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ANNOTATED GAME
Inter-team championship 1700-1800 - Heavy Weather
jstevens1 (1831) vs. el-rancho (1600)
Annotated by: jotheblackqueen (1200)
Chess opening: French defence (C00)
jstevens1 (1831) vs. el-rancho (1600)
Annotated by: jotheblackqueen (1200)
Chess opening: French defence (C00)
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1. e4 |
Hi everyone! Another victory, taking my rating into the 1830s. This was a very hard fought, tense battle. My new buddy Elia played a very hard game. Indeed, he had a rating in the 1700s but unfortunately he suffered some timeouts as a result of a bad internet connection. But I digress, he was in the game until the very last move where he left his rook en prise to Fou Lenoir who gratefully read him the last rites! Anyhow, on with the show. Elia gives me the French Defense which is e6 in response to e4. The purpose of this is to prepare d5 and challenge the centre. | ||||
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1... e6 2. d4 Ne7 |
2. ...... Ne7 - unusual. | ||||
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3. Nf3 d6 4. Bd3 |
4. Bd3 - development. | ||||
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4... Ng6 5. O-O Be7 6. Be3 |
6. Be3 - out with the queenside pieces - this is beginning to look like a Pirc Defense. | ||||
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6... Nc6 7. a3 |
7. a3 - preventing Nb4. | ||||
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7... a6 8. c4 Bd7 9. b4 |
9. b4 - a pawn wall - can jstevens1 capitalise on this? | ||||
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9... O-O 10. Nc3 |
10. Nc3 - white looks to have a spatial advantage but the white player is jstevens - passivitis 1! | ||||
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10... Na7 11. Qd2 f5 |
11. ..... f5 - the first move that contests the centre from the black side. | ||||
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12. exf5 exf5 |
12. ...... exf5 - pawn trade. | ||||
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13. Nd5 Nh4 |
13. .... Nh4 - suddenly black is planning a kingside attack. | ||||
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14. Nxe7+ Qxe7 15. Nxh4 Qxh4 |
15. ..... Qxh4 - as a result of a double piece trade the Wicked Witch of the West plonks herself on h4. I am looking at that f8 rook, where there is a rook there is back up, where there is the Witch there is Old Matey and that Grim Reaper's beady eye is on the h2 square! | ||||
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16. f4 |
16. f4 - this move will give Henry some air should the Witch ever descend on h2. | ||||
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16... Rae8 17. d5 |
17. d5 - played to try and a. stop Re6, b, stop black's lsb raking down the h1-a8 diagonal. | ||||
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17... Nc8 18. Rf3 |
18. Rf3 - Enough of this passivitis! I will now try a mating attack and pray very hard that it comes off. | ||||
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18... Qf6 19. Raf1 |
19. Raf1 - I spot the Witch's fire down the a1-h8 diagonal - my queen rook cannot stand the heat so he gets right out of that kitchen and heads off to f1 to aid a possible kingside castling mating attack. | ||||
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19... Ne7 20. Be2 Ng6 21. Rg3 |
21. Rg3 - my rook bores down to g7 x-ray style. | ||||
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21... Qd8 22. Bh5 |
22. Bh5 - pin. | ||||
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22... Qf6 23. Bxg6 hxg6 |
23. ....... hxg6 - Elia's kingside pawns are doubled and the h file is open, can I make use of it? | ||||
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24. Bd4 Qf7 25. Rg5 |
25. Rg5, contemplating a rook lift to f3 and possibly to g3 or h3. | ||||
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25... Re4 26. h4 |
26. h4 - that e4 rook is trying to spoil the party. I proceed with my attack. I dream of a windmill, you know, that starts with Rxg7+ and the king is forced to h8 where a series of discoveries will net oodles of material! | ||||
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