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ANNOTATED GAME

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chia111 (1444) vs. blackbaron (1399)
Annotated by: blackbaron (1599)
Chess opening: French (C00), Reversed Philidor formation
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1. e4
Hope this game turns out interesting after me giving it that title !

 
1... e6
The French defence , which I most commonly use against 1.e4

 
2. d3
Unusual move here. Blocks in his own white squared bishop , but has me on relatively unknown ground already as far as this opening is concerned..but continue as normal I think
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2... d5
Usual 2nd move for French defence

 
3. Nd2
More unusual opening moves ! Must be trying to get me onto unfamiliar ground for sure. Now both his bishops are blocked in though
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3... c5
Again the standard 3rd move

 
4. Ngf3 Nc6 5. a3 Qc7
More commonly I would go to B6 with the Queen here , puttin pressure on the b2 pawn , but his bishop seems stuck on c1 for a while yet , so the long diagonal looks more useful

 
6. c3 Nf6 7. h3
Prevents me playin N-G4
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7... d4 8. Be2
Bishop developed of sorts and clear for castling. Looking a bit cramped for white though . Lets see if it stays like that

 
8... Bd6
I liked the idea of Q B linked along this diagonal , also dont want his pawn to go to E5
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9. cxd4 cxd4 10. b4
My pawn on d4 is looking weak I can support it with p-e5 , but that blocks my 2 pieces on the open diagonal

 
10... a6
Solely to prevent that pawn going one square further for now

 
11. Rb1 b5
Trying to block any more pawn advances Queenside

 
12. O-O Bb7
This now gives me both bishops acting together on long diagonals. Hopefully will become stronger once the centre opens up
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13. Re1 O-O 14. Bf1
Now we see an unusual position for white with all those pieces on back rank !

 
14... Rad8
Indirectly lending support to advanced pawn

 
15. Nb3
Which he applies pressure to immediately !

 
15... e5
Not to keen on using this pawn to support pawn on D4 as it blocks the diagonal that my Queen and Bishop are on , but I think I have no other alternative
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16. Bg5
Now starting to develop properly , and pins my Knight

 
16... Be7
Always best to deal with pins immediately I think

 

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