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ANNOTATED GAME

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timbentley (1437) vs. mautaferis (1406)
Annotated by: timbentley (1584)
Chess opening: Guatemala defence (B00)
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1. e4
An interesting endgame where I managed to pull out a victory.

 
1... b6
Owen's Defense, planning Bb7.

 
2. d4
Pushing for the center.

 
2... Bb7 3. Nc3 g6 4. Nf3 Bg7
A double fianchetto.

 
5. Bc4 e6 6. Bg5 f6 7. Bf4 Nc6 8. e5 f5
He doesn't want the position to open up yet.

 
9. Bg5 Nce7 10. O-O
I want my rook in the center to open things up there.

 
10... h6 11. Be3
The bishop is in the way there, but there aren't many places for it to go, and I didn't want to help him develop his Ng8.

 
11... g5 12. d5
Making a push in the center

 
12... exd5 13. Nxd5 c6 14. Nxe7 Qxe7 15. Bd4
Protecting the pawn, I intended an eventual Re5.

 
15... g4 16. Nh4
? I failed to notice the knight was en prise.

 
16... Qxh4 17. e6 Bxd4 18. Qxd4 Rh7 19. Rfe1
Looking for a discovered check with exd7.

 
19... O-O-O
! Gets his king out of danger and his rook into action to protect d7.

 
20. Rad1
More pressure on d7.

 
20... d5
Protecting the pawn and attacking the bishop, now e6 looks fragile.

 
21. Bd3 Re7
So now he puts pressure on my pawn.

 
22. Bxf5
Gains a pawn, protects my pawn, and opportunities to cause other problems in the kingside.

 
22... h5
Protects g4, but...

 
23. f4
The queen is now trapped.

 
23... c5 24. Qh8 Nf6 25. Qh6 Rg8 26. g3
Winning the knight.

 
26... Qh3
But now the queen is perilously close to my king.

 

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