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ANNOTATED GAME

pacpacman's mini-tournament
prince26 (1647) vs. jaromir (1817)
Annotated by: jaromir (1200)
Chess opening: Modern defence (A40)
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1. d4
The reason for annotating this game is mainly because i'm bored by the slow speed my opponent plays and the non-resignation.... Another reason is that i like to show that my opponent is unable to draw only by exchanging and playing passive. There's hope for those that hate those boring play...........

 
1... g6 2. g3 Bg7 3. Bg2 Nf6 4. e4 d6 5. Nc3 O-O 6. Be3 e5 7. dxe5 dxe5 8. Qxd8 Rxd8 9. Nge2 c6 10. O-O Be6 11. b3 Nbd7 12. Rad1 Ng4 13. Bc1 f5 14. h3 Ngf6 15. Bg5 Nf8 16. Rxd8 Rxd8 17. Be3 a6 18. a4 Bf7
That e6-square is where a knight should be standing! Control over d4, f4, g5, c5.

 
19. exf5 gxf5 20. Rd1
Draw offer. It seems that white is only playing for a draw. Well, lets see if he can transform an equal position into half a point.......

 
20... Rxd1+ 21. Nxd1 Ne6
Black is somewhat better positioned. A pair of hangin' pawns and weak black squares on the q-side to compensate white.

 
22. c3
Protects d4, but i think white should try to unbalance the black centre by f2-f4 and g3-g4. After that a few more exchanges can take place and a draw is near.

 
22... Nd5 23. Bxd5
Strategical blunder.

 
23... cxd5 24. b4 d4
Time for action! The black centre will disappear but the pair of bishops gets stronger and the silly white pieces are dominated. Besides that, black gets a strong passed pawn on its way to promotion.

 
25. cxd4 exd4 26. Bc1 d3 27. Nf4
???? Losing by force, 27. N2c3 was the only move to stay alive for at least awhile.

 
27... Nxf4 28. gxf4
If 28.Bxf4 then 28...Bb3 and the knight has no place to go: 29.Nb2/c3 -> Bxb2/xc3 and after 29.Ne3 the d-pawn promotes: 29...d2!

 
28... Bb3 29. Ne3 Bc3
White is losing a piece now. After 30.Nf1 black will snack on the q-side: Bxb4 and Bxa4 and the d-pawn is still a pain in the ass for white

 
30. Nxf5 d2 31. Bxd2 Bxd2 32. b5
Why not resign?

 
32... Bxa4
32...a6-a5 was better, but the game is won anyhow; black is playing for the quickest win, not the theoretical best way.

 
33. bxa6 bxa6 34. Nh6+ Kg7 35. Nf5+ Kf6 36. Nd4 Bxf4
Maybe 36...Bd1 and a6-a5-a4-a3-a2-a1Q wins faster?

 
37. Kf1 Bd7 38. Ke2 Bxh3 39. Kf3 Be5 40. Nb3 Be6
Bishops ideally posted, now its time to run and collect the point finally......

 
41. Nc5 Bd6 42. Ne4+
Not falling for the trick! 42.Nxa6 Bc7 and the knight is trapped

 
42... Ke5 43. Ng5 a5 44. Nxh7
Falls for the same trick as on move 42, but now thats on the other side of the board......

 
44... Kf5
I guess 44...a5-a4 would have won as well, but maybe the white player resigns playing 2 pieces down???????