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ANNOTATED GAME

Team match
gorsk (1832) vs. ali_irvine (1782)
Annotated by: cheg1 (1496)
Chess opening: French (C02), advance, Milner-Barry gambit
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1. e4
King's Pawn opening

 
1... e6 2. d4 d5
French Defense

 
3. e5
French Defense, Advance Variation

 
3... c5 4. c3 Nc6 5. Nf3 Qb6 6. Bd3
Black would be mistaken to try and win the d4 pawn. After 6 ... cxd4 7 cxd4 Nxd4 8 Nxd4 Qxd4?? 9 Bb5 ! This uncovers an attack on black's queen and check's the black king.

 
6... Bd7
Preparing for cxd4

 
7. dxc5 Bxc5 8. O-O f6 9. b4 Be7 10. b5
Putting the question to the Knight. Does black retreat the knight to the edge of the board or trade Knights

 
10... Nxe5 11. Nxe5 fxe5 12. Qh5+ Kd8
g6 is not an option because Bxg6 and black cannot recapture without losing a Rook, so white gains a pawn and board space for free

 
13. Qxe5 Bf6
13... Nf6 reduces black's forces to passivity, unfortunately 13...Bf6 trades off black's most active piece.

 
14. Bg5 Ke8 15. Bxf6 Nxf6 16. Nd2 Rc8 17. Nf3 Qc7 18. Rac1 Qxe5 19. Nxe5 Rc5 20. a4 Ke7 21. Rc2 Rhc8 22. Rfc1 Be8 23. c4 Kd6 24. Re1 g6 25. Rce2 Rc8c7 26. Ng4 Nxg4 27. Re2xe6+ Kd7 28. Re6e7+ Kc8 29. Re7xe8+ Kd7 30. Re1e7+ Kd6 31. Re7e6+ Kd7 32. Be2 Nh6 33. Re8e7+