Annotated chess game: Quickie

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Quickie
black_cat_hamlet (1511) vs. thereaper1 (1698)
Annotated by: black_cat_hamlet (1531)
Chess opening: Bird (A02), From gambit, Lasker variation

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1. f4	i.e. how NOT to play the Bird opening. REally nothing too much to say about this game, just a trap I fell into just 7 moves in...
	2 comments l-d-j (1747) on 15-Dec-12: It's the Bird, not the English. black_cat_hamlet (1531) on 15-Dec-12: Oops! Corrected now, thanks


1... e5	I'd never seen this response to the Bird opening before...
	2 comments l-d-j (1747) on 15-Dec-12: From gambit, a very interesting line! tisamon (1835) on 15-Dec-12: Yes - if you're going to play the Bird, you need to be prepared against the From. You do have the option of transposing to the KG if you prefer the initiative. Normally White can pull ahead with a small advantage (when Black plays accurately) if he weathers the storm.


2. fxe5 d6	...nor this one but I never like to go pawn-hunting too early on - if you can't deal with the developmental advantage that your opponent gains you'll be in a lot of trouble!



3. Nf3 Nc6 4. exd6	!? Change of plan from me - it's not a bad move really but perhaps I ought to have stuck with my plan?
	2 comments l-d-j (1747) on 15-Dec-12: Nothing wrong with accepting it, only that it's normally played a move earlier. tisamon (1835) on 15-Dec-12: This is a typical declined line. Usually when I've played I take the pawn and play continues for example 3.exd6 Bxd6 4.Nf3 g5! 5.g3 g4 6.Nh4 Ne7 7.d4 Ng6 8.Nxg6 hxg6 9.Qd3 Nc6 10.c3 Bf5 11.e4 Qe7 12.Bg2 O-O-O 13.Be3 Bd7 14.Bf2 f5 15.Nd2 fxe4 16.Nxe4 Bf5 17.O-O-O...


4... Bxd6 5. Nc3 g5	Very strange move, I thought at the time. Checking the database on this one only a small handful of GK games reached this position. 6.g3 was played by all but one person...
	2 comments tisamon (1835) on 15-Dec-12: It's a thematic idea in the From to push with the g-pawn to kick the knight which protects key squares around the kingside, looking for a quick mating attack. black_cat_hamlet (1531) on 16-Dec-12: well, they certainly succeeded with that!


6. d3	...who played this move. My logic was to retreat and play Nd2 should the pawn advance happen. Good plan?



6... g4 7. Nd2	?? Definitely not! The problem was that I never like pushing my knight forward in most openings - it just seems too vulnerable! In a way it still is in this opening (7.Ng5 f5! wins the knight eventually though equality may still be reached - three pawns for the knight) and 7.Ng1 doesn't make White's position that pretty but as it turns out this one is suicidal!



7... Qh4+	Yup!



8. g3 Qxg3+	Bxg3+ also works but this is prettier!
	1 comment l-d-j (1747) on 15-Dec-12: Agree


9. hxg3 Bxg3#	Quick game, horrid mistake and mated in 9 moves. That's all folks!
	3 comments black_cat_hamlet (1531) on 15-Dec-12: Haha, makes me feel a little better knowing I wasn't the only one to fall for this l-d-j (1747) on 15-Dec-12: @cdeburca: did the GM fall for this as well?! Normally the simul player is White.. cdeburca (1934) on 15-Dec-12: Amazingly, up our club last week, one of our members showed this exact same game that he'd played against a GM in a simo earlier in the year! @l-d-j - no, our player was white. It was a simo at a junior tournament; our player is about 1000-strength, so presumably the GM gave white odds.