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ANNOTATED GAME
Telford A v Oswestry A, Shropshire League
Charles L Higgie (ECF177) vs. Richard Thompson (ECF154)
Annotated by: charleshiggie
(2222)
Chess opening: Nimzo-Indian (E41), e3, Huebner variation
Charles L Higgie (ECF177) vs. Richard Thompson (ECF154)
Annotated by: charleshiggie
(2222)
Chess opening: Nimzo-Indian (E41), e3, Huebner variation
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This is stunningly like the previous game. I get a similar pawn formation, and there is a Bishop for two pawns sacrifice, but this time as black. He misses the best continuation and I defend accurately and gradually get the initiative, and win in 35 moves. | |||||||
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1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 |
So it starts off as a Nimzo-Indian https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nimzo-Indian_Defence | ||||||
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4. e3 |
This is my usual reply. | ||||||
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4... c5 |
This is quite a reasonable move. | ||||||
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5. Bd3 |
I continue with the plan. | ||||||
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5... d6 |
He seems to have a plan of putting his pawns on black squares. | ||||||
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6. Nge2 |
And I have a plan to stop him doubling my c pawns. | ||||||
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6... Nc6 |
He is preparing e7-e5. | ||||||
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7. Bd2 |
Now I am thinking that maybe if he takes on c3 I can take back with my bishop and have a nice diagonal for it, after I move my d pawn. | ||||||
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7... O-O |
And he castles. | ||||||
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8. a3 |
This seems to me to be a natural move, but on the opening databases I use I can only find 0-0 here. | ||||||
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8... Ba5 |
I was slightly surprised he didn't take - there would have been some logic in taking and then putting more pawns on black squares. | ||||||
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9. O-O |
And finally I castle. | ||||||
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9... e5 |
He continues with his plan | ||||||
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10. d5 |
And notice how now we have a similar pawn formation to the Czech Benoni, just like the previous game. | ||||||
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10... Ne7 |
The knight drops back. This position was seen in Jeremic, Veljko (2334) vs. Prelevic, Dusko (2385) 2001.03.13 when white continued with Rb1. That plan did cross my mind, but I chose something else - based on preventing his Bc8 finding any decent squares. | ||||||
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11. Ng3 |
This is to stop his bishop - or his knight for that matter - coming to f5. | ||||||
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11... Bg4 |
And the same move played in the previous game. | ||||||
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12. f3 |
The same reply. | ||||||
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12... Bd7 |
And the same retreat. Again, I think that black has just lost time. f2-f3 is a move I would quite like to make anyway. | ||||||
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13. h3 |
I am planning f3-f4 but I didn't want a black piece returning to g4. | ||||||
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