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ANNOTATED GAME
GameKnot Individual Game
Ed Gatan (1556) vs. P. L. Michael (1639)
Annotated by: throneseeker (1200)
Chess opening: Queen's pawn (A40), English defence
Ed Gatan (1556) vs. P. L. Michael (1639)
Annotated by: throneseeker (1200)
Chess opening: Queen's pawn (A40), English defence
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1. d4 |
Queen's pawn opening, not an area with which I am very familiar. | ||||
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1... b6 |
I was still experimenting with this response at this stage. | ||||
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2. e3 Bb7 3. f4 e6 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. Bd3 Be7 6. Nbd2 O-O 7. O-O d6 8. h3 Nbd7 9. g4 |
Well, at least he let me set up my position and there are a few holes I might be able to do something with later. | ||||
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9... c5 |
With the idea of attacking his pawn center before it get too strong. | ||||
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10. c3 |
It seems he wishes to maintain his central pawns. | ||||
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10... a6 |
A prelude to a queenside pawn advance. | ||||
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11. g5 |
Answered by a Kingside pawn advance. | ||||
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11... Nd5 12. Qe2 |
I was really hoping for Qc2 here. | ||||
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12... b5 |
Continuing the Queenside advance. | ||||
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13. h4 |
The action is in the wings. Problem is his pawns are advancing on my king and my pawns are just advancing (well, there is his Bishop). | ||||
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13... c4 14. Bc2 Rc8 15. Nh2 |
Hmmm, maybe to bring his Knight to g4? | ||||
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15... f5 16. e4 Nc7 17. exf5 exf5 18. Ndf3 |
Another Knight enters the Kingside arena. | ||||
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18... g6 19. Bd2 Re8 |
The only line that is open, might as well fight for it. | ||||
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20. Be3 Bf8 21. Rf2 Nd5 |
To take advantage of the pin while it is still there. | ||||
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22. Ne5 |
Hmmm, some hidden danger I don't see? | ||||
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22... dxe5 |
Still threatening the f4 pawn. (Never look a gift horse in the mouth.) | ||||
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23. dxe5 Nxe3 24. Qxe3 Bc5 |
Finally, a break!! | ||||
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25. Qe2 Bxf2+ |
The exchange is the exchange - and since he has nothing else in sight I grabbed it. | ||||
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26. Kxf2 Nc5 |
That c5 square sure has been nice to me. | ||||
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27. Rd1 Qb6 28. Rd6 |
Oh my!!! I can't belive my good fortune!! A free Rook!! | ||||
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