Annotated chess game: Oswestry A v Newport A

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ANNOTATED GAME

Oswestry A v Newport A
Christopher Lewis (ECF166) vs. Charles L Higgie (ECF166)
Annotated by: charleshiggie

(2197)
Chess opening: Sicilian (B58), classical

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1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6	So far mainstream Open Sicilian
	1 comment charleshiggie (2197) on 26-Nov-16: It is the main line. It is also called the Classical Variation.


6. f3	This is a bit unusual.



6... e5	So I strike out in the centre.



7. Nb3	Knight retreats.



7... Be6	I prevent him from playing 8. Bc4



8. Bg5	He pins the knight.



8... Be7	I unpin



9. Qd2	Seems to be preparing to castle queen-side.



9... h6	So I hit the bishop. Now Bh4? is met with Nxe4! winning a pawn. I expected him to drop back to e3.



10. Bxf6	But he took.



10... Bxf6	I took back. Now of course 0-0-0 is met with Bg5! winning his queen.



11. Nb5	So he plays this. After the game we looked at this position on Fritz and it seems black can just give up his weak d pawn with 0-0 and have compensation in better development. Later still I saw that in this position 11....0-0 was played in Rodriguez, Andres (2475) vs. Scarella, Enrique Alejandro (2380) which ended in a draw http://gameknot.com/analyze-board.pl?bd=x698505&fb=1&mv=21&rnd=0.19866226531272724
	3 comments archduke_piccolo (2355) on 25-Nov-16: The bishop having strayed from e7, this move quickly occurred to me as well, with Rd1 or 0-0-0 soon to follow. As the backward d-pawn is a target, it seems counter-intuitive that Black can with equanimity accept its loss. charleshiggie (2197) on 25-Nov-16: 0-0-0 can never be played due to Bg5 kenneth_fiore_3 (2113) on 25-Nov-16: I believe 11.Rd1 to be somewhat more sound here, threatening Qxd6. In this type of position the d5 square is where the knight belongs, the only question is when


11... Ke7	But I chose a different course.
	1 comment kenneth_fiore_3 (2113) on 25-Nov-16: risky compared to 11..Be7, but bravo if you were already eyeing the sequence with ...Bh4+


12. Rd1	Adding another attack



12... Bxb3	So I took the knight.



13. axb3	He takes back.



13... Nd4	And I make sure he can't safely take my d pawn.
	1 comment archduke_piccolo (2355) on 25-Nov-16: Because if 14.Nxd6 Bh4ch! wins for Black (15.g3 Nxf3ch etc).


14. c3	he attacks my knight - OK find black's next move.
	4 comments archduke_piccolo (2355) on 25-Nov-16: Aaaack! This is actually worse than 14.Nxd6! Instead, 14.Nxd4 was probably essential, with a fine game for White. charleshiggie (2197) on 25-Nov-16: After 14. Nxd4 it seems fairly equal according to Fritz and our own analysis. kenneth_fiore_3 (2113) on 25-Nov-16: 14.c3?? close to the worst move possible, as archduke says 14.Nxd4 and white is fine darkbugz (1991) on 25-Nov-16: What am I missing? How is Nxd6 playable?


14... Bh4+	Did you find it? If g2-g3 then Nf3 forking king and queen. White resigns. Many thanks for reading. Please rate the annotation on the star system and leave a comment or two to let me know how I am doing. Until next time dear reader!
	5 comments goldie1944 (2219) on 25-Nov-16: Hi Charles Yes I did get there in the end 10 minutes and set a board up to get there 5 star's for the annotations I enjoyed it Just to deviate I said to you about my dad last night well when I opened it up and saw who you were playing Oswestry I was gob smacked that is where my mum and dad were married in ww2 Small world a Phil brigadecommander (2419) on 25-Nov-16: exceptionally fine annotation. archduke_piccolo (2355) on 25-Nov-16: The old e1-h4 weakness rears its head again - in most unusual circumstances! Remarkable. charleshiggie (2197) on 25-Nov-16: goldie - what a co-incidence! Brigadecommander - many thanks for your kind words. Ion - thanks again for your contributions! kenneth_fiore_3 (2113) on 25-Nov-16: good punishment of the weak 14.c3??