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ANNOTATED GAME
Team match
stone-ghost (1540) vs. topazg (1523)
Annotated by: topazg (1717)
Chess opening: Queen's pawn game (A45)
stone-ghost (1540) vs. topazg (1523)
Annotated by: topazg (1717)
Chess opening: Queen's pawn game (A45)
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1. d4 |
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1... Nf6 2. Bf4 e6 |
Fairly unusual opening for me, but trying to turn it into a standard(ish) Queen's pawn game. | ||||
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3. Nf3 d5 4. e3 c5 5. c3 Nc6 |
Now happily in my comfort zone, looking for a sensible way to develop further. | ||||
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6. a3 a6 |
This is preventing Bb5, as I want to keep the knight for the e5 square. | ||||
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7. Nbd2 c4 |
Slightly strange choice really, not sure why I played this. | ||||
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8. h3 Be7 9. g4 Bd6 |
Slow move, was looking for the exchange to free up my pieces for the kingside defence. | ||||
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10. Be5 Nxe5 |
Ridiculous blunder, this put me very badly on the back foot in the game | ||||
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11. dxe5 Bxe5 12. Nxe5 |
behind on material, development and initiative now -- the game is beginning to look bleak | ||||
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12... Qd6 13. Nef3 |
f4 seemed more sensible to me, this seems a good time to press the kingside attack - now I am happy to castle and build pressure for a counter-attack | ||||
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13... O-O 14. g5 Nd7 15. h4 g6 |
This seems to give me enough strength to hold, still looking for some opportunity to counter-attack. White's pieces are fortunately not well co-ordinated at this stage. | ||||
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16. h5 |
Definitely premature - capturing only strengthens my rook, and leaving alone does not seem to help white's position. Much better to look at getting the queen out and a queenside castle -- when white pawns can double up on the h file black is in serious trouble | ||||
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16... b5 17. Qc2 Ne5 18. hxg6 |
this gives me the possibility to start a counter-attack. Queenside castle would help greatly here. | ||||
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18... Nxf3+ 19. Nxf3 fxg6 |
Swapping the knights gives f3 knight some trouble when the file opens for my rook(s) | ||||
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20. Rh6 |
Strange move - had a queenside castle already been done this would give much stronger attacking chances. | ||||
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20... e5 |
Really to defend the g6 pawn from a rook sac, as this seems to be seriously problematic for me. | ||||
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21. Nh4 Bf5 |
ditto | ||||
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22. Qd2 Bg4 |
opening the file for the rook whilst keeping the knight pinned in place - preparing for e4 to get the queen involved | ||||
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23. Bg2 |
I totally overlooked this move, e4 now simply fails to Bxe4. Decided to use this as an opportunity to get my other rook involved. | ||||
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23... Rad8 24. Qc2 |
Again, this is odd - e4 was my long term plan, and now I can work with it. White seems to be gaining nothing from this attack. | ||||
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24... e4 25. f3 Qg3+ |
The counter-attack begins in earnest. | ||||
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