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tag1153 (1460) vs. ritt (1298)
Annotated by: tag1153 (1700)
Chess opening: Dutch with c4 & Nc3 (A85)
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A game vs. one of my teammates.....enjoy:)
1. d4
For those that know me, this is no suprise........

 
1... f5
Dutch defense....

 
2. c4 Nf6 3. Nc3
A little unusual. The Leningrad variation 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 is much more common.

 
3... d6 4. Bg5
Trying to find an early way to further weaken black's kingside. I'm not extremely familiar with the Dutch, so I decided that I should at try to act as if I knew what I was doing:)

 
4... g6 5. e3 Bg7 6. Bd3 O-O 7. Nge2 Nbd7 8. O-O
All logical developing moves by both sides so far....

 
8... e5
Hoping I'll take so his knight can re-take.

 
9. f3
Inferior.....my idea was to support a later e4, but I then realized that with black's dark squared bishop and queen still on the board, I had inadvertently opened up a diagonal to my king. Yikes!

 
9... Re8 10. Re1 e4 11. fxe4 b6
fxe4 was the play........

 
12. exf5 gxf5
Now black has an isolated pawn on an already weakened kingside. I just gotta punish this.....

 
13. Bxf5 h6 14. Bh4
Preserving the pin on black's queen.

 
14... Rxe3
This take by black was expected. It actually helped my cause, as I can now make a play myself on the e file.

 
15. Qd2 Re7 16. Nf4
Willing to exchange rooks, while throwing more gas on the fire that is black's weakened kingside.

 
16... Rxe1+ 17. Rxe1 Bb7 18. Ng6
And I can see a possible mate delivered on h7.

 
18... Nf8 19. Ne7+ Kh8
19...Kf7 20. Be6 KxN 21. Bd5 saves the game, but loses the Bb7. The end is now near....

 
20. Bxf6 Bxf6 21. Qxh6+ Nh7 22. Qxh7#
A pretty little attack. This game reinforced my disdain for playing the Dutch when I have the black pieces, as I am far too conservative defender. Good game ritt:)