Annotated chess game: Let's play chess

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Let's play chess
chessssss (1571) vs. ubonvilla (1537)
Annotated by: chessssss (1585)
Chess opening: King's pawn game (C50)

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1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nh6	Not expecting that at all. I figured he would play Nf6. I like this better. I decide to humiliate that silly knight for even thinking about developing to the side of the board. When Baby is in the corner, I aim to set her free. And that's what I ended up doing.
	1 comment nuntar (1702) on 05-Aug-09: 3... Nf6 would be the combative Two Knights Defence. White plays 4. Ng5 with an attack on the f7 pawn, and Black has to give up a pawn (4... d5) but both sides have chances. 3... Nh6, then, aims to prevent this attack but is not a good move -- the knight is restricted in scope and vulnerable to being picked off by the enemy bishop.


4. O-O Bc5 5. b4 Nxb4 6. c3 Nc6 7. d4 exd4 8. cxd4 Bb6 9. Nc3	I like this.
	2 comments nuntar (1702) on 05-Aug-09: White plays in Evans Gambit style, giving a pawn to create an imposing central presence. Black's Nh6?! only helps to accentuate the difference in central control between the sides. aspiemikey (1200) on 31-Jan-10: Why's that?


9... O-O 10. Bg5	The Queen has a slight problem. Can't block with the pawn, so either Ne7, or Qe8.



10... Qe8 11. Nd5 Kh8	He sees my plan! Suddenly I like this game a lot more than I did 4 minutes and 20 seconds prior.



12. e5 d6 13. Nf6	My diabolical scheme to take over the board can still work.
	1 comment nuntar (1702) on 05-Aug-09: Another possible plan for White -- not that I'm saying your plan is bad -- would be Rb1, threatening Rxb6 winning a piece in broad daylight.


13... gxf6 14. Bxh6 Rg8 15. exf6 Rg6	I don't think I anticipated this.
	1 comment aspiemikey (1200) on 25-Jan-10: Why not?


16. Re1 Be6	I certainly didn't anticipate this. I was expecting Qd7 with a fairly even game.



17. Bg7+ Kg8 18. d5	The King and the Bishop are trapped. Black is in a bad spot.
	1 comment nuntar (1702) on 05-Aug-09: The rook is also trapped, and could have been won by 18. h4 followed by Bd3 ... but White is going after a much bigger prize.


18... Ne5 19. dxe6 Qc6	And not fxe6 Nxe5 dxe5 Rxe5, which threatens Bxe6, winning the Queen. Or if he moves his Queen then, he loses his King. Well, in chess you never actually lose the King. Imagine if life was like that. You are about to lose your job, but you never actually lose your job. Anyways, I digest. If I take his knight, I lose immediately. So I try something else.
	2 comments nuntar (1702) on 05-Aug-09: Ah, but you have to resign when loss of your job is inevitable.... chessssss (1585) on 05-Aug-09: Well, that's a good point.


20. Qd5 Nxf3+ 21. Qxf3 Qxc4	Of course not Qxf3?? exf7 mate.



22. exf7+	And I go in for the kill.
	1 comment nuntar (1702) on 05-Aug-09: Excellent. 22... Qxf7 also loses after 23. Re7 Qc4 24. f7+ Kxg7 25. f8Q#. Black could play 23... Qxe7 but then the endgame is lost.


22... Kxf7 23. Re7+ Kg8 24. f7+	Black Resigns. If Kxg7 the pawn queens and mates.
	2 comments nuntar (1702) on 05-Aug-09: Very well played -- a really entertaining game. aspiemikey (1200) on 25-Jan-10: Or 24.. Qxf7 25. Qxf7#