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wewin (1406) vs. nabilus (1345)
Annotated by: wewin (1200)
Chess opening: Philidor's defence (C41)

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1. e4	It's a very common and very easy to be developed through so many variations. Play as white, I usually start with 1. e2 e4 and hope black doesn't perform Sicilian Defense, I hate that ...



1... e5	A common and a quite good response to 1. e2 e4 ...



2. Nf3	Initiating an attack to black's pawn, I move the knight to f3... (King's Knight Opening, C40)



2... d6	Black move his pawn to d6, starting a strong Philidor's Defence, but here come a new problem. It's very hard to develop his king's bishop...



3. Nc3	Actually an usual response to break Philidor's Defence is moving white pawn to d4, but I want to try something new: moving queen's knight to c3.



3... Bg4	3. ....... Bg4? I don't know why black move the bishop to g4, it's very weak... Actually Nc6 is better.. But as long it doesn't threat my king, I let it stand here.



4. Bc4	I move my bishop to c4 to prepare castling, a very common idea for beginner like me.
	1 comment janislulle (1422) on 04-Feb-20: What about 4. ... f6? I think this would be some defense for Black.


4... h6	Black move his pawn to h6, maybe he want to stop my knight's movements. Here I see a very good chance to attack black... A queen sacrifice!
	1 comment sccadams (1815) on 24-Mar-10: Correct for black here would be 4...Nf6 or 4...Nc6. This move is a wasted tempo, responding to a threat that hasn't even materialized yet. Not to mention both moves adequately guard against Legal's mate.


5. Nxe5	5. Nxe5!? I think it's the most interesting move in this game. Giving my queen to black!
	3 comments black_cat_hamlet (1531) on 23-Mar-10: There is a very similar queen sac like this in another variation, but in that one, Black had a knight on c6, and Nxc6 wins a piece nuntar (1702) on 23-Mar-10: But if Black has a knight on c6, doesn't ...Nxe5 win a piece for Black? wewin (1200) on 15-Dec-10: In fact, there is no knight on c6.


5... Bxd1	Actually black must think it deeply, because I won't give my queen without any reasons. But, maybe he thought that I make an error or because I am still beginner (the last is right!) ANALYSIS= How if black refuse my queen and take my knight at e5? There's no problem. I'll take the g4 bishop and performing a well developed position.



6. Bxf7+	My bishop do a starting check 6. Bxf7+ !! The king has no choices. He just can move to e7 since d7 is guarded by my knight.



6... Ke7	And a very beautiful checkmate that can't be avoided since 5. ..... Bxd1 ??



7. Nd5#
	2 comments nuntar (1702) on 23-Mar-10: Légal's Mate -- see the annotation "Casual Game" by thehellion, just two games up from this one, for the origin of this name. (And nyctalop's annotation has a similar theme. Is there some reason why these three all came along at once?) nicholas1024 (1200) on 23-Mar-10: Very nice. I don't think I would have seen it coming either.