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ANNOTATED GAME
ogsuperstar's mini-tournament XV
tag1153 (1522) vs. koji (1400)
Annotated by: tag1153
(1700)
Chess opening: QGD (D06), Marshall defence
tag1153 (1522) vs. koji (1400)
Annotated by: tag1153
(1700)
Chess opening: QGD (D06), Marshall defence
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In this game, I found a neat way to exploit a weakened castled position. There is a nice discovered check, and an awesome pin that wreaks havoc on the black king. Enjoy:) | |||||
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1. d4 |
As always, my standard. | ||||
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1... d5 2. c4 Nf6 3. cxd5 |
Seeking to mix it up right away. | ||||
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3... Nxd5 4. Nc3 g6 |
A little unorthadox, I think, but by no means bad. | ||||
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5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 |
A nice central pawn structure. | ||||
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6... Bg7 7. Bd3 |
At this point, the beginnings of an idea to attack what I assume will be black's castled position arise. | ||||
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7... O-O 8. h3 |
To restrict black's light squared bishop (which at this stage I'm a little scared of as it is still very strong. | ||||
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8... Bd7 |
? This move just "feels" wrong. I would have expected b6 or Nc6 at this point. | ||||
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9. e5 |
Opening the way for white's light squared bishop, and further restricting black's dark squared one. | ||||
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9... c6 |
Another questionable move. Black has just effectively retarded his Nb8. | ||||
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10. Nf3 f6 |
I'm guessing my opponent started feeling the walls closing in on his position and wanted to open things up. This pawn move just weakened the squares around his king even further. | ||||
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11. O-O fxe5 12. Nxe5 Bxe5 13. dxe5 |
And now the race is on. Can black get his pieces over to defend in time? | ||||
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13... Qc7 |
With the idea of a pawn grab, but notice that black has a knight with only one available square to move to (which is weak at best) and a rook that couldn't move even if it were on fire. | ||||
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14. f4 |
Activating the strength of white's Rf1 and preparing for a pawn storm. | ||||
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14... c5 |
Black finally opens up a space for his knight. | ||||
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15. Bb2 |
Delivering a check by Bc4 or Qb3 would simply be a waste of time here. With Bb2, white now threatens to OWN the dark squares around black's king. | ||||
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15... Rd8 |
Possibly thinking of a discovered attack on white's queen. The problem is....... | ||||
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16. Qc2 |
......by thinking that "forcing" her to move, the resulting square of destination for white's queen actually bolsters white's attack further. | ||||
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16... Kg7 |
? I have no idea what that was about. Black's king has better be wearing Kevlar. | ||||
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17. c4 |
Seeking to win a bishop while delivering a check by playing e6. | ||||
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17... Be6 18. f5 |
And the fireworks begin. White is now preparing to throw everything including the kitchen sink towards black's king. | ||||
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