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ebag (1370) vs. ashmal29 (1405)
Annotated by: ashmal29 (2126)
Chess opening: English opening (A10)
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1. c4
Not sure about this move. I think that e4 or d4 would have been better.

 
1... g6
Preparing for the fianchetto.

 
2. d4 Bg7 3. e3
White should develop his pieces instead of moving pawns. Now his bishop is blocked in.

 
3... Nf6 4. Bd3 c5
Challenging white's center.

 
5. Nf3 O-O 6. h3 d5 7. b3 dxc4 8. bxc4 Nc6 9. Bb2
With all the attacking by black, white hasn't had a chance to castle. This will be his undoing. Black will keep the attack going and white won't know what hit him.

 
9... cxd4 10. Bxd4 e5 11. Bxe5 Nxe5 12. Nxe5 Nd7
The e5 knight can't take the d7 knight because it is pinned to the a1 rook.

 
13. f4
This doesn't do anything to take the knight.

 
13... Nxe5 14. fxe5 Bxe5 15. Nd2
Now the bishop is hanging. The queen will move once in the game.

 
15... Qxd3
This is the only time that the queen has and will move. It's very rare to checkmate an opponent with only one queen move and I'm glad that I did it.

 
16. Rb1
White was trying to protect his rook, but that isn't the biggest threat...............

 
16... Bg3#
.............this is. Checkmate. I know that I didn't annotate this very well, but I just wanted to share my favorite win.