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ANNOTATED GAME

Team match
robertshildrick (1581) vs. kieth155 (1609)
Annotated by: dylam (1200)
Chess opening: Philidor (C41), Steinitz variation
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1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bc4
a classic Phillidor.

 
3... Bg4 4. h3
Nc3 is better (and maybe the black fall for h6...)

 
4... Bh5 5. Nc3 Nf6 6. d3 Be7 7. g4 Bg6 8. Nh4 Nxe4
? misses white's 10th move.

 
9. Nxg6 Nxc3 10. Bxf7+
! I think its a great move which is not easy to see at beginning of the exchanges.

 
10... Kxf7
10... Kd7 11. cxd3 hxg6 12. Bxg6 is leaving white with an extra pawn and two bishops.

 
11. Nxh8+ Kg8 12. Nf7
maybe bxc3 was a bit better in order to keep queens on the board.

 
12... Nxd1 13. Nxd8 Nxf2 14. Kxf2 Bxd8 15. g5 Nc6 16. h4
white must develope the bishop to take out the queen side rook out to the game.

 
16... Nd4 17. c4 Nc2 18. Rb1 Nb4 19. Ke2 c6 20. Bd2 Nc2
ofcourse not Nxa2 because of Ra1.

 
21. Kd1 Nd4 22. Rf1 Bb6 23. b4
I think Bc3 in order to exchange bishop for the knight is worth looking.

 
23... a6 24. a4 Ne6 25. a5 Bd4 26. b5
white is attacking on the queen side trying to make himself a passed pawn on the a file.

 
26... axb5 27. cxb5 c5 28. a6 Nc7
why not bxa6?

 
29. axb7 Rb8 30. Ba5 Rxb7 31. b6
here, exchange might be a problem. 31. Bxc7 Rxc7 32. b6 Rb7 33. Rb5 c4 34. dxc4 Rxb6 35. Rxb6 Bxc6 and it will be hard to win that endgame.

 
31... Nd5 32. Bd2 Be3
why not Rxb6?

 
33. Rf3 Bxd2 34. Kxd2 Nb4 35. Ra1 g6
35... Rxb6?? 36. Ra8 and mate the next move...

 
36. Ra7 Rxb6
must take the pawn but letting white to control the 7th row.

 
37. Rff7 e4 38. Rfg7+ Kf8 39. Rgxh7 Kg8 40. Rh6 Nxd3 41. Rxg6+ Kh8 42. Re6 Rb2+ 43. Ke3 d5
misses the mate??

 
44. Re8#
the end.