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ANNOTATED GAME
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bakerbaker (1589) vs. damacles (1596)
Annotated by: bakerbaker (1200)
Chess opening: French (C00), King's Indian attack
bakerbaker (1589) vs. damacles (1596)
Annotated by: bakerbaker (1200)
Chess opening: French (C00), King's Indian attack
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1. e4 e6 |
The French Defense. The idea is to play d5, challenging White's e-pawn. But my opponent didn't play the main variation. | |||||
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2. d3 |
I don't play this anymore, but the idea is to play Nd2 and keep the pawn on e4 if Black plays d5. | |||||
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2... g6 |
Not a normal move. 2... d5 is the most common move here. | |||||
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3. f4 |
I want to prep for a pawn storm on the kingside in case Black castles there. | |||||
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3... Bg7 4. Nf3 Nc6 |
A better idea is to play 4...c5 before developing the knight there, because now I can control d4 with 5. c3. | |||||
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5. c3 Nh6 |
An odd developing square, because that knight does not have any active purpose there. | |||||
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6. h3 |
Planning g4 whenever Black castles. But Black may be afraid to castle there if I play it too early. | |||||
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6... O-O 7. g4 |
I'm threatening g5, winning the misplaced knight. | |||||
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7... f6 |
Gives the knight the escape square f7. | |||||
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8. g5 |
I thought I was being too hasty. I should've continued the attack slower and safer. | |||||
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8... fxg5 9. fxg5 Nf7 10. d4 |
Although I have a strong centre, I'm lacking in development from moving too many pawns, and my kingside is overextended. | |||||
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10... d5 11. e5 |
Now the position becomes more like a French structure, but where Black hasn't played c5. | |||||
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11... a6 |
I wasn't sure exactly what the reason for this was. | |||||
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12. Bd3 Ne7 |
This move was also odd to me. | |||||
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13. Qe2 |
I plan to castle queenside, where I have pawns to cover me. | |||||
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13... h5 |
Black keeps making odd moves here. | |||||
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14. Bf4 |
I thought Be3 was a better place for my bishop, where it doesn't sit on the open f-file. | |||||
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14... Nh8 |
Black has made 4 odd moves in a row, and I should've been winning, except I made a huge blunder here, getting into a lost position. | |||||
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15. Nbd2 |
15. Nbd2?? is totally losing because I hang the bishop. This is a common mistake in correspondence chess because a lot of times players will go to a game they haven't looked at for a few days, and make a move without checking the position for hanging pieces or threats. | |||||
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15... Rxf4 |
I am totally lost in this position, but miraculously I came back and won. You're probably wondering how that happened in a position like this. | |||||
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