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dagerman (1357) vs. smoran90 (1200)
Annotated by: smoran90 (1200)
Chess opening: Centre game (C22), Berger variation
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1. e4
Kings Pawn opening.

 
1... e5 2. d4
Centre Counter

 
2... exd4 3. Qxd4 Nc6
Developing at the queen's expense.

 
4. Qe3 Nf6 5. f3
Maybe it was better to avoid weakening the kingside and to defend the pawn with Nc3 or Bd3. This has the added bonus of developing.

 
5... Be7 6. c3
Falling further behind in development. This square belongs to the knight.

 
6... O-O 7. g3
Still refusing to develop, and this will prove diastrous if black manages to open up the game quickly, which I did.

 
7... Re8
Creating the threat of d5. The queen and king being on the same file allows some tactical ideas.

 
8. Bh3
Finally developing a piece, but it may already be too late.

 
8... d5 9. e5
Falling for the trick. Nd2 trying to holsd the pawn would have been better.

 
9... Nxe5
Due to the potential king and queen pin, the knight shouldnt be taken.

 
10. Bxc8 Qxc8 11. Ne2
After the tactical skirmish, black is only a pawn up, but his supeior development and the activity of the pieces virtually guarantee a win.

 
11... Nc4 12. Qd3 Bc5
Preventing the king from castling as well as eying up some some nice squares in the white camp.

 
13. Na3 Ne3
Penetrating the white camp.

 
14. Bxe3 Rxe3 15. Qd2 Qe6
White cant castle as the knight on e2 will fall.

 
16. Nc2
Trying to force the rook away.

 
16... Re5 17. f4 Re4
But it still has this square where it cant be touched.

 
18. h3
White has been reduced to total passiveness, and black has as much time as he wants to try and finish the game off.

 
18... Re8 19. Rh2 Nh5 20. O-O-O Rxe2
Free knight.

 
21. Rxe2 Qxe2 22. Qxd5 Be3+ 23. Nxe3 Qxe3+ 24. Kb1
Black still has to be careful as swapping the queens with Qe4 allows Qxe4 and Rd8, mating.

 
24... Nxg3 25. Qd7 Ne2 26. Qd8
Cheeky trap.

 

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