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ANNOTATED GAME
Practice game with my coach
bakerbaker (1789) vs. Cyrus Lakdawala (My coach!) (2550)
Annotated by: bakerbaker (1200)
Chess opening: Scandinavian defence, Lasker variation (B01)
bakerbaker (1789) vs. Cyrus Lakdawala (My coach!) (2550)
Annotated by: bakerbaker (1200)
Chess opening: Scandinavian defence, Lasker variation (B01)
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1. e4 |
I was White in this game which is the first time I ever beat my coach. Although I cannot take full credit for beating a 2500, because he was playing about 30 other students at once, in an opening he doesn't normally play. | |||||
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1... d5 |
My coach taught us the Center-Counter Defense that day, and was testing my knowledge of it, although he usually plays the Sveshnikov. Whenver he teaches his students a new opening, he plays it against them all at the same time. In the Center-Counter, Black sacrifices one tempo in the opening for imbalanced positional play. | |||||
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2. exd5 Qxd5 3. Nc3 Qa5 4. d4 Nf6 |
During the lesson, my coach instructed us to play Nf3 in this position, but I knew that if I wanted to beat him, I'd have to play a variation he wasn't familiar with. | |||||
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5. Bd2 |
My coach was probably less familiar with this variation, especially since he doesn't even play this opening. | |||||
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5... c6 |
Black prepares to retreat his queen to c7 if I move my knight. | |||||
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6. Bc4 |
I want to play Nd5 to attack the queen, so I need my bishop to defend d5. | |||||
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6... Bf5 |
Bringing out the bishop so it won't be blocked when Black plays e6. | |||||
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7. Nd5 Qd8 8. Nxf6+ gxf6 |
This is better than exf6, because it brings a flank pawn toward the centre to control, while exf6 does the opposite. | |||||
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9. Nf3 e6 |
My coach was moving very fast here, since he had 30 other boards to move on. | |||||
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10. c3 |
I need to solidify my centre so my knight won't have to be tied down to defending d4. | |||||
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10... Nd7 |
Black's setup is similar to the Colle System, or (Businessman's Opening), except that Black's queen bishop isn't blocked in, and the d and e pawns have been exchanged. | |||||
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11. Nh4 |
Preparing Qf3 while threatening to triple Black's pawns. | |||||
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11... Bg6 |
Be4 is interesting, but my coach (playing many games at once) probably doesn't want to waste time analyzing a variation that is probably good for White. | |||||
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12. Qf3 Bd6 13. O-O f5 |
Threatens my knight. | |||||
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14. g3 |
Of course I'm not going to trade my posted knight for Black's terrible bishop. | |||||
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14... Be7 |
Black really wants my knight off its post. | |||||
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15. Ng2 Nf6 16. Rfe1 |
Pretty much the only logical move. | |||||
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16... Ne4 |
Threatens my bishop. | |||||
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17. Bf4 |
I can make this move now that Black's knight cannot disturb me with Nh5. | |||||
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17... Qd7 |
There isn't much to do in this cramped position. | |||||
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