Annotated chess game: Kidderminster Club Championship

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ANNOTATED GAME

Kidderminster Club Championship
Maurice Bissell (ECF155) vs. Charles Higgie (ECF156)
Annotated by: charleshiggie

(2222)
Chess opening: Queen's pawn (A46), Torre attack

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Finally it had to happen! My first loss in a competitive over-the-board chess games in 2012. At least the game will not be forwarded to the grading authorities, so it will not affect my grade (we call them grades in England, the rest of the world tends to refer to them as ratings1)

1. d4

Once again I lost the toss and had to defend with black

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1... Nf6

So I play my usual.

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2. Nf3

And he does this, fairly standard, but ruling out certain variations, such as the 4 pawns attack or the samisch against the King's Indian. Maybe I should have played a King's Indian, with g6, Bg7, 0-0 and d6, but I played something else, which I have been playing in some Gameknot games.

2... e6

Heading for either the Queen's Indian or Nimzo-Indian.

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3. c4

Keeping his choices of how he will develop his Bf1

3... b6

So I go into the Queen's Indian

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4. g3

This is a common reply by white

4... Bb7

I develop

5. Bg2

So does he

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5... Bb4+

I throw in a check, rather expecting Bd2 or Nbd2 transposing into The Bogoljubow Defence or Bogo-Indian.

6. Nc3

But he played this. I would now call this the Nimzo/Queen's Indian hybrid, but Gameknot calls it Queen's pawn (A46), Torre attack, although that normally means playing 3. Bg5 by white.

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6... O-O

So I castle

7. O-O

So does he.

7... d6

My plan is to exchange off my Bb4 and put my pawns on black squares. Not a bad plan, but it is better to play BxNc3 immediately, rather than give white a chance to avoid doubled pawns.

8. Qc2

Now I can't double his pawns.

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8... Nbd7

I continue to develop.

9. Rd1

So does he.

9... c5

Now in the database, there are 3 moves, Qe7, Re8 and Bxc3. I think all these moves are better than what I played.

10. Nb5

Now I have problems, defending d6 and there is also risks to my Bb4.

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10... Qe7

So I defend d6

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