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1. e4
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I have just started playing e4 and I am experimenting. I am playing white here. |

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1... g6
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I play the pirc/modern/KID from time to time. The problem with g6 is that in corr. chess white just has to many options. |

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2. d4 Bg7 3. c4
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I wanted to take this into KID lines, c4 gives it more of a d4 type feeling. I originally played d4 so this is good for me. |

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3... d6 4. Nc3 Nf6 5. f3 O-O
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Black is letting me develop however I wish, so.... I will take the sameish setup. I consider this the best threat against the KID. |

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6. Bd3 b6 7. Nge2 Bb7 8. Be3 Nc6 9. Qd2 e5
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Since black will not be getting through this center I will play on the kingside and attack. I leave my kings position in doubt so that black doesn't no where to attack. At any time I could castle queenside.
When I was in Sacramento for the USCF Junior High Nationals, I spent a lot of my time observing the top board: Alec Getz from Hunter. I noticed that he played the caro-kann several times and didn't castle. I learned that he found his rook on h8 to be better placed there then if he castled and it was on f8. Because ofter he would later play h7-h5-h4. |

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10. h4 exd4 11. Nxd4 Nh5
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This is a blunder. I "failed" to capitalize on it fully. |

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12. g4 Bxd4
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Here I should have played: Bxd4 Nxd4 Qf2! when the knights on d4 and h5 are both attacked, winning me a pieces. I didn't even look this far though!! I saw that after Bxd4 Nxd4 he was threatening Nxf3 winning the queen and Nc2 forking the king and rook, and stopped looking!! This is a bad habit of mine that I am breaking it slowly. |

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13. gxh5 Bxe3 14. Qxe3 Ne5 15. O-O-O a5 16. hxg6 fxg6 17. Rdf1
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All the pieces are going to the king side. Black won't even get a counterattack going. |

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17... c6 18. f4 Ng4 19. Qg3 Nf6 20. h5
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I still have the iniative. While black is reacting to my threats I am developing towards his king! |

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20... Qe8 21. hxg6 hxg6
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If 21...Qxg6 I was planning on Qh4 when the threats of Qxh2, e5 and Rg1 were good for me. |

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22. e5 dxe5 23. fxe5 Nd7 24. Bxg6
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Now I have this completely won. Black's king has no cover and all my pieces are coming in on him! |

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24... Rxf1+ 25. Rxf1 Qxe5
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Now the tactics finish him off. I might have been able to get in Bh7 Kxh7 Rf7 , but I didn't quite like it. So I took the less risky route. |
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26. Bf7+ Kf8 27. Bh5+ Ke7 28. Rf7+ Kd6 29. Rxd7+
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Winning the queen. 30...Kd3 31.Bg5 Kf6 32.Rf7 wins the queen. |

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