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ANNOTATED GAME
Mathematics Nerd's IV
bakerbaker (1646) vs. jeehosephat (1466)
Annotated by: bakerbaker (1200)
Chess opening: Ruy Lopez (C70)
bakerbaker (1646) vs. jeehosephat (1466)
Annotated by: bakerbaker (1200)
Chess opening: Ruy Lopez (C70)
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1. e4 |
I am white in this gameknot mini-tournament. It shows how I didn't give up after losing a piece and ended up with a brilliant tactical attack. | |||||
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1... e5 |
This move, and 1...c5 are the openings with the best reputations against e4. Still playable, but less common and slightly more passive are 1...e6 and 1...c6. | |||||
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2. Nf3 |
The accurate move since I develop a piece while attacking a pawn. | |||||
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2... Nc6 |
2...d6 is a more solid move, but it is also passive. | |||||
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3. Bb5 |
I believe the best choices for White's 3rd move are 3.Bb5 or 3.d4. I don't think any other moves will give White a slight advantage. | |||||
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3... a6 |
This is the main line of the Ruy Lopez. | |||||
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4. Ba4 |
Main line. | |||||
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4... f6 |
This is not the main line. Black does not develop anything, and cramps his position. I thought about the complicated sacrifice, Bxc6 dxc6 Nxe5 fxe5 Qh5 , but it is too risky and unsound. I should be able to get an advantage another way. | |||||
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5. d4 |
Black's wasted tempo justifies me wanting to open up the centre. | |||||
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5... Bd6 |
Black is obstructing his d-pawn and developing his bishop to an unimportant square, while all my moves have been toward development. | |||||
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6. c3 |
This move gives my bishop the c2 retreat square if it wants to give additional support to my e-pawn, while also giving me the option of recapturing with the pawn if Black plays exd4. | |||||
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6... Qe7 7. O-O b5 8. Bb3 |
I don't want to go to c2 yet. I wanted to attack Black's weakened a2-g8 diagonal. | |||||
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8... Bb7 |
Black's position is starting to recover, but mine is clearly more solid and better positioned. | |||||
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9. Re1 O-O-O |
Castling kingside would be hard to do because of my strong light bishop. But now I have a target on the queenside. | |||||
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10. a4 b4 11. a5 |
Gaining space for my attack. | |||||
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11... g5 |
Black wants to start an attack on the opposite side of the board. I love positions like that. | |||||
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12. Be3 |
My bishop is X-raying toward Black's queenside castled king. | |||||
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12... Qg7 |
Black is positioning his queen to attack my king now. | |||||
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13. d5 |
Unleashing my bishop while gaining space with tempo. | |||||
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13... Nce7 14. c4 |
Threatening to win a piece with c5. | |||||
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