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ANNOTATED GAME
Southern Chess Winter Invitational 2007
remybear (1506) vs. ethansiegel (1726)
Annotated by: ethansiegel
(1986)
Chess opening: Ruy Lopez (C68), exchange, Alekhine variation
remybear (1506) vs. ethansiegel (1726)
Annotated by: ethansiegel
(1986)
Chess opening: Ruy Lopez (C68), exchange, Alekhine variation
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Alright, folks, I know I haven't annotated a game in awhile, but I haven't had one very illustrative of any particular themes lately. Here is a game against my fellow Southern-Chess member Remybear, who always plays me tough. I bumble around and he gets a big advantage, but I throw everything into a big counterattack. The result is worth watching. | ||||||
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1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 |
Ruy Lopez -- little do I realize that my opponent has literally hundreds of games playing the white side of the exchange in the ruy... | |||||
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3... a6 4. Bxc6 dxc6 |
Of course black recaptures with the d-pawn, otherwise Nxe5 cannot be met by Qd4! | |||||
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5. h3 |
Preventing the common black response of Bg4. | |||||
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5... Bd6 |
Protecting e5. | |||||
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6. d3 |
With the light-squared bishop off the board, white has no problems making his dark-squared bishop the good bishop, and making black's dark-squared bishop bad. | |||||
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6... h6 |
Fearing a kingside buildup, but perhaps development was more necessary. | |||||
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7. O-O Nf6 8. Nbd2 O-O |
This may not be the best decision. White is building up on the kingside for sure, which means black may want to shore up his king on the other side of the board. | |||||
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9. Nc4 |
Offering an exchange... | |||||
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9... Be6 |
I decide development is more important than the dark squared bishop, and hey, it undoubles my pawns, right? | |||||
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10. Ncxe5 |
Oops! Overlooked that, and now I'm down a pawn. This is doubly bad because that e5 pawn was black's major source of central control... now the white pieces are free to run rampant! | |||||
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10... Re8 |
Trying to kick the pieces out before it's too late. | |||||
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11. Bf4 |
And this move is a very good developmental move! Previously impossible because of the pawn on e5, white now has a strong central and kingside presence, plus he's up a pawn. White is definitely winning here. | |||||
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11... Nh5 |
? Slow and ineffective. After the retreat of the bishop, what is black going to do when the Nf3 moves and the queen threatens the knight? | |||||
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12. Bh2 f6 |
Desperately trying to get the knight out of the center! | |||||
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13. Ng6 |
But this position is even worse! And now, what to do about the Nh5? Look at it; it's got nowhere to run! | |||||
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13... Kh7 |
Trying to kick the knight out, or at least get some running room! | |||||
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14. Nfh4 |
! A good move, cementing the knight's positions and hoping to win the Nh5. | |||||
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14... Bxh2+ |
Stalling. | |||||
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15. Kxh2 |
Of course. | |||||
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15... Qd6+ |
Hoping for something foolish. Seriously, I'm rated 1700 and this is what my game comes down to -- a counterattack where I have to hope my opponent makes a huge mistake. This is the strategy I stick by, by the way -- if you make it easy for your opponent he'll come and get you, but if you make as many complications as you can and create pitfalls, he just may fall into one! | |||||
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