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ANNOTATED GAME
Malpas 1 v Wallasey 4
Colin Hughes (ECF138) vs. CharlesHiggie (ECF174)
Annotated by: charleshiggie
(2197)
Chess opening: Sicilian (B58), Boleslavsky variation
Colin Hughes (ECF138) vs. CharlesHiggie (ECF174)
Annotated by: charleshiggie
(2197)
Chess opening: Sicilian (B58), Boleslavsky variation
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This is a strange echo of my previous annotation, CharlesHiggie (ECF174) vs. Luke Boumphrey (ECF172), in that once again I get two queens, but I make several mistakes in time trouble (I was down to two minutes, using a non-incremental time control) and I let my opponent, with only one queen, get away with a perpetual check and draw the match. | ||||||||
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1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 |
This is the mainline Open Sicilian. | |||||||
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6. Be2 |
This is less aggressive than Bc4 or Bg5. | |||||||
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6... e5 |
The Boleslavsky Variation of the Open Sicilian. | |||||||
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7. Nf3 |
This is the modern approach. Nb3 used to be played, but this move restricts the freeing d6-d5 by black, as there is pressure on e5. | |||||||
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7... Be7 |
h6 immediately is normally played. | |||||||
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8. O-O |
He castles | |||||||
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8... O-O |
Again, h6 is more common. | |||||||
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9. Re1 |
He is preparing more pressure down the e file, making d6-d5 harder for black. | |||||||
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9... h6 |
And I play this at last. | |||||||
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10. h3 |
This is book too | |||||||
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10... Be6 |
Book move | |||||||
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11. Bf1 |
Ditto | |||||||
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11... a6 |
Slightly unusual, but common in most variations of the Open Sicilian. | |||||||
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12. Nd5 |
I was happy with this. Exchanging on d5 covers my weak d6 pawn with his d5 pawn. I don't mind giving White the two bishops, nor a bit more space. | |||||||
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12... Bxd5 |
So I take | |||||||
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13. exd5 |
He takes back. | |||||||
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13... Nb8 |
I go back. | |||||||
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14. c4 |
He protects c4. | |||||||
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14... Nbd7 |
I re-develop my knight. | |||||||
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15. b3 |
He re-enforces his pawns and prepares to develop his bishop to b2 or a3. | |||||||
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