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ANNOTATED GAME
Complications save the day...
tag1153 (1395) vs. ethansiegel (1798)
Annotated by: ethansiegel
(1986)
Chess opening: Queen's gambit declined (D30)
tag1153 (1395) vs. ethansiegel (1798)
Annotated by: ethansiegel
(1986)
Chess opening: Queen's gambit declined (D30)
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When you're a higher-rated player playing a lower-rated one, there's the danger that you have the EXPECTATION you're going to win.
In this game against tag1153, I played lazy and had a big disadvantage to overcome. The best hope was violent complications, which led to this interesting game... | ||||||
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1. d4 |
Thomas's usual. | |||||
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1... d5 2. c4 e6 |
I like the QGD for black -- especially if I can play the Cambridge springs variation, which has a lot of nice traps for black. | |||||
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3. cxd5 |
The EXCHANGE? I had never faced this before... I suppose this is one of the nice things about being a lower-rated player with 5000 games playing a higher rated one with ~ 30 games... | |||||
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3... exd5 4. Nc3 Nf6 5. g3 c6 |
Shoring up the d5 pawn and allowing the queen access to the queenside. | |||||
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6. Bg5 |
A mildly annoying pin. | |||||
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6... Bf5 7. Nf3 Be7 |
Breaking the pin, but perhaps Nbd2 was better, as this is my "good" bishop, on a very passive square. | |||||
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8. e3 O-O 9. Bd3 |
challenging my light-square bishop. | |||||
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9... Bg4 |
? Not a good move. Moving the same piece twice in the opening is usually a bad idea, but I should've jumped at the chance to exchange the Bf4. Now, while this pin looks dangerous since the g pawn is out of place, that threat proves to be a phantom. | |||||
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10. h3 |
! A strong move that forces black to either give up the bishop pair or concede a space advantage to white. | |||||
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10... Bh5 |
Wrong choice? It's hard to find a good move for the bishop. | |||||
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11. g4 |
Rolling the bishop back to g6. | |||||
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11... Bg6 12. Bxg6 |
Now black gets the choice of which pawn to double. The only compensation I have is that his kingside pawns are pretty far-flung. | |||||
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12... fxg6 |
I choose (for better or worse) to open the f-file for my rook. | |||||
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13. O-O |
?! not sure the king wouldn't be safer in the center or on the queenside, where there are no black pieces actively placed. | |||||
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13... Nbd7 |
This should've happened 6 moves ago. | |||||
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14. Nd2 |
Preparing to storm MY king, I see. | |||||
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14... h6 |
Driving the bishop back, in turn; otherwise, the black pawns get undoubled. | |||||
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15. Bh4 Bd6 |
?! Underestimating the intent of Nd2. Black has the idea to play g5 and then exchange the bishops on g3, opening the f-file completely. White has other ideas. | |||||
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16. f4 |
! Giving white a clear advantage. Now, Bd6 is a wasted and bad move -- the pin against the queen is strong and g5 is an impossibility. | |||||
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16... Qc7 |
Trying to make the best of a bad situation. | |||||
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