Annotated chess game: Hats off to Nuntar!

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Hats off to Nuntar!
ionadowman (2099) vs. nuntar (1668)
Annotated by: jotheblackqueen (1200)
Chess opening: two knights defence (C57), Wilkes Barre (Traxler) variation

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1. e4	Hi everyone! I had a peek through Nuntar's past game history and I spotted this little game. This was against Coach Ion. In this game Ion deviates from the usual Bxf7+ and plays Nxf7. Here is how it all works out ....



1... e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. Ng5 Bc5 5. Nxf7	5. Nxf7 - this move used to be played before Bxf7+ was played mainly in our MT. This choice of capture brings out an insane passage of play ......
	1 comment archduke_piccolo (2340) on 09-Mar-10: I was taking a punt here. In this Traxler Variation MT I had played 5.Nxf7 once already and got a quick win. Here was a stronger opponent than earlier: how would he cope?


5... Bxf2+	5. ...... Bxf2+ - ....... like this.
	1 comment archduke_piccolo (2340) on 09-Mar-10: Best - so 'best' in fact, it's book.


6. Kf1	6. Kf1 - Ion has been denied the right to castle but will nuntar have the resources at his disposal to ensure he cops Old Matey? Well, let's read on...
	1 comment archduke_piccolo (2340) on 09-Mar-10: This King retreat, astoundingly enough, is much safer than to take the bishop.


6... Qe7 7. Nxh8	7. Nxh8 - Ion's greedy knight gobbles up nuntar's rook, but this could be a costly loss of tempo.



7... d5 8. exd5 Nd4	8. ...... Nd4 - nuntar gives up a pawn but his queen knight is moving ever closer to the kingside. Ion is not in any hurry to take nuntar's bishop. Methinks he does not fancy his king being stared down by nuntar's queen on the f column.
	1 comment black_cat_hamlet (1531) on 07-Mar-10: it is a mystery though.... when CAN you take the bishop?


9. c3 Bg4	9. ...... Bg4 - Nuntar has now cleared the decks with this move which also gains a tempo attacking the WQ. Ion now counter-attacks with 10. d6.



10. d6 cxd6 11. Qa4+ Nd7	11. ..... Nd7 - preserving the option of 0-0-0.



12. Kxf2 Qh4+	12. ...... Qh4+ - now nuntar's queen moves in. This is very aggressive stuff and nuntar must be as he is nearly the equivalent of a queen down.
	2 comments ruachessnut2 (1200) on 07-Mar-10: Maybe not. Black has an extra rook & knight but both are undeveloped. In this position White has a queen, a bishop, & a knight off the back rank. Black has a queen, a bishop, & 2 knights off the back rank. Dynamically Black is a knight up. damalfi (1200) on 15-Mar-10: Why not Qf6+? The point here is that to defend with g3 it is impossible, since the following move would be Qf6+, and now the knight can jump to f3...


13. Kf1 Ke7	13. ..... Ke7 - unpins the knight on d7 and makes way for the rook on a8 to come to the f column.
	1 comment archduke_piccolo (2340) on 09-Mar-10: (!) By now it was already apparent to me I was in a fight for survival - extra material notwithstanding.


14. cxd4 Rxh8	14. ....... Rxh8 - but after the knight on d4 drops off nuntar decides to get rid of the knight on h8 but he is still 8 points down on material.
	1 comment nuntar (1702) on 07-Mar-10: This move was, of course, not played with a material perspective in mind but to stop the knight blocking me by moving back to f7.


15. h3	15. h3 - nuntar is threatening mate in two here. If Ion makes a "sensible" developing move such as 15. d3?? or Nc3?? then Rf8+ 16. Kg1 Qf2#. There is only one way Coach Ion can avoid copping Old Matey and that is 15. h3. However, Nuntar now claims High Draw Honours with Rf8+.



15... Rf8+ 16. Kg1 Qf2+ 17. Kh2	17. Kh2 - h3 created a flight square for Ion's king but now the BQ checks him on f4.



17... Qf4+ 18. Kg1 Qf2+ 19. Kh2 Qf4+ 20. Kg1 Qf2+	20. ...... Qf2+ ..... and can check him for ever more, so no doubt, on move 22, nuntar declared a draw. The final position is interesting. Coach Ion is 8 points ahead on material but his queenside is undeveloped and that is after move 15. Ion was given no time to develop anything else. It just goes to show that sometimes grabbing copious material at the expense of developing your pieces in the opening can meet with condign punishment, remember, the white player is a very strong Expert and don't I know it but here he came within a whisker of copping Old Matey from a 1600+ opponent, as it was, he had to concede a Low Draw. I think this is why Nxf7 is NOT played by white against the Traxler as it lead to the above scenario. Your attack was extremely enterprising, nuntar and I hope I have learned something from it. You developed your pieces quickly and took advantage of the open lines and made multiple threats. I take my hat off to you. Cheers - Joanne
	2 comments ruachessnut2 (1200) on 07-Mar-10: To the fans of "A whole new opening " last edit 22-Feb-10: I told you so! A "B" player draws with an Expert rated 431 points higher. Do you still want to play that opening? black_cat_hamlet (1531) on 07-Mar-10: I guess the whole point (for Black) in the Nxh7 line is to not give White time to do stuff like that... because if White was alble to develop his Q-side pieces and defend around the king, Black would be busted! EDIT; "Wining against lower rated players doesn't show your skill nor the value of the opening. It is expected that the higher rated player will win" well, I think that's what chessnut means... and no, I've gone off the opening


21. Kh2 Qf4+ 22. Kg1
	2 comments ruachessnut2 (1200) on 07-Mar-10: White is up a rook & a bishop. White has developed a queen & a bishop. Black has developed a queen, a bishop, a knight, & a rook. Black is up a rook & a knight in development! A rook on an open file is developed. archduke_piccolo (2340) on 09-Mar-10: White is heavily outnumbered where it counts. Well played nuntar.