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SirNemo (1708) vs. GKennedy (2131)
Annotated by: toor (1200)
Chess opening: Scotch gambit (C44), Dubois-Reti defence
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1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Bc4
Going into the Scotch Gambit. This is my first time playing this opening. Haven't really had much preparation with it as you can tell shortly.

 
4... Nf6 5. Nxd4 Nxe4 6. Qe2 Nxd4 7. Qxe4+ Ne6 8. O-O
I gave a pawn I have enough lead in development for compensation. I quietly squeeze Black's position in the opening from here on.

 
8... Bd6 9. Nc3 O-O 10. Bd3 g6 11. Bh6 Re8 12. Rfe1 c6
I honestly don't know if this move had a point. I kind of blinked and thought about 10 minutes as to what his intentions were.

 
13. h4
Expanding on the Kingside where i have a pieces majority and a decisive attack.

 
13... Bf8 14. Bxf8 Kxf8 15. h5 Ng5 16. Qb4+ Kg8 17. hxg6 hxg6 18. Ne4 Nxe4 19. Bxe4 d5 20. Rad1
Developing my last piece and making it very active! I was very proud of this seemingly obvious move.

 
20... Bf5 21. Bxf5 Rxe1+ 22. Rxe1 gxf5 23. g3
This was exactly the type of position I was dreaming of right out of the Opening stage. I know that I can totally dominate this position.

 
23... b5 24. Kg2
Preparing to brink the Rook to the h-file.

 
24... a5 25. Qd4
Crowning my entire strategy of my Kingside attack.

 
25... Qd7
Completely losing sight of what my intentions were. Thus my next move was a pretty decisive blow.

 
26. Rh1 f6
Desperation. Black is lost here and defense would have been difficult.

 
27. Qxf6 Qg7 28. Qe6+ Qf7
A fatal mistake. Black completely missed White's tactical threats.

 
29. Rh8+
Now to deliver the fatal blow. Black resigned in view of: 29...Kxh8 30. Qxf7 29...Kg7 30. Qh6#