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ANNOTATED GAME
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P L Michael (GK 1200) vs. Khaled Radwan (GK 1438)
Annotated by: throneseeker (1200)
Chess opening: Philidor's defence (C41)
P L Michael (GK 1200) vs. Khaled Radwan (GK 1438)
Annotated by: throneseeker (1200)
Chess opening: Philidor's defence (C41)
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Brand new to the site, I was taking any games that came my way. This challenge by kradwan was one of them. | |||||
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1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 d6 |
I am told this is Philidor's Defense. I guess I need to review that in the database sometime. | ||||
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3. Be2 |
I always find the pin on my King's Knight somewhat annoying. | ||||
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3... Nf6 4. d3 |
Defending e4 and opening a line for my Queen's Bishop. | ||||
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4... h6 |
To stop a pin on his King's Knight. | ||||
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5. O-O Be7 6. Nc3 O-O |
While I am not completely developed, I like my development better than Black's. | ||||
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7. d4 exd4 8. Nxd4 c5 9. Nf3 Bg4 10. h3 Bxf3 11. Bxf3 |
I do believe I lost some tempos in those exchanges. | ||||
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11... Nbd7 12. Bf4 |
Threatening to pick up a pawn. | ||||
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12... g5 |
Black either missed the loss of his pawn or felt he had sufficient compensation for it. | ||||
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13. Bxd6 Bxd6 14. Qxd6 Re8 15. Rad1 |
Well, other than a pawn, it doesn't seem I had gained all that much at this point. I did have my eye on the b7 pawn at this point, and was considering e5 as my continuation. | ||||
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15... Qe7 16. Nb5 |
Advancing my Knight into an attacking position. | ||||
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16... Qxd6 17. Rxd6 |
My post-game analysis shows NxQ may have been better. One potential alternative could have gone as follows: 17. NxQ, Reb8; 18. e5, Ndxe5; 19. Bxb7 | ||||
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17... Rec8 |
Stopping the fork I was hoping to deliver. | ||||
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18. e5 |
This threatens the Knight at f6 and a Bishop fork at b7. | ||||
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18... a6 19. Nc3 |
A knee-jerk reaction!! I think 19. Bxb7 was better. | ||||
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19... Nh7 20. Rxd7 |
Taking an immediate three while maintaining the threat on b7. | ||||
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20... Rcd8 21. Rxb7 Rd2 22. Rc1 Re8 23. Rb6 |
I am willing to trade pawns at this point, particularly as my e5 pawn is fairly vulnerable anyhow. My real concern was Re6, fortunately Black elected to exchange pawns. | ||||
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23... Rxe5 24. Rxh6 |
The h6 pawn was definitely the more attractive of the two for me as I now attacked the h7 Knight with a potential Bishop fork at e4 if Black was able to capture at c2 somehow. | ||||
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24... Re6 |
Now comes Re6!! But now I spot something I probably should have seen sooner, so........... | ||||
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25. Rxe6 fxe6 26. Na4 |
This is the move I should have seen earlier. | ||||
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26... c4 |
Avoids the unnecessary loss of the c pawn but still allows the fork on the a and e pawns. | ||||
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