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ANNOTATED GAME

Team match
pelvitski (1649) vs. cgawley (1637)
Annotated by: pelvitski (1353)
Chess opening: King's pawn game (C20)
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1. e4 e5 2. b3
Nimzovich-Larsen attack, modern variation

 
2... Nf6 3. Bb2 Nc6
So far by the book

 
4. d4 Bb4+
Black Bishop puts pressure on my king ( not a strong move) because c3 makes black bishop retreat and lose tempo

 
5. c3 Ba5 6. d5
i futher gain momentum by attacking the knight

 
6... Ne7 7. Nd2
development

 
7... c5
black is trying to counteract my control of the center, while giving an escape route for his black bishop

 
8. Ngf3 Ng6
Black Development

 
9. Nc4
Attacking e5 pawn, Developing the strenght of my knights, while sacrificing e4 pawn

 
9... Nxe4 10. Qc2
moving 10. Qc2, im defending c3 pawn from blacks evil intentions, while i cause black knight to retreat and lose additional tempo.

 
10... Nf6 11. Nd6+
Now that d6 Square is occupied by my knight, i can start my offense

 
11... Ke7 12. Nf5+ Kf8
putting black king in less defensive position while restricting H rook

 
13. d6
A nice move, further restricting black movements

 
13... Ne8
black is looking for ways to remove pawn threat

 
14. O-O-O
defending the d pawn

 
14... Qf6 15. Bd3
development, while in creasing pressure on the diagonal

 
15... Nf4 16. Rhe1
I'm thinking my G pawn is not as important as black e Pawn, if the exchange takes place i'll have a powerful e file

 
16... g6
I suppose i can remove my knight to g3, but I'm thinking sacrifice here!

 
17. Rxe5 gxf5 18. Rxf5
While -2pts Im attacking Knight, queen and putting pressure on f7 pawn

 
18... Qxd6
I believe i had better move at this position Ng5 putting dbl pressure on f7 square But i missed that move and played Bc4

 
19. Bc4 Nd5 20. Bxd5
I didnt anticipate the following defense combo

 

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