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ANNOTATED GAME

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punkkus1 (1709) vs. Usa6000 (1822)
Annotated by: punkusmartyrus (1200)
Chess opening: French defence (C00)
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1. e4 e6
French defence

 
2. Nf3 g6 3. d4 d6 4. Nc3 c6
Moving more pawns then recommended, black seemed to be on the defensive, maybe waiting for White's formation plans first and/or making quick quiet moves for better time.

 
5. Bc4 Bg7 6. O-O b5 7. Bb3 a5 8. a4 b4 9. Ne2 Ne7 10. c3 O-O 11. Bd2 Ba6
Neglecting the superior attack on b4

 
12. cxb4 axb4 13. Bxb4
White wins a pawn.

 
13... Qc7 14. Bc3 d5 15. exd5 cxd5 16. Re1 Nf5 17. Ng3 Nxg3 18. hxg3
Taking with h2 rather than f2 to avoid opening up the a7-g1 diagonal and safe guarding the king.

 
18... Nc6 19. Re3 Qb6 20. Qc2 Rab8 21. Ba2 Rbc8
21...Rf1c8 seemed better here.

 
22. Qd2
Escaping the future pin that would d4.

 
22... Bh6
Black makes use of the pin.

 
23. Rae1
Constantly developing

 
23... Bxe3 24. Rxe3
Black has won the Exchange.

 
24... Ne7 25. Ne5 Nf5 26. Rf3 Qc7 27. g4 Nd6 28. Qh6 f6 29. Nd3 Ne4 30. Nc5 Qc6 31. Bb1 Be2 32. Rh3 Rf7 33. f3
Chasing the knight off the b1-h7 diagonal.

 
33... Ng5 34. Rh1 e5 35. Kf2 Bc4 36. Bxg6
Winning the pawn and mate if black recaptures.

 
36... Rg7 37. Bf5 Rcc7 38. Bd2
Hanging the pawn for the chance to remove blacks defender knight

 
38... exd4 39. Bxg5 Qxc5 40. Bxh7+
Sac!!

 
40... Rgxh7 41. Qg6+ Rhg7 42. Qe8+
If black moves 42...Qf8 then 43.Rh8 winning the queen by Deflection. Black resigns. Time left: 3:10 White 2:30 Black