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ANNOTATED GAME
Chester 3 v Malpas & Oswestry 1
Charles L Higgie (ECF 171) vs. Mike McDonagh (ECF190)
Annotated by: charleshiggie
(2222)
Chess opening: QGD (D31), 3.Nc3
Charles L Higgie (ECF 171) vs. Mike McDonagh (ECF190)
Annotated by: charleshiggie
(2222)
Chess opening: QGD (D31), 3.Nc3
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1. d4 |
I was very pleased at beating someone with a higher ECF (English Chess federation) grade than me, although afterwards I found out that I did have a higher Elo rating (1947 compared to 1905) | |||||||
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1... d5 2. c4 |
Queens Gambit https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Queen%27s_Gambit | |||||||
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2... e6 |
Declined https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Queen%27s_Gambit_Declined | |||||||
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3. Nc3 |
The usual developing move. | |||||||
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3... Bb4 |
One of the comments I read online about this move is "Theoretically there is nothing wrong with it. Practically, you've limited your options as black. In the Nimzo-Indian it's not always desirable to play d5 early in the opening, and in the QGD Bb4 is not really a constructive move." I agree. Black is never really threatening to double white's pawns with Bxc3 as after bxc3, white can always undouble his c pawns with c4xd5. | |||||||
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4. Qa4+ |
Another quote I have found "Qa4+ forces black to play ... Nc6, blocking the c-pawn from making the c7-c5 advance. Therein lies white's advantage." I am surprised that 4. Qa4+ is not the most popular reply to 3...Bb4. | |||||||
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4... Nc6 |
Forced. | |||||||
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5. Nf3 |
Now white continues developing. | |||||||
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5... Nf6 |
Black also. We have now transposed into the standard Ragozin Variation. http://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessopening?eco=D38 | |||||||
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6. Bg5 |
White pins the Nf6, as is common in many variations of the Queen's Gambit Declined - less in this one however, with 6. e3 being a more popular move. | |||||||
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6... O-O |
Black castles. | |||||||
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7. e3 |
Logical development again. | |||||||
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7... h6 |
Black attacks the bishop. | |||||||
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8. Bh4 |
Bishop drops back. | |||||||
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8... Bd7 |
Black now threatens Nxd4! with a discovered attack on the Qa4 and if QxBb4 then Nc2+ forks king and queen. | |||||||
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9. Qb3 |
I can't find this move on any of my opening databases, in all of them, white drops the queen back to c2 instead. However I have a threat.... On my opening databases, the position without 7....h6 and 8. Bh4 thrown in, I have got a couple of games where the queen drops back to b3. White won both of them. Fritz likes Qb3, giving white a small edge (+0.38). | |||||||
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9... a6 |
Black ignores my threat. Fritz prefers 9....g5 to prevent what follows. | |||||||
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10. Bxf6 |
Fritz likes this move, initially, but later switches to Rc1. | |||||||
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10... Qxf6 |
The obvious recapture. | |||||||
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11. cxd5 |
White takes. Fritz agrees. | |||||||
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