be positioned on more central files. Ra7 leaves only one place for the rook to go, gaining black nothing. | ||||||
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12. Nc3 |
This leaves a3 undefended. | ||||||
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12... Qxa3 13. Kc2 |
White recognizes the threat against the black bishop and defends it with the king’s rook. | ||||||
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13... Kd8 |
Why would black move its king? Nothing gained. | ||||||
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14. Kd3 |
Uh, there are still queens on the board. Kings should avoid moving towards central squares while queens reign. | ||||||
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