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ANNOTATED GAME

Team match
kalyan (1506) vs. hub7077 (1537)
Annotated by: hub7077 (1565)
Chess opening: King's pawn game (C20)
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Here is the second part of my team matches vs Kalyan. In this game I have been able to come from behind after an early game blunder and still managed to checkmate.
1. e4 e5 2. c4
Taking space in the center, but has the inconvenient of weakening the the black spaces in the center (d4 e5).

 
2... Nc6
Normal developpement

 
3. Nc3 Bc5 4. Nf3 d6 5. Nd5
This has to be considered as a mistake, moving a piece twice in the opening without a good reason.

 
5... Nf6 6. d3 O-O 7. a3 Bg4 8. Be2 Nxd5 9. exd5 Nd4
Nd4? I thought about a series of exchanges 10. Nxf3 Bxe2 but did not see 11. Nxe2...

 
10. Nxd4 Bxe2 11. Nxe2
I'm one piece behind... At this moment I told myself : "OK, you made a mistake, just focus back on the game now". I decided to take some expansion on the king side, where he will most likely castle.

 
11... Qf6
Threatening Qxf2

 
12. O-O
Now, the F pawn is pinned to his king by my bishop.

 
12... Rae8
I'm now planning to push my e pawn and eventually move my queen and advance my f pawn.

 
13. Ng3 Bd4
Pinning his b pawn to his rook and keeping his bishop in c8 to defend his weak pawn.

 
14. Nh5 Qg6
Now I can push my f pawn forward. I don't know what white was trying to do with that move. It just allowed me to go forward with my plan.

 
15. Qf3 f5 16. Ng3 e4 17. dxe4
I think Qd1 was better

 
17... fxe4
Threatening his queen...

 
18. Qh5 Qf6
Avoiding the exchange and putting even more pressure on f2.

 
19. Rb1
Finally freeing his bishop

 
19... Bxf2+
Getting some material back but pinning my bishop to my queen. Still, white needs to move his king and it allows me...

 
20. Kh1 Re5
1. To drive his queen back and...

 
21. Qe2 e3
2. To lock my bishop in f2.

 
22. b4
He is now planning Bb2 to attack both my rook and my queen on the a1-h8 diagonal.

 
22... Qh6
Countering his next move and threatening his knight, h pawn is now pinned to his King

 
23. Qg4
Protecting the knight and planning Qh3 to try to exchange the queens.

 

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