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ANNOTATED GAME
Team match
hityerclock (2107) vs. antawn007 (1880)
Annotated by: hityerclock (1200)
Chess opening: QGD Slav (D15), 4.Nc3
hityerclock (2107) vs. antawn007 (1880)
Annotated by: hityerclock (1200)
Chess opening: QGD Slav (D15), 4.Nc3
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1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 |
The Slav seems to be popular these days. | ||||
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3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Qc2 |
6.Bd3 is more popular, but I prefer to play 6.Qc2 first, which forces black to come up with a useful move, since now 6...dxc4 7.Bxc4 and white gains a tempo on the usual line, as the bishop has only moved once to recapture on c4. | ||||
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6... Be7 |
I think this is "?!" The bishop belongs on the b8-h2 diagonal, so 6...Bd6 is preferred. | ||||
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7. Bd3 dxc4 8. Bxc4 O-O |
It's hard to call this a mistake, but in this opening, black really needs to get the Q-side going with ...b5 and ...b4. | ||||
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9. O-O Qc7 |
Again missing the opportunity to play ...b5 and ...b4. | ||||
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10. e4 |
Black's lack of counter-play gives white a free hand in the center. | ||||
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10... e5 |
Pretty much forced; white is threatening e5 followed by Bd3 with a nasty K-side attack. | ||||
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11. h3 |
Preparing Be3 by restricting black's N on f6. | ||||
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11... exd4 12. Nb5 Qb6 |
Of course not 12...cxb5 13.Bxf7+ and black can resign. | ||||
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13. Nbxd4 Ne5 14. Bb3 Nxf3+ 15. Nxf3 Qc5 16. Qe2 |
White has a space advantage, and therefore wants to keep as many pieces on the board as possible. | ||||
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16... Qh5 |
Trying to drum up some counter-play ... | ||||
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17. Bg5 |
But now white sees an opportunity to bottle up the black Q. | ||||
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17... h6 18. Bxf6 Bxf6 19. e5 Be7 20. Bc2 |
Black's queen is running out of squares. | ||||
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20... Be6 21. Rad1 Rad8 22. Qe4 |
Threatening mate ... | ||||
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22... g6 23. Qe3 Bd5 |
I was expecting 23...Bg5 24.Nxg5 Qxg5 25.f4 Qe7, with a plus to white because of the space advantage. Note that 23...Bxa2? simply loses the B to 24.b3. This bishop really should stay on the c8-h3 diagonal. | ||||
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24. Rxd5 |
With this bishop gone, white has a serious threat of Kh2 followed by g4, winning the black queen. | ||||
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24... cxd5 |
24...Rxd5 is not much better after 25.Kh2 Bc5 26.Qe1 f5 (all pretty much forced) 27.Bb3. | ||||
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25. Kh2 Bg5 26. Qd4 f5 |
The only way to stop g4. But now black's queen is out of the game. | ||||
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27. Qxa7 Rfe8 |
27... Ra8 28.Qxb8 Rxa2? 29.Qxd5+ wins | ||||
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28. Qxb7 Bf4+ 29. Kg1 Bxe5 |
Better is 39...g5, getting the Q back into the game. | ||||
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