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ANNOTATED GAME

Slow Ladder
wisertime (2129) vs. cyrano (2725)
Annotated by: ptitroque (1804)
Chess opening: Sicilian (B22), Alapin's variation (2.c3)
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1. e4
A brilliant game ! I try to anotate although I do not have the level.

 
1... c5 2. c3 d5 3. exd5 Qxd5
agressive beginning

 
4. d4 Nc6 5. Nf3 Bf5
Probably to avoid 6.Bd3, for black doesn't want to play c4

 
6. Be3 Nf6 7. Nbd2
Enabling 8. Bc4 but closing the d file for the queen. Would Na3 have been better ?

 
7... cxd4 8. Bc4
The black queen has little place to go and there is a danger for black on f7.
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8... dxe3
Queen sacrifice !? The computer doesn't consider it as a mistake, so that it has to be !!
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9. Bxd5
Why not accept the gift ?

 
9... exd2+ 10. Qxd2
If 10. Nxd2 Nxd2 and material value is equal but black is better in developpement

 
10... O-O-O
Pinning the LSB
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11. c4 e6
logical attack
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12. Qf4
Unpinning the bishop and menacing to exchange bishops if black plays 13... exd5

 
12... Bb4+
Just to prevent black to castle

 
13. Ke2
Almost forced
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13... Bd6
Black wants to send the white queen away from the LSB to take on d5

 
14. Qg5
Only move to carry on menacing the LSB
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14... h6
! sacrifying a pawn
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15. Qxg7 Nh5
sacrifying another pawn.
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16. Qxf7
Critical point of the game : White has a strong material advance (partly compensated by the fact that white will take the LSB) Black's pawn structure is terrible but : White will quickly be out of the center The white king is extremely weak Black pieces are more active and better connected ( The white queen is alone and in danger) Black has a rook on the central open file.
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16... Nf4+ 17. Kd1
White has little other choice (because of black's bishops)

 
17... Rhf8 18. Qg7
Only square for the queen

 

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