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ANNOTATED GAME
Challenge from thehornofgondor
lord_shiva (1841) vs. thehornofgondor (1200)
Annotated by: lord_shiva
(1898)
Chess opening: Ruy Lopez (C68), exchange variation
lord_shiva (1841) vs. thehornofgondor (1200)
Annotated by: lord_shiva
(1898)
Chess opening: Ruy Lopez (C68), exchange variation
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1. e4 |
The Horn of Gondor is my nephew. All his brothers play chess, as does his mother and grandmother. The whole family are chess players, including aunts and uncles, but The Horn was among the best, defeating me OTB multiple times. He had not played in a number of years before I invited him to GK. | ||||
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1... e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 |
King’s pawn game. | ||||
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3. Bb5 |
Ruy Lopez. | ||||
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3... a6 |
RL, exchange variation. | ||||
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4. Bxc6 bxc6 |
Still book, but black usually (overwhelmingly) plays dxc6. | ||||
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5. Nc3 d5 |
Off book. White declines the pawn even though e5 gets left undefended as white decides the doubled pawns are a bigger advantage. Probably a mistaken calculation. | ||||
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6. d4 dxe4 |
White thinks e6 will be easy pickings, but the pawn remains sitting there on move 32. Far into the future—the pawn is never moved again until white takes it as a precaution. | ||||
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7. Nxe5 Bb4 |
Turnabout is fair play. | ||||
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8. Nxc6 |
White forks queen and bishop, recognizing the queen can cover the threatened bishop. | ||||
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8... Qd6 |
To prevent his own pawn doubling and since the black queen is out there white ought to just trade knight for bishop and prevent his own pawn doubling. White would then castle and black likely follow with Nf6. | ||||
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9. Ne5 Bxc3+ 10. bxc3 Nf6 |
Ne7 might be better. | ||||
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11. a4 |
Here white is thinking that if black castles, the queen and rook will be lined up. Black can’t interpose the pawn since d4 covers the bishop. Black recognizes the obvious threat. | ||||
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11... Nd5 |
Qe6 or Nd7 might have be3n better. | ||||
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12. Qh5 |
White should probably have played Ba3 to stymie black’s castling. | ||||
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12... O-O |
Well black fell for the trap. | ||||
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13. Ba3 |
Here maybe black should sacrifice the c pawn to play Qc7. | ||||
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13... g6 14. Bxd6 |
This was probably a mistake, but white still gets bishop for rook and draws down material faster while opening the castle pawns. | ||||
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14... gxh5 15. Bxf8 Kxf8 16. c4 |
Castles aren’t as critical when the queens are off the table. Also white hopes to secure the undefended pawn. | ||||
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16... Nb4 |
Hopes of a king side castle evaporate as white must castle queen’s side to protect the pawn. It can’t be moved or white loses the rook. | ||||
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17. O-O-O |
Black chooses to draw out the white king, who wants a more prominent position on the board anyway. | ||||
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