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ANNOTATED GAME
Round 3 of San Diego Championships
Bad Player (1500) vs. bakerbaker (1650)
Annotated by: bakerbaker (1200)
Chess opening: Old Benoni defence (A43)
Bad Player (1500) vs. bakerbaker (1650)
Annotated by: bakerbaker (1200)
Chess opening: Old Benoni defence (A43)
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1. d4 |
I prefer e4 since it develops faster and pieces have more mobility, but d4 is just as playable, even though it's slower and more cramped. | ||||
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1... c5 |
I don't play this opening anymore, because it isn't sharp, and I think Nf6 is a more accurate move. | ||||
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2. Nf3 |
A sharper move is d5. But Nf3 is solid and safer. | ||||
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2... Nf6 |
The strongest developing move. | ||||
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3. Nc3 |
White usually doesn't obstruct his c-pawn in this variation, but whatever. And he shouldn't take on c5 and try to hold the pawn, because I will eventually get it back with a better position. | ||||
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3... cxd4 |
I force White to move a knight twice in the opening, because if he recaptures with his queen, then Nc6 gains a tempo. | ||||
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4. Nxd4 d5 |
After 4...e5 5.Ndb5 d5, White wins a pawn after 6.Nxd5 Nxd5 7.Qxd5 Qxd5 8.Nc7 recovering the queen. So if I wanted to play e5, then I'd have to play d6 after Ndb5 since White's threatening Nd6 , and then e4 would transpose into the Sveshnikov Variation of the Sicilian, an opening I played for three years but now consider to be good for White. | ||||
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5. Bg5 |
Isn't much of a threat, since taking my knight will only improve my position. | ||||
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5... Nc6 |
I thought about e5, but I played this first because I wanted White to play f4 trying to stop e5, which would leave him with a backward e-pawn. | ||||
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6. e3 |
White doesn't want to recapture his knight with his queen if I trade it. | ||||
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6... e5 |
Tempo. | ||||
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7. Bxf6 |
Not good, because like I said earlier, it will strengthen my position. | ||||
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7... gxf6 |
Now White has strengthened my centre, given me an open g-file, and an extra open line for my bishop if I need it. | ||||
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8. Nxc6 |
White is only strengthing my centre more. | ||||
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8... bxc6 9. a3 |
White stops the unpleasant Bb4, while giving him the option of expanding with b4. | ||||
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9... f5 |
I stop White from playing e4, because it disrupts my strong centre. And I also strengthen my centre slightly more. | ||||
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10. Qh5 |
White places his queen on an advanced square where it cannot be chased away. But other than the pressure on my h-pawn, White's queen isn't a threat. | ||||
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10... Rb8 |
I place my rook on an open file while attacking White's pawn. | ||||
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11. b4 |
Rb1 is more passive, and Na4 allows Qa5 | ||||
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11... Qf6 |
Now there isn't any more pressure on my h-pawn, because if I move my defending rook, then Qxh7 would lose to Rh8. | ||||
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