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So here it is, I lose to someone who was rated exactly half my rating! He is a rapidly improving 12 year old. He also attends the school that I attended, so in a way it was nice to see another chess star from King's School, Chester!  | 
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1. e4 
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I start with the usual | 
   
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1... c5 
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He replies with my favourite defence | 
   
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2. Nf3 
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I continue with the main line | 
   
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2... g6 
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And he responds with a fianchetto - the accelerated Dragon (Classes as Sicilian (B27), Hungarian variation by some authorities). On the league's website this was also described as "Hyper-accelerated Dragon" http://wirralchessleague.com/?page=news | 
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3. d4 
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So I continue in the approved manner. | 
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3... cxd4 
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He takes. For the first time in the game, I had a think. I did consider taking with the queen, threatening his rook on h8, but after 4. Qxd4 Nf6 5. e5 Nc6 I didn't think that white had any advantage. I check on the Opening Databases after the game seemed to back me up. | 
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4. Nxd4 
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So I took with the knight. | 
   
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4... Bg7 
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He continues with the logical development. | 
   
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5. c4 
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and I take a grip on the centre, the Maroczy Bind strategy. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mar%C3%B3czy_bind | 
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5... Nc6 
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He continues to develop | 
   
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6. Be3 
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I have to protect the knight on d4 | 
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6... Nf6 
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He develops with tempo, hitting my e pawn | 
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7. Nc3 
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So I develop and protect it. | 
   
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7... O-O 
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He castles | 
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8. Be2 
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I develop. I want to play Qd2, but I don't want him hitting my Be3 with Ng4. | 
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8... d6 9. Qd2 
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I'm not too bothered with Ng4 10. Bxg4 Bxg4 as I get rid of my "bad" bishop - the one on white squares, which is rather blocked by my pawns.
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9... Re8 
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One idea of this move is that if white continues with the plan of f3, 0-0-0 and Bh6, black is not forced to exchange black squared bishops and can just drop the Bg7 back to h8. | 
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10. f3 
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I reinforce my centre. 0-0 may be better | 
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10... Bd7 
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he continues to develop. This position has been seen before. | 
   
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11. O-O-O 
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But this move is probably over-optimistic. 0-0 is the usual move played in this position, and a slow positional grind in the centre and queen's side. But the question is - how does black avoid the standard attack that white is planning, with g4, h4-h5, take on g6 to open up the h file, and, as Bobby Fischer said "sac, sac, mate". | 
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