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ANNOTATED GAME

Team match
bob2714 (1642) vs. jrgcoulson (1562)
Annotated by: lord_shiva (1898)
Chess opening: Queen's pawn game (A45)
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1. d4 Nf6 2. d5 d6
Off book. The c6 pawn puts pressure on the d-file.

 
3. c4 c6 4. Nc3 e5 5. e4 Nbd7 6. Nf3 Be7 7. Be2 O-O 8. O-O c5
Probably better to trade d5. Break up white’s domination of the board.

 
9. Qa4 Nb6 10. Qb3 a6 11. Na4 Nxa4 12. Qxa4 Bd7
Nxe4 was a free pawn. Qc2 defends.

 
13. Qc2 b5 14. b3 b4 15. a3 a5 16. a4
axb4 was probably better.

 
16... h6 17. h3 g5 18. Nh2 h5
Maybe Kh7? Opening the king’s castle pawns could be problematic, especially with the white queen in the field. This move withdraws support for g5.

 
19. Qd3
Bxg5, free pawn! Or, Nxd4. I guess it’s a fair trade, except the black pawns get split and the king’s file is opened.

 
19... g4 20. hxg4 hxg4 21. Bxg4 Bxg4 22. Nxg4 Nxg4 23. Qg3 Qd7 24. f3 f5 25. Bh6 Rf7
Rf6 would have been better.

 
26. exf5 Rh7 27. Qxg4+ Kf7
Blunder. Better kh8. 28. f6 Bxf6 29. Qxd7 Rxd7

 
28. Qg6#