Annotated chess game: League division C3

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ANNOTATED GAME

League division C3
another_ken (1814) vs. alecs (1904)
Annotated by: another_ken (1200)
Chess opening: English (A10), Anglo-Dutch defense

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1. c4 f5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. g3 Bg7 5. Bg2 O-O 6. d4 d6 7. Bg5 h6	? Black should not be distracted and must continue developing, else he will soon run out of time.
	1 comment archduke_piccolo (2334) on 04-Apr-07: Black has set up a kind of "Leningrad Dutch" defence. Sooner or later he would like to play e5, perhaps, with due preparation of which the move ...h6 would form a part. Possibly this can wait until after ....Nbd7, though White then might try 8.Qd2 or Qc1. If so, things could get messy: 7...Nbd7 8.Qd2 Ne4 9.Nxe4 fxe4 10.Nh4 (or Ng1) Nf6 when Black's development isn't looking too bad, and he has a respectable share of the centre. If instead, 7...Nbd7 8.0-0 h6 9.Bd2 e5 (10,dxe5 dxe5, say) Black has a reasonable game.


8. Bxf6 Bxf6 9. Qd2 g5	White's h-pawn now has something to attack...
	1 comment archduke_piccolo (2334) on 04-Apr-07: (?) 9...Bg7 seemed to be indicated. Despite the loss of time, it is much less weakening than 9...g5. Black is not yet sufficiently developed to commit himself to a K-side attack just yet.


10. O-O-O	! Black's king side pawns have been lured away from the castled king, leaving Black vulnerable to an early king side pawn storm. Moreover, Black's queen side is hopelessly underdeveloped, leaving White's king untroubled even after 0-0-0. Already Black is lost.
	1 comment archduke_piccolo (2334) on 04-Apr-07: A pretty fair assessment of Black's situation, however surprising. In what follows it is very difficult to find any way of improving Black's fortunes...


10... Nc6 11. h4 e5 12. hxg5 hxg5 13. dxe5 Nxe5 14. Nxg5 Bxg5 15. f4 Nf7 16. fxg5 Qxg5 17. Nb5 Qe7 18. Bd5	! Pinning Black's knight frees h8 for a checkmate.



18... a6	? With little else to do



19. Qh6 Re8 20. Qh8#
	1 comment archduke_piccolo (2334) on 04-Apr-07: A condign punishment for weakening one's K-side in a premature attack (?) whilst still underdeveloped.