Annotated chess game: Games of The Ashaman

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ANNOTATED GAME

Games of The Ashaman - Death by Bishop
the_ashaman (1580) vs. fourkingsacehigh (1424)
Annotated by: the_ashaman (1200)
Chess opening: Philidor's defence (C41)

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This is a nice little miniature that shows the power of a bishop on c4 and what a great thing developement is.

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 d6	The Philidor Defense, considered inferior to the Queen's Knight and Petroff Defense because it blocks in the dark-squared bishop. Oddly there is no recorded game where Philidor played this.



3. d4	Challenging Black's center, and trying to open up the game.



3... f6	Defending the center, a poorer move than Nd7 or exd4. This unfortunately takes Black's Knight's best square and weakens the Black Kingside.
	1 comment abdalmonem (1200) on 23-Feb-11: Better was 3...Nf6 or Nd7 or exd4.


4. Bc4	Developing the Bishop which turns out to be the key piece in the combination.



4... Ne7	I think Nd7 was best here.



5. Nc3	Dxe5 immediately was best but I didn't see that then, I just developed normaly.



5... a6	?? Trying to keep my knight and bishop off this square, but missing the threat of dxe5.



6. dxe5	Starting the combination, which with good play on each side wins only a pawn.



6... fxe5	b5 or Nbc6 here were much much better, this was his first real blunder.



7. Nxe5	Threatening mate, a hard threat to deal with.



7... dxe5	?? Big blunder which loses the queen. I think d5 here was the only move.



8. Bf7+	Wins the queen, Black resigns.