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ANNOTATED GAME
League division C3 Reti Schmidt-Benoni Reversed
mybookrunsdeep (1872) vs. loveguitarplay (2103)
Annotated by: mybookrunsdeep (1431)
Chess opening: Reti (A09), advance variation
mybookrunsdeep (1872) vs. loveguitarplay (2103)
Annotated by: mybookrunsdeep (1431)
Chess opening: Reti (A09), advance variation
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1. Nf3 |
This game features a very critical line against the Reti move order, 1. Nf3 d5 2. c4. By responding 2...d4, Black enters a Benoni reversed, but with an extra tempo for White. White can counter 3. b4, or as in this game, 3. g3, intending to undermine the center with Re1 and e3. | ||||
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1... d5 2. c4 d4 3. g3 |
Black has given up the light squares in the center with his 2nd move. White intends to exploit this. | ||||
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3... Nc6 |
Entering a Schmidt-Benoni, where White has an easier time breaking up the Black center. 3...c5 is not only the most popular, but probably the most critical line. | ||||
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4. d3 e5 5. Bg2 Nf6 |
5...f5, is a more ambitious choice, but White is fine either way. | ||||
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6. O-O Be7 |
This move allows a tactical sequence that was once thought to be better for White, however, modern theory isnt so clear on this point. Black can play safer lines with, 6...a5 or 6...Bd6. | ||||
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7. b4 |
Offering the b-pawn in exchange for the e-pawn. | ||||
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7... Nxb4 |
Sjoberg-Adler continued: 7...Bxb4 8. Nxe5 Nxe5 9. Qa4 Bd7 10. Qxb4 b6!? 11. c5, rejecting the win of the exchange to keep the light-squares around his castled position intact. Nigel Davies in his book on the Reti, believes that 7...Bxb4 is Black's best option. | ||||
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8. Nxe5 |
Now White is slightly better due to his strong light-squared bishop and extra center pawn. However, this is not so easy against a 2100 player. | ||||
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8... O-O 9. Bb2 |
Here, Nbd2 or a3 was probably stronger. | ||||
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9... Qd6 |
Kaidanov-Khmelnitsky, Philadelphia 1993 continued 9...Ng4 10. Nxg4 Bxg4 11. Bxb7 Rb8 12. Be4 Nxd3 13. Bxh7 Kh8 14. Bxd3 Rxb2 15 Nd2 and White was better. Here Black forces the knight to move without the option of exchanging itself for the f6 knight. Black has a space advantage, and any exchanges will only favor the cramped player. | ||||
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10. Nf3 c5 |
Black secures his center, and with it, his space advantage. White has to play very energetically to avoid being smothered. | ||||
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11. Nbd2 Re8 12. a3 Nc6 13. Qb3 |
Here I planned to double on the b-file and play against the b7 pawn, using the a-pawn as a lever if necessary. This plan was too slow, however, I should have attempted to break apart the center with Re1 and e3. | ||||
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13... Bd8 |
Black clears the way for the attack on the e2-pawn. | ||||
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14. Rfe1 |
The queen's rook will be needed on the queenside. | ||||
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14... Bf5 |
14...Bg4 might have been better, as 15. h3 would provoke Black to reroute the bishop to g6, where it's optimally placed. | ||||
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15. Nh4 Bd7 16. Rab1 |
Once a plan is chosen, It is imperative to stick to it, unless you face immediate material or positional ruin. | ||||
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16... Ba5 |
A useful pin. I now have to do some rearranging to free myself. | ||||
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17. Nhf3 Bf5 18. Bc1 |
Provoking... | ||||
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18... b6 |
Now Black's dark-squared bishop is blockading my a-pawn advance! My queenside counterplay is stifled and I am getting a little worried. | ||||
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19. h3 |
I decide to attempt to either exchange the light-sqared bishop for a knight, or at least drive away the bishop from the b1-h7 diagonal. 19. Qd1 seemed like a waste of time. | ||||
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