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ANNOTATED GAME
League division D1
alloutwin (1664) vs. slipperyjim (1708)
Annotated by: alloutwin (1200)
Chess opening: Nimzo-Indian defence (E20)
alloutwin (1664) vs. slipperyjim (1708)
Annotated by: alloutwin (1200)
Chess opening: Nimzo-Indian defence (E20)
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1. d4 |
An interesting league game, that moved swiftly to a rook endgame. My opponent played it well and some positional mistakes ended the fight prematurely. Recently I have been trying to improve my endgame, so any comments on the final third of the game are welcomed | ||||
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1... Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 |
Often Nf3 is played here, to avoid the Nimzo-Indian. | ||||
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3... Bb4 4. Bd2 O-O 5. e3 Nc6 6. Nf3 d6 7. Be2 |
All very standard opening moves up to now. Hardly main line variations, but no errors | ||||
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7... e5 8. dxe5 Nxe5 9. O-O Re8 10. Qc2 Be6 11. b3 Bg4 12. Qd1 |
A slow move, Nxe5 is more dynamic | ||||
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12... Qd7 13. Nxe5 Rxe5 14. Rc1 |
A slow solid move. The computer suggests Nd5 | ||||
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14... Bxe2 15. Qxe2 d5 |
A weaker move. Opens my position by freeing the rook and queen with no noticeable positional gain for black. Better is Rae8 with the rook on a good open file | ||||
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16. cxd5 Nxd5 |
At this point there is nothing to choose between the 2 sides, Black perhaps slightly better | ||||
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17. Nxd5 Bxd2 18. Qxd2 Rxd5 |
Following the exchanges black comes out considerably better. He has complete control of the only completely open file on the board, a well placed rook and a good line of pawns. | ||||
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19. Qc2 c6 |
Better than protecting with a rook | ||||
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20. Rcd1 |
I decided I need to fight for the central file else I will be crushed. | ||||
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20... Rd8 |
Taking complete control, I have few good options as I cannot allow this domination to continue | ||||
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21. Rxd5 Qxd5 22. Re1 |
My normal reaction to this sort of pressure is to find something dynamic to respond with. In this case I plan to push the pawn to push the queen around. | ||||
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22... h6 23. e4 |
The pawn push i planned, however looking back I can see that passive moves would be better such as h3, giving me an escape for the king. | ||||
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23... Qd2 |
Black uses his d-file domination to good effect. Following the pretty much forced trade of queens his rook sits on my second rank causing me problems | ||||
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24. Qxd2 Rxd2 25. Ra1 |
I am forced to go defensive with the rook. I have to get my king into the centre, before he gets his there | ||||
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25... Kf8 26. g3 |
A slow start, Kf1 easily better | ||||
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26... Ke7 |
He continues to ease into the centre | ||||
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27. Kg2 Rd3 28. f3 |
With the rook no longer needing to protect the a-pawn, I should have moved it towards the centre with Rc1 | ||||
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28... b5 |
Difficult to know the intent of this move, other than maybe to make a push down that side of the board, better would be Ke6 | ||||
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29. g4 |
Trying to open a passage for the king to continue moving into the centre | ||||
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