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ANNOTATED GAME

In the Dentist's Chair!
jstevens1 (1573) vs. The Dentist (1272)
Annotated by: jotheblackqueen (1200)
Chess opening: Norwegian defence (B06)
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1. e4 g6
1....... g6 - starting the Robatsch Defense - prepares to develop dsb on g7.

 
2. d4 d5 3. e5 Be6
3. ....... Be6 - transposing into a Centre Counter (Scandinavian Defence).
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4. Nf3 f6 5. exf6 exf6
5. ........ exf6 (I'm wondering whether this exchange on f6 is wise in retrospect as it gives black a chance to get a pawn roll going - and he does!)

 
6. Be3 g5
6. ....... g5 - the pawn roll gets going.
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7. h3
7. h3 - an attempt to stop the roll in it's tracks but I am slowing down the development of my pieces.
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7... b6 8. Bd3 a6 9. a3
9. a3 - in retrospect this move may have been a mistake - it will leave the a pawn vulnerable later on and make my dsb bad - in fact later on my dsb is tied to it until very late on in the game.
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9... Bg7 10. Nh2
10. Nh2 - passive but I thought that the knight might be kicked out of f3 soon so I thought this was the least of 2 evils. But this knight too stays out of the game until very late.
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10... b5 11. Be2
11. Be2 - to prepare a check on h5 to stop black from castling. In retrospect I am wondering whether Nd2 was better at this point then if black plays f4 then Nb3.
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11... h6 12. Bh5+ Ke7
12. ....... Ke7 - I prevent the black king from castling, but has it actually achieved anything?
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13. Qe2
13. Qe2 - I set up a potential pin on the e file - black now expands on the kingside.

 
13... f5 14. c3 Qd6 15. Bc1
15. Bc1 - in order to develop the knight I have to undevelop my bishop!
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15... Nf6 16. Bf3 c6 17. b4 Nbd7
17. ......... Nbd7 - black now has a huge lead in development. I now play g3 to screen off the black queen. Black is better at this point - his pieces have the superior mobility. His queen knight will become a menace later on.
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18. g3 Rhf8 19. Nd2 Ne4 20. Nxe4 fxe4
20. ...... fxe4 - I would have liked to have kept my queen knight on, especially in the light of what was to follow - the h pawn was hanging though so I kept the bishop and moved it to g2 to defend the h pawn.

 
21. Bg2 a5 22. Bb2
22. Bb2 - necessary, so that if pawns are exchanged and the a file is opened up, then one pair of rooks will be exchanged. Black moves his knight to b6 preparing an invasion on c4.
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22... Nb6 23. O-O
23. 0-0 - On MOVE 23 I castle!! The black knight now invades on c4 where it stays for the remainder of the game.

 
23... Nc4 24. g4
24. g4 - protects the h pawn by screening off the black lsb. Take a look at this position now. Which colour would you rather have at this point?
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24... a4 25. Rfe1 Rf6
25. ....... Rf6 - preparing to double rooks on the f file.

 
26. Ref1 Raf8 27. Bc1 Kd7 28. Be3 Qe7 29. Ra2 Qe8
29. ......... Qe8 - black has achieved his objective over the last few moves by doubling the rooks. He now prepares to put his queen on g6 - this I was made to realise later, was to prepare a deadly invasion on d3 or b1 - the queen eventually ends up on b1.

 
30. Qe1 Qg6 31. Qe2
31. Qe2 - my position is so bad I am reduced to moving my queen up and down from e1 to e2. On move 33 I try to relieve the pressure with f3.
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31... Ke7 32. Qe1 Rh8 33. f3 h5 34. fxe4 dxe4 35. Rxf6 Bxf6 36. Bc1
36. Bc1 - forced move - must remove bishop from firing line - there is a threat of a discovery - NxB would lead me to drop a rook or a piece. Both losses would be ruinous - even against somebody 300 points south of my rating. The bishop stays on his homesquare right until nearly the end.

 

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