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ANNOTATED GAME
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adam64 (1618) vs. beginner78 (1572)
Annotated by: beginner78 (1388)
Chess opening: Queen's pawn (D00), stonewall attack
adam64 (1618) vs. beginner78 (1572)
Annotated by: beginner78 (1388)
Chess opening: Queen's pawn (D00), stonewall attack
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There are games when one manages to prove a point. When I play chess, I am more likely to agree to win exchange than sacrifice one. But this game was an exception. Interesting plot... | |||||
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1. d4 d5 2. e3 Nf6 3. Bd3 c5 4. c3 e6 5. f4 b6 |
I don't like playing against the Stonewall type formations. Or is it Colle? Anyway, I like piece manouvers, but this particular pawn structure is ... well ... just boring. I quickly played 5...b6, only to realise that the planned exchange of white square bishops was not possible. Let's say, 6. Nf3 Ba6 7. B:a6 N:a6 8. Qa4 and I lose the piece... Well, too late. | ||||
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6. Nf3 Bb7 7. Ne5 cxd4 8. exd4 Nbd7 9. Nd2 |
I think white could have explored the pin along the a4-e8 diagonal, rather than play routinely. But it makes sense - my bishop is blocked on b7, and although it will... Ok, let's keep the plot unknown. For now, my issues are: 1) castling - which will undoubtedly result in all-out white attack on the kingside; 2) finding something useful to do for my bishop on b7. | ||||
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9... Bd6 10. Qf3 Qe7 |
I don't know. I could already see contours of the attack - g2-g4, Qg3, Nd2-f3, g4-g5, h2-h4. I figured bringing the queen closer to the kingside would help survive the attack! | ||||
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11. O-O g6 |
Prophylaxis against possible f4-f5, with an idea of sending the king "by foot" to g7, keeping the rook on h8, moving the h pawn forward and then bringing the other rook to f or e file depending on what the position requires. | ||||
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12. Bb5 |
Unexpected. But doesn't stop me from doing what I planned! | ||||
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12... Kf8 |
I am sure this was unexpected for my opponent. It actually looks like my mouse slipped when I was trying to put the king on g8, but no, this was indeed part of the plan! :) | ||||
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13. g4 a6 |
Necessary evil, bringing the white bishop back into play. Whie intends g4-g5 which is bad, I risk losing a piece on d7 and since there was no good square to put that knight now, I had to do a7-a6. | ||||
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14. Bd3 Kg7 15. g5 |
I think this wasn't a good idea. White helps me cement the lines and gives me sufficient time to organise some sort of defence. I thinking keeping tension with h2-h4, intending h4-h5 with Kh1 and positioning rooks along g and f files or even both on g files would be a more promising plan. | ||||
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15... Nh5 16. Qg4 Raf8 |
Ok, first concern is partially addressed. Defence looks sound. Time to start thinking about the poor bishop on b7. | ||||
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17. Be2 |
Unfortunately, white makes me change priorities. He plans to retreat the queen and exchange my knight with his bishop. Panic!!! What shall I do? Hmmm. Keep cool. All I want, is not to take on h5 with the pawn, right? Yes. So, imagine my h7 pawn did not exist. Then I could take it with the rook. So, comes the idea! | ||||
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17... h6 |
Yes! Well done. | ||||
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18. gxh6+ Rxh6 19. Ndf3 Ndf6 20. Qg2 Rfh8 |
Actually as I saw later, this move allows Ng5. Now Rf8 is not possible because of a strong move f4-f5! | ||||
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21. Bd3 |
Already here white could have played f5. I had totally missed this move in my calculations earlier, when planning to double rooks along the h-file, because I had two pawns and a knight blocking the bishop on the c1-h6 diagonal! Classic case of chess vision problems. | ||||
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21... Ne4 |
Exchange on e4 is in my favour, I activate the bishop on b7. But now I have to sacrifice exchange. | ||||
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22. f5 exf5 |
Now I have to go for an all-out attack. | ||||
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23. Bxh6+ Rxh6 24. Qe2 |
Waste of time. Unless the second rook comes into play, white is in a really bad shape. | ||||
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24... Nf4 25. Qe3 |
Here I thought of playing Nh3 , with g6-g5 to follow. But I did not play the move, decided to give it a bit of time. Next time I returned to make a move, I played B:e5 without even thinking. Bad discipline! | ||||
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25... Bxe5 26. dxe5 Nh3+ 27. Kg2 f4 |
Expecting Q:b6 to which I was going to play g6-g5, then to g4, sweeping everything off the board... | ||||
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28. Qd4 Qe6 |
I don't have to lose the pawn on b6 any more... | ||||
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29. Ne1 |
Key mistake. White should have played Kh1, maintaining some defence chances. Now, the game is finished. | ||||
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