Annotated chess game: Hoylake1vsPen-y-ffordd1Wirral League

This is a dreaful waste of time. It is not in either opening database on Gameknot, and for good reason. It more or less forces c3 which is a move that white wants to play anyway.

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5. c3

So I play the natural

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5... Be7

He retreats

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6. Nd2

I develop

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6... Nf6

He develops

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7. g4

I hit him with an aggressive thrust, hoping to drive his knight back. He avoids this, but at the cost of blocking in his Bb7

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7... d5

This gives his knight a square on e4, but at an enormous cost - blocking in his best placed piece on b7.

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8. e5

So I push on

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8... Ne4

and he jumps in. N(f)-d7 is probably best, but still worse for black.

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9. Qc2

I thought after making that move, that I could have improved with Nf1 threatening f3 and if he replies Ng5 I have h4 and his knight has nowhere safe to go. However later I realised that f3 can be met with Bh4+ and then Ng5 and I can't play h4. If I try to play Qc2 and 0-0-0 first, he can still play Bh4 at some point to frustrate my plans, or play c5 followed by exchanging on d5. So I don't think Nf1 is any good and what i played is probably best. I am threatening to exchange on e4 and win a pawn, so he exchanges first.

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9... Nxd2

He takes

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10. Bxd2

I take

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10... Bg5

He seeks exchanges, as his position is cramped.

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