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ANNOTATED GAME

Team match
chessmeastro (1623) vs. himu (1619)
Annotated by: himu (1200)
Chess opening: Sicilian (B43), Kan, 5.Nc3
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1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6
its a thematic move in sicilian since the black queen finds a good place in c7 and helps in the queen side attack which is the motive behind blacks second move. without this pawn push the queen is sent back with a tempo for white

 
5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Be3 Be7 7. Bd3
I think 7. Bc4 is better it keeps the dispute on the d5 square hot enough

 
7... d6
making a way for the light colored bishop so that the rooks are connected

 
8. Qg4
queen comes out in the king side to bolster the attack on the king. in sicilian white is developing an attack in king side in mind where the black in developing to counter that and attack on the queen side

 
8... Bd7
the king knight pawn is not a good option to take with the queen since white wants to castle in the king side. for example 9 Qg7, Bf6 and black loses the knight

 
9. Nxc6
so he decides to remove the knight which hangs there, but in all this cancellation loses a tempo for white

 
9... Bxc6
now the light color bishop for black is very powerful, and it will be dangerous for white to castle on the king side after this

 
10. O-O
? not a good move

 
10... Nf6
the g pawn is still free to take.

 
11. Qg3
just moves the queen to a safe place but still asserting the possibility of attacking on the g pawn

 
11... Qd7
!? preparing to castle on the queen side, but it is a bad move to that end since it cannot prevent white from preventing blacks 0-0-0

 
12. Bb6
preventing a queen side escape of black king

 
12... O-O 13. Be3
keeping the bishop ready for king side attack

 
13... Rfe8
making space for the dark colored bishop to return to its home square if needed

 
14. Bh6
and it is needed

 
14... Bf8
this defence is better than pushing the g pawn since it does not creat hole in g7 for the opponent bishop to keep its influence

 
15. Bg5 Kh8
unpinning the g pawn

 
16. Bxf6 gxf6
black's intention to open the g file has come true, with a cost of a hampered king side , but the white pieces are not in good position to take advantage of that

 
17. Qh4
eyeing at the f pawn

 
17... Be7 18. f4 Reg8
occupying the g file immediately

 

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