Annotated chess game: Sacrifice!!

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ANNOTATED GAME

Sacrifice!!
pcshark11 (1719) vs. michas2007 (1486)
Annotated by: pcshark11 (1200)
Chess opening: St. George (Baker) defence (B00)

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1. e4 a6 2. d4	Might as well take the center if he's going to start that way...



2... b5 3. Nf3 Bb7 4. Nc3	I have complete control!!!
	1 comment x1134x (1987) on 03-Feb-21: You just lost your e4 pawn. 4. .. b4! If Nd4 to block the bishop from taking on e4, e6 dislodges it, and defends the pawn on b4 from it.


4... Nf6	4...b4 was the right move.



5. e5 Nd5 6. Nxd5 Bxd5 7. Bd3 e6 8. O-O c5 9. a4	I'm not going to let him attack the flank without me also attacking the flank.
	1 comment damalfi (1200) on 04-May-11: 9... b4 was the move. Even 9... Nc6 was playable.


9... bxa4 10. Rxa4 Bc6 11. Rc4 Bb5 12. Rc3 cxd4 13. Nxd4 Bxd3 14. Bg5	Here is the first sacrifice I do. I do this hoping to trap his Queen.
	1 comment damalfi (1200) on 04-May-11: 10... Bc6 was a mistake. Black must look for developement, and this bishop prevents the knight to go to the natural place, f6.


14... Qxg5 15. Rc8+ Ke7 16. f4 Qg6 17. f5	Here, I offer up exf5 Qxd3. This lets his Queen out, but will let me get a vicious attack.



17... Bxf5	Instead, he treats it like I made a mistake. Rather, this was his fatal mistake.



18. Nc6+	A final sacrifice seals in my win.



18... Nxc6 19. Qd6#	I end the game down 10 points materialy, but up a whole king. ;)
	3 comments 4erkez (1200) on 03-May-11: WOW!!! theancientbeast (1382) on 04-May-11: Good job! keene2019 (1701) on 10-Dec-14: I nearly gave up chess after that loss too! I walked around for days stunned!