Annotated chess game: Team match

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ANNOTATED GAME

Team match
robertshildrick (1616) vs. gainard (1594)
Annotated by: dylam (1200)
Chess opening: Sicilian (B23), closed, 2...Nc6

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1. e4 c5 2. Nc3	closed sicilian, very popular these days. don't know why... in my opinion it's a bit passive for white.



2... Nc6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. d3	why not d4? it seems white is afraid from the main lines here.
	2 comments dmaestro (1647) on 24-Dec-08: Perhaps, in the case of this opponent the game proves that to be true, but it is still a matter of taste at this point. honeybrook (1567) on 31-Dec-08: There is a tenency in beginners like myself to think too defensively rather than going after an advantage. Maybe that is the case here.


4... d5	so, black breaks through!



5. Be2	it is beeter to take the pawn. where would the Knight go after d4?



5... d4 6. Nb1 e5	black gained lots of space in an opening he should fight for this space.
	2 comments dmaestro (1647) on 24-Dec-08: Black has assumed a position normally achieved by White, and even gained a tempo over normal play. honeybrook (1567) on 31-Dec-08: I love to see a timely and effective pawn push. Done correctly it is irresistible as in this game. Early a dominating position renders an inevitable outcome.


7. Na3	the Knight plays for the third time now... what with the other pieces?



7... Be7 8. Nc4 Qc7 9. O-O b5	in the next move the white will play his 5th move with the Knight. just half of the moves he made. a terrible waist of time.
	1 comment nuntar (1702) on 25-Dec-08: Is that where you attach the trousers of time? Sorry.... it is ironic that the knight could have reached d2 on its first move.


10. Ncd2 O-O 11. b3	now c3 is a great hole.



11... a6 12. c4	?? white forgot abot d:c3 e.p. now black is 1 pawn up and a great position.



12... dxc3 e.p. 13. Nb1	its the third time the Knight stands on b1.
	2 comments nuntar (1702) on 25-Dec-08: And this time it has nowhere to move! dmaestro (1647) on 25-Dec-08: Hard to believe White is a 1600+ player with such poor play.


13... b4 14. a3 Be6	keeping the pressure on white. b3, a3 and d3 are very weak.



15. Bg5 Na5 16. axb4 cxb4 17. d4 Nxb3	two great passing pawns. these are unstopable!



18. d5 c2 19. Qd3 Bxd5 20. exd5 Nxa1	game is now peactically lost.
	2 comments dmaestro (1647) on 25-Dec-08: Practically lost? Short of a miraculous blunder, how could Black lose? dylam (1200) on 26-Dec-08: the game is lost for white, of course...


21. Rc1 e4	black reviles his other attack - the King side!



22. Qd4 exf3	and now h2 is very weak. it is just a matter of time.



23. Qxa1 Ng4	wants h2.



24. Bxe7 Qxh2+ 25. Kf1 Qh1#	nice.
	3 comments nuntar (1702) on 25-Dec-08: Silly of White to fail to defend, but 24. g3 Bxg5 is hopeless. dmaestro (1647) on 25-Dec-08: White's current rating is only in the 1300s. I can see why. honeybrook (1567) on 31-Dec-08: The last few moves of white seemed half-hearted. It was lost many moves ago.