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ANNOTATED GAME

materialkiller's mini-tournament
barbarian_beast (1331) vs. materialkiller (1285)
Annotated by: materialkiller (1938)
Chess opening: King's pawn game (C20)
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1. e4 e5 2. c4
Unusual move, not a bad one - White transposes into a english structure.

 
2... Nc6
Black prepares to dominate the d4 hole.

 
3. Nf3 Bc5 4. a3 a5
securing the queenside for now.

 
5. Nc3
White's control of d5 makes up for the weakness at d4 for now.

 
5... d6 6. d3 Nf6
No rush to open the position by f5

 
7. h3 h6 8. Qe2 O-O 9. Be3 Be6 10. Bxc5
This allows black greater control of d4.

 
10... dxc5 11. Nd5 Nd7
Strong move - black plans to rid himself of a weakness at d5 by playing c6 thus forcing the knight to retreat with loss of time.

 
12. g4 Nd4 13. Nxd4 cxd4
Black rids himself of double pawns.

 
14. h4 c6 15. g5
Attempt of counter play on the kingside

 
15... hxg5
cxd5 cxd5 and black does not win a piece.

 
16. Nc7
White tries to gain a tempo for his kingside attack.

 
16... Qxc7 17. hxg5 g6
Black stalls the queen rook battery on the h-file.

 
18. f4 Kg7
preparing to meet Qh2 by Rh8 stoping white from using the h-file.

 
19. Qh2 Rfh8 20. Qg1 Rxh1 21. Qxh1 Rh8 22. Qf3 exf4
Gaining e5 as a outpost for the knight.

 
23. O-O-O Ne5
Qxf4 fails to Nxd3

 
24. Qf2 f3
A useful waiting move b5 was also playable.

 
25. Qxd4
A Risky pawn grab.

 
25... c5 26. Qc3 Rh2
The rook is strong on the 2nd rank.

 
27. d4 cxd4
Black exposes a weakness on c4.

 
28. Rxd4 Rh1 29. Rd1 Kg8
Unpinning the Knight now every piece is involed in the attack.

 

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