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ANNOTATED GAME
Position first! [English]
albamola (1463) vs. rick51 (1379)
Annotated by: albamola (1453)
Chess opening: English (A30), symmetrical, hedgehog system
albamola (1463) vs. rick51 (1379)
Annotated by: albamola (1453)
Chess opening: English (A30), symmetrical, hedgehog system
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1. c4 |
English opening. | ||||
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1... c5 |
Symmetrical. What uncomfortable players play. So do I... | ||||
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2. Nf3 |
Referred to as hedgehog system. | ||||
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2... d6 3. d4 b6 |
This is off the main line. We classically see 3. d4 cxd4. My opponent maybe tries to open ways for the c Bishop aiming at my c pawn. But watch out! The diagonal is open to the a Rook as well. Keep this in mind. | ||||
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4. Nc3 |
Simply developing without any weird idea, I promise. | ||||
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4... e6 |
Opening ways for the Queen now? | ||||
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5. e3 |
Putting pressure on d4 while preparing for castling. | ||||
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5... Nf6 |
Preparing for castling too, but no pressure of any kind. | ||||
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6. Bd3 |
A gentle move? Not exactly. The Bishop is already in position to aim at the King side. | ||||
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6... Be7 |
Still trying to castle King-side. | ||||
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7. O-O |
This was in the air. | ||||
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7... O-O |
So was this. | ||||
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8. e4 |
Pushing pawn because it's time for the battle. | ||||
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8... Nbd7 |
This was a bit puzzling, I confess. Probably 8. ... Nc6 would have been a better move, putting pressure on the center. | ||||
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9. e5 |
Still pushing pawn and going to exchange. | ||||
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9... dxe5 10. dxe5 |
Now I have advantage in the center. Please note there's no advantage in pieces. | ||||
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10... Ng4 |
Trying to escape to the front line. A classical response would be ... h3. But this was not in my mind. | ||||
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11. Qe2 |
I move my Queen because I want to take control of the e column. Of course Qe4 is now so tempting for the next move... | ||||
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11... f6 |
A poor move. I figure out my opponent was avoiding a move of my f Knight. | ||||
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12. Qe4 |
Turning on the fast forward now. Remember the freed diagonal after 3. … b6? Payback time! At this point, what do you see at first? I'd say, there's the evidence: a fork on Rook and Knight. What can he do? Moving the Rook - the Knight is dead. Moving the Knight - the Rook is dead. As you will see, he will choose to make some mess in my defence with his Knight while losing his Rook, and win a tempo to move his Knight back. But... there's something else. My Queen and d Knight are now aligned. This means that I will no longer consider taking pieces and preferably will rely on my position advantage. | ||||
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