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willempie (1630) vs. kwijybo (1536)
Annotated by: kwijybo (1757)
Chess opening: Scandinavian (B01), Icelandic gambit
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1. e4 d5
Counter-Counter, one of my favorite openings as of late.

 
2. exd5 Nf6
Scandinavian. I am prepared to lose the pawn to gain development.

 
3. c4 e6
Scandinavian, Icelandic gambit. if 4. dxe6, Bxe6 and I am a pawn down with 2 minors developed.

 
4. dxe6 Bxe6 5. d4 Bb4+
Clears way for castle while providing check.
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6. Bd2 Bxd2+
Trade off dark squared bishops. Qxd2 is expected in lieu of Nxd2 due to following Qxd4

 
7. Qxd2 O-O 8. Be2 Re8
Looking to establish a pin on the bishop at e2.

 
9. Nc3 Bxc4
Take the free pawn and pin the bishop.

 
10. Nf3 Qe7
Now I have 3 attackers to 3 defenders on the bishop, with one of them being the king. He cannot castle yet without losing the bishop.
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11. Ne5
Ok, he interposed. I need to trade off the bishops while I can.

 
11... Bxe2 12. Nxe2
More expected Qxe2 here, but don't know how that would play out.

 
12... c5
The c5 push attempts to strip the defender off the N at e5.

 
13. f4
He supplies another defender.

 
13... cxd4 14. Nxd4 Ng4
Playing to pick up the f4 pawn. Trade knights, and pick up the pawn in the process.

 
15. O-O Nxe5 16. fxe5 Rd8
Instead of playing Qxe5, which would be followed by Rfe1! and cause me problems, I decide to put a pin on the knight at d4.

 
17. Qe3
Removes the pin while defending.
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17... Qc5
Re-applies the pin, and adds an attacker. At this point, I should be able to supply more attackers than he can defenders.

 
18. Rad1
Adds a defender

 
18... Nc6
and I add an attacker.

 
19. Rf4
And he adds a defender.

 
19... Rd5
Ok, so I'm looking to do Ra-d8 next move and complete the imbalance of attackers and defenders.

 

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