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ANNOTATED GAME

Crewe v Malpas Rated Friendly Match
Karl Lockett (ECF151) vs. Charles Higgie (ECF177)
Annotated by: charleshiggie (2222)
Chess opening: Reti opening (A09)
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This was a friendly, rated game. He plays a Reti, allows me too much central control and succumbs to typical king-side attack, resigning after my 20th move. Enjoy!
1. Nf3
1. Nf3 is an interesting alternative to the conventional opening moves. Called the Reti opening, named after Mr Richard Reti. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/R%C3%A9ti_Opening
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1... d5
So I counter conventionally.
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2. c4
This move makes it a Reti, rather than, say d3 or g3 going into a King's Indian Reversed.
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2... c6
So I just protect my d5 pawn, rather than risk a Benoni reversed with d4-d5. e7-e6, also supporting the d pawn with e7-e6 is also perfectly playable, but blocks in the Bishop on c8.
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3. g3
White heads towards a sort of King's Indian Reversed set up.

 
3... g6
I copy him - for now!

 
4. Bg2
He completes the fianchetto. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fianchetto

 
4... Bg7
And so do I.

 
5. cxd5
He takes - I very much like this move for black - it means my Nb8 can be developed at its best square, c6.

 
5... cxd5
I take back.

 
6. O-O
And what is this? He is allowing me to take control of the centre....

 
6... e5
Which I immediately do...
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7. d3
Now this is looking more like a King's Indian Defence reversed, more than ever. White formation is also similar to the Dragon Variation of the Sicilian Defence. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sicilian_Defence,_Dragon_Variation Now against both those set-ups, an effective attacking set-up is f2-f3, Be3, Qd2, 0-0-0, h2-h4-h5, so ideally I would like to do something similar here, even though g7-g6 and Bf8-g7 don't really fit in with that plan.

 
7... Ne7
For now I develop my knights.

 
8. Nc3
The logical square for his Nb1.

 
8... Nbc6
And this one too.
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9. Bd2
Now 0-0 is the natural move to play. After the game I looked up this position on the Gameknot databases. 9...0-0 is the only move on it. However, I had my idea, so I went with it.

 
9... f6
This seems crazy, to block in my Bg7, but I want my Bc8 on e6, and I don't want him to be able to attack it with Nf3-g5. What do you think of the move f7-f6 dear reader? Would you have played it? Or would you have played 0-0? Or something else?
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10. Rc1
Normal development.
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10... Be6
I continue with my plan.
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