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ANNOTATED GAME
Revenge for game #6!
paddl3s (1841) vs. gm_dursley (2117)
Annotated by: paddl3s (1200)
Chess opening: Sicilian (B22), Alapin's variation (2.c3)
paddl3s (1841) vs. gm_dursley (2117)
Annotated by: paddl3s (1200)
Chess opening: Sicilian (B22), Alapin's variation (2.c3)
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1. e4 c5 2. c3 |
My preferred system versus the sicilian | ||||||
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2... d5 |
the best response, despite it's very low popularity. I see Nf6 most with the occasional Nc6/d6 | ||||||
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3. exd5 Qxd5 4. d4 Nf6 |
Nc6 is usually played here, but Nf6 has to be played at some point, and jumbling your move order up in the opening is a very useful ploy when playing a weaker opponent. | ||||||
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5. Nf3 Nc6 6. Be3 cxd4 7. cxd4 e6 8. Nc3 Qd6 |
Qa5 is better in my opinion. But this is perfectly playable. | ||||||
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9. Bd3 Be7 10. O-O O-O 11. Ne4 |
Maybe a bit early to play this, possibly should wait until after Re1,Rc1 but couldn't see a problem with it so played it. | ||||||
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11... Nxe4 12. Bxe4 f5 |
Very aggressive move. Got a bit worried about f4, g5 sort of thing here but I don't think black can get away with it.. | ||||||
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13. Bxc6 bxc6 14. Re1 Rb8 |
Playing on his brand new shiny open file | ||||||
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15. b3 Ba6 16. Bg5 Bxg5 17. Nxg5 |
Applying pressure to the weak e6 pawn. | ||||||
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17... Rbe8 18. Rc1 h6 19. Nf3 Re7 |
Black doesn't seem to really have a plan here, there's not much for him to do except sit and defend the two weak pawns (e6 and c6) | ||||||
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20. Rc5 Rd8 21. b4 |
It's quite easy to play at this point for me, I have all the time in the world to cramp black into his own territory and then launch an attack on whichever pawn I want to. | ||||||
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21... Bc8 22. Qc2 Bd7 |
Black sets about getting the bishop round to the kingside. I'm not really bothered but from his point of view it's better than doing nothing at the queenside and what else is there to do? | ||||||
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23. a4 Be8 24. Qc4 Qf4 25. Qc3 |
25 Rxe6 ... Bf7 | ||||||
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25... Qd6 26. Rc4 |
The point of this move is to eventually leave c5 for the knight to go to. What's the rush anyway? ;) | ||||||
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26... Rb7 27. Ne5 |
My knight joins the party | ||||||
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27... Rb6 28. h3 |
why not? Black has vague back-rank threats and his last move proves he has no plan of action. | ||||||
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28... Rdb8 29. Nd3 |
Knight was going here anyway, just conveniently it defends the b-pawn at the same time! | ||||||
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29... Kh7 30. a5 Rb6b7 31. Nc5 |
Knight is finally where I want it. Attacking that poor e6 pawn. | ||||||
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31... Re7 32. Re5 |
Preparing Qe3 to attack the e6 pawn further. There is still no time limit on white here, I can do whatever I like in this position as long as I keep black contained and tied to the defense of his pawns. | ||||||
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32... Rb5 33. Qe3 Bf7 34. Qc1 Bh5 35. Qe1 |
I'm not quite sure what I'm doing here, just looking for an opening really. | ||||||
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35... Kg8 36. a6 |
Eventually formed this plan of getting the Knight to b7 and piling up on the c-pawn. | ||||||
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