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ANNOTATED GAME
nurfaza's mini-tournament I
johnb221 (1498) vs. pdqsport (1516)
Annotated by: johnb221 (1200)
Chess opening: English opening (A15)
johnb221 (1498) vs. pdqsport (1516)
Annotated by: johnb221 (1200)
Chess opening: English opening (A15)
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1. c4 |
I'll try the Reti Opening | |||||
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1... Nf6 |
he's not committing.. | |||||
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2. Nf3 |
maybe d4 would have been better... | |||||
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2... g6 |
he's going to put his bishop on g7 and castle | |||||
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3. g3 |
I'll match that on the other diagonal | |||||
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3... Bg7 4. Nc3 O-O |
just as I thought | |||||
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5. d4 |
If he doesn't want the center, I'll take it! | |||||
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5... c6 |
I wish I knew how to play better against weak opening moves | |||||
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6. Bg2 d5 |
now he challenges for the center | |||||
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7. cxd5 |
I decide to swap the pawns | |||||
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7... Nxd5 |
I'm not interested in trading the knights... it's time to castle | |||||
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8. O-O Nd7 |
I guess he doesn't want my knight either | |||||
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9. Bg5 |
it just seemed like the thing to do | |||||
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9... Nxc3 |
now he wants to trade knights... | |||||
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10. bxc3 |
I'm ok with it, it strengthens my d4 pawn | |||||
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10... h6 |
he drives away my bishop | |||||
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11. Bf4 |
I only back up 1 square, hoping to lure his pawns further out | |||||
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11... g5 |
it works! | |||||
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12. Be5 |
now I want to get his dark-squared bishop | |||||
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12... Nxe5 |
he must want to keep it... | |||||
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