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ANNOTATED GAME
Malpas & Oswestry 1 v Atticus (Liverpool)
Charles L Higgie (ECF166) vs. Luke Boumphrey (ECF176)
Annotated by: charleshiggie
(2222)
Chess opening: King's Indian defence, 3.Nc3 (E61)
Charles L Higgie (ECF166) vs. Luke Boumphrey (ECF176)
Annotated by: charleshiggie
(2222)
Chess opening: King's Indian defence, 3.Nc3 (E61)
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1. d4 |
On Tuesday September 20, Malpas & Oswestry 1 lost their first fixture at their new venue of The Bull, Shocklach, Malpas, 4-1 against the Liverpool giants, Atticus. Atticus turned up with a very strong team, while Malpas & Oswestry 1 were missing a couple of key players. The first result was on board 3, when Graham Ives lost to Tim Wiseman. Charles Lowick Higgie was the next to finish, losing with white on board 2. The next result was on board 4 where Celeste McCrann produced the only win for the home side. Orlando Bell lost on time, a few pawns down on board 5. Finally Brian Whyte finally succumbed on board 1 in a long closely-fought game. Full result: Brian Whyte(184) 0 Steve Kee(182) 1 Charles Lowick Higgie(166) 0 Luke Boumphrey(176) 1 Graham Ives(124) 0 Tim Wiseman(126) 1 Celeste McCrann(113) 1 Steve Burge(127) 0 Orlando Bell(64) 0 Steve Philp(120) 1. | |||||
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1... Nf6 |
In this game, he plays an opening variation which I had forgotten the best continuation! I fight back, and gain an edge, but fall for a clever trap and lose horribly. Enjoy! | |||||
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2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d6 4. e4 Bg7 |
King's Indian Defence. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/King%27s_Indian_Defence | |||||
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5. f3 |
Sämisch Variation https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/King%27s_Indian_Defence,_S%C3%A4misch_Variation | |||||
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5... O-O 6. Be3 |
Usual development. | |||||
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6... e5 7. d5 |
These are all the mostly played moves. | |||||
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7... Nh5 |
7....c6 is played slightly more usual than 7....Nh5, but both are commonly played. | |||||
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8. Qd2 Qh4+ |
I was trying to remember the best move here. I looked at 9. g3 Nxg3 10. Bf2? Nxf1! with advantage to black. What I should have played was David Bronstein's queen sacrifice 7...Nh5 8.Qd2 Qh4+ 9.g3 Nxg3 10.Qf2 Nxf1 11.Qxh4 Nxe3, where Black has given up the queen for two bishops and a pawn, and will also win a second pawn after 12...Nxc4. In return for the material, Black obtains a solid and compact position devoid of weaknesses, the safer king, and control over the dark squares. Cherniaev and Prokuronov were sceptical of whether Black had sufficient compensation after 12.Qf2, but the line is very dangerous if White plays nonchalantly. Also my opponent obviously knew this variation better than me, so perhaps it would have been hard for me to convert! But now I am at a disadvantage in that my opponent knows this variation better than me. I had to think, while my opponent continued to play very quickly. | |||||
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9. Bf2 |
So played this instead. | |||||
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9... Qf4 |
He offers the exchange of queens. I did consider playing Be3 and accept a repetition, but afterwards he said he would not have accepted a draw, maybe withdrawing the queen to e7 after checking on h4 again. However I knew this was going to be a close match, and we were badly out-rated on board 5, I had white, I was only slightly out-rated - I felt I should play on. | |||||
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10. Qxf4 |
Afterwards my opponent claimed that this was a positional blunder, as it leaves black with a strong pawn on f4, opens up the long black diagonal, and the e5 square to use. However this exchange does score OK for white in opening database. | |||||
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10... exf4 11. Bd3 |
Afterwards I found out that g4 and Ng-e2 were the moves previously played her. | |||||
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11... a6 |
My opponent afterwards said that this was to prevent Nb5. I then asked should I have played Nb5 the move before. He replied it wasn't too much of a problem for black with Na6 followed by Bd7. | |||||
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12. Nge2 |
I continue to develop. | |||||
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12... Nd7 |
He has a plan to put his knight on e5 | |||||
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13. Nd4 |
But my knight also finds a strong central square. | |||||
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13... Ne5 |
He hits my bishop. | |||||
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14. Kd2 |
In in the light of what happens next, maybe 0-0-0 would have saved me some tempi! | |||||
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14... c5 |
Challenging my knight. | |||||
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15. dxc6 e.p. |
But I want to keep it there. | |||||
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