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ANNOTATED GAME

Norfolk Rapidplay Round 2
Julian Ray (1760) vs. Me (1784)
Annotated by: paddl3s (1200)
Chess opening: Dunst (Sleipner, Heinrichsen) opening (A00)
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1. Nc3
Think they call this the dunst?
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1... d5 2. e4 dxe4
Maybe I should play d4 but I like this line
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3. Nxe4 e5 4. Bc4 Bf5
Probably a mistake in hindsight but looked good at the time!
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5. Qf3
Strong move, making Bf5 look bad.
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5... Bg6 6. h4
Looks pretty toothless to me..
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6... Qd7
The point is to force my bishop away from the defence of the mate on f7 but this covers it nicely.

 
7. h5 Bxe4
Forced.

 
8. Qxe4 Nc6
forced again.

 
9. d3 Bb4+
I know he ( and I ) am going to castle long, so thought I'd force c3 to weaken his queenside a bit.

 
10. c3 Bd6 11. Bg5 f6
Have to play this. leaves me open to Bxg8, Rxg8, Qxh7, 0-0-0. But I think black is fine there.

 
12. Be3
He agrees apparently

 
12... O-O-O
Now I castle

 
13. O-O-O
as does he

 
13... Nge7
also considering Na5 but think this is more solid and requires less analysis ;) White - 15 minutes Black - 16 minutes

 
14. Ne2 g5
Intending to follow up with f5. Also inviting hxg6, which I'm fine with.

 
15. hxg6 e.p. hxg6 16. b4
Maybe there is better counterplay for white..

 
16... g5
for the same reasons as last time I played it.

 
17. g3
providing an escape square for the queen.

 
17... Rdf8
Providing an extra kick for f5, being able to follow it up with f4, and then f3 forking the queen and knight.

 
18. d4
Providing a much needed escape route for the queen, maybe a weakening move structuarly though..

 

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