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ANNOTATED GAME
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timbentley (1515) vs. dkphoto (1558)
Annotated by: timbentley (1584)
Chess opening: Reti opening (A06)
timbentley (1515) vs. dkphoto (1558)
Annotated by: timbentley (1584)
Chess opening: Reti opening (A06)
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After blundering a pawn, white makes a speculative bishop sacrifice for a dangerous attack, ending this miniature with a nice mate. | |||||
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1. Nf3 |
My last game with the Reti Opening was weird, so I'll try it again. | ||||
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1... d5 2. d4 |
Transposing into a queen's pawn game. | ||||
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2... c6 3. c4 dxc4 |
An unusual time to accept the gambit, although the Slav Accepted does so on the fourth turn. | ||||
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4. e3 |
Threatening to win the pawn back; it seems to be the most common move here. | ||||
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4... Qa5+ |
Probably an overly aggressive queen move; there is no real threat. | ||||
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5. Bd2 Qd5 6. Nc3 |
Continuing to pester the queen. | ||||
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6... Qh5 7. Bxc4 |
The queen hasn't done anything other than allow me to develop with tempo, and now I can retake the pawn with a significant developmental lead. The bishop also eyes f7, although e6 easily breaks this up. | ||||
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7... Nh6 |
The f pawn doesn't need another defender, so why not Nf6? | ||||
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8. O-O |
I'm unsure about castling kingside, but this seems the best way to continue development. | ||||
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8... Bg4 |
Perhaps the castling was too early; black threatens to open the g file. | ||||
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9. Rc1 |
I don't want to retreat my bishop to e2, and after 9...Bxf3 10. Qxf3 Qxf3 11. gxf3, it looks fine, since I still have a large lead in development and my rook can use the g file. Therefore I develop my other rook. | ||||
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9... Nd7 10. Qb3 |
Unpins the knight, attacks b7, and adds pressure to f7. | ||||
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10... O-O-O |
Protecting the b7 pawn. | ||||
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11. h3 |
I want to push d5, but I want a rook at d1 first. I don't want the knight to be pinned, so I drive away the bishop first. Better would have been Nb5, with similar threats as later in the game; if 11...cxb5?, 12. Bxf7 wins the queen. However, this turns out to lose a pawn. | ||||
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11... Bxf3 12. gxf3 Qxh3 13. Bxf7 |
If 13...Nxf7 14. Qxf7, it's still not optimal, but not too bad. If 13...Qxf3 14. Nb5 looks like a potential mating combination or significant material loss for black with 15. Nxa7 . | ||||
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13... Qxf3 14. Nb5 |
Sacrificing the bishop and threatening Nxa7 . | ||||
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14... Nxf7 |
Black could have declined the sacrifice with Kb8. | ||||
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15. Nxa7+ Kc7 |
15...Kb8 16. Nxc6 Kc8 (16...Ka8? 17. Qa4#) 17. Nd5 wins the queen. | ||||
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16. Ba5+ Kd6 |
b6 was the saving move; after 17. Nxc6, white can eventually also win the rook for the knight, evening up material. | ||||
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17. Nb5+ |
I finally see a mate in two: 17...cxb5 (forced) 18. Bc7#. | ||||
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