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ANNOTATED GAME

Team match
thitho (1760) vs. dgrandman (1653)
Annotated by: thitho (1200)
Chess opening: English opening (A16)
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1. c4
This was a game were three pawns were worth a piece for a long time... Then, the three pawns turned two, then,... well, let's see the story...
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1... Nf6
there was one day a horse who went out of his corral,...

 
2. Nc3 g6 3. d4
the main idea for white is to build an attack on the queen side and to hope for complications. For complications, I'll be served.
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3... c5
black contest the queen-side

 
4. Nf3 cxd4 5. Nxd4
queen-side it will be
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5... Bg7
on the other side, black will castle and attack on the king side... or so i thought...
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6. e4 Qa5
well, it appears he wont.
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7. Bd2 Qb6 8. Be3
the normal move Nb3 has to face Ng4 with many threats
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8... Qxb2
did i lose a pawn?
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9. Ndb5
we are going to complicate a little bit

 
9... Nxe4
ok, said black, i complicate too...

 
10. Nxe4 Na6 11. Rb1 Qxa2 12. Nbc3
it is now some moves that the black queen is in danger.
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12... Qa5 13. Bd2 Qd8
so she gets back. Result: 3 pawn for a piece: seems average. But white is much more developped (of course) than black. On the other side, black is closer to complete protection.
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14. Be2 O-O
castling and the large barrier of corrals seems to be strong enough to confront the exceding white piece.

 
15. O-O d6
developing the last minor piece. black seems ok.
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16. Bf3
i am no more sure; i think my idea was to prepare the occupation on d5, and try to provoke the advance of e6, to weaken the pawns chain.
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16... Rb8
well, it was not my target, but it is good to protect. And, anyway, we'll see that black will attack there too.

 
17. Qb3 Bf5
surprise to me. I expected black to be more defensive, avoiding the exchanges.

 
18. Rbe1
Ra1 is uncomfortable, because of the dark bishop; Rc1 was too passive; Rd1 was scary because of a long-time possibility of Nb4 Bc2.
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18... b6 19. Be3
i already renounced to my dark bishop, hoping to exchange the knight. I know it can sound strange, but I expected to valorize my own knights against the pawns.

 

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