Annotated chess game: The Annotation Project - An Improvement on Freddy's Game?

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The Annotation Project - An Improvement on Freddy's Game?
jstevens1 (1789) vs. yodean (1604)
Annotated by: jotheblackqueen (1200)
Chess opening: Sicilian (B21), Grand Prix attack

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1. e4	Hi everyone! Another game played in the Annotation Project and luckily another Relief Sighing Victory for me! I follow Freddy's game against himself but then my opponent deviates and although I rustle up an attack it only reduced a 5 point deficit down to 2 but with pieces exchanged. How was I gonna avoid a 15-16 point loss here? Answer, my opponent blundered his queen giving me a 6 point material lead. Yodean immediately waved the white flag and I ended up with a 5 point gain and my highest chessic rating so far, 1794, just 6 points shy of 1800. The action will be picked up on move 8 when black chose c7 for his king.



1... c5 2. f4 d5 3. Nf3 dxe4 4. Ng5 Nf6 5. Bc4 Bg4 6. Qxg4 Nxg4 7. Bxf7+ Kd7 8. Be6+ Kc7	8. ...... Kc7 - here black chooses Kc7 and it looks as if it is gonna be like the Freddy game.



9. Bxg4 Qe8 10. Ne6+ Kb6	10. ...... Kb6 - very standard and still following the Freddy game. I follow it until move 12 when .....



11. Nc3 Na6 12. d4 exd3 e.p.	12. ....... exd3 e.p - the other pawn capture was cxd4 but this one is gonna be a headache. Nevertheless I try and put the pressure on.
	1 comment easy19 (1200) on 19-Jul-09: I prefer 12....cxd4 giving the much needed open file on the king side and wen the pawn is captured with 13.Nxd4 the e pawn can be moved to free the much needed bishop.. exd3 e.p 13.Nd5+ Kc6 is technical better but my variation keeps my king on the side and gives a rook and a bishop time to develop without a king in the way


13. Nd5+ Kc6 14. Bf3	14. Bf3 - more pressure.



14... Kd7 15. f5 dxc2	15. ..... dxc2 - this makes me 5 points down on material - ghastly!
	1 comment goingdown (1200) on 17-Jul-09: Not to mention, covering d1 and at least delaying getting a potentially very powerful rook on the d-file.


16. Bf4	16. Bf4 - must develop my remaining wood very quickly keeping my ecclesiastical twins Leblanc and Lenoir close to the enemy king.



16... g5 17. Be5 Rg8	17. ...... Rg8 - the black rook evades capture.



18. Be4 Qh5 19. Bxc2	19. Bxc2 - I get rid of nuisance c pawn and close the gap to -4.



19... Rc8 20. Rd1 Ke8	20. ....... Ke8 - averting a nasty discovery that would certainly snare the Wicked Witch next move.



21. Ba4+ Kf7 22. O-O	22. 0-0 - the Wicked Witch has some nasty checks up her sleeve, Henry must be tucked away. At least the rooks are connected and my f1 rook stands on the same file as the enemy king.



22... Qe2 23. Bd7 Qxe5 24. Bxc8	24. Bxc8 - this trade - Fou Lenoir for black's queen rook narrows the deficit down to -2 but vital wood has left the board.



24... Qxb2 25. Nd8+ Ke8 26. Nxb7	26. Nxb7 - keeps the deficit down to -2 but now something unbelievable happens ......



26... Qxg2+ 27. Kxg2	27. Kxg2 - yup, black blunders his queen and then waves the white flag. If black had not blundered his queen I feel I would have been extremely lucky to get away with a Low Draw, otherwise I feared I would lose 16 points as stated in my introductory note. This win gives me 7 point out of 10 games in this mini-tourney. Not bad at the half-way stage, let's hope I can hold things together in my remaining games. Do you the jury feel that taking that pawn en passant was an improvement on Freddy's game. I will be very interested to hear your views. Hope you have all had a good read. Bye for now. Joanne
	4 comments nuntar (1702) on 16-Jul-09: I think White was very close to winning before this mistake anyway! Sadly, I was going to show off a forced mate after 27. Nf6+ exf6 (only threatened, of course, since it's Black's turn), but I'd overlooked the long-distance defence of f6 by the queen. Still, Black's king is stranded in the centre of a horde of White pieces, and surely there must be no escape. (I do sympathise with your views on losing rating points, though. I think it's simply obscene how many points you can gain or lose from one game, but there's not much I can do to change the system.) yoshark (1409) on 16-Jul-09: Black should be able to get to h8 after Nf6+ exf6... but why sacrifice a knight when you can get the same if not better effect with f6! threatens checkmate f7# and this threat can only be meet by exf6 Nxf6+(or Rxf6 not sure whats better) and black is in big trouble. White also threatens if 26... e6 to play f6 as well because exd5 is meet by 27. Re1+ Kf7 28. Be6+ Kg6 29. Bxg8 (Black is going to haft to deal with f7 (Re8 or Nd8 Ne6 soon.) White is winning in this position. ruachessnut2 (1200) on 16-Jul-09: 27. Kxg2 was forced. Try 28. Be6 Rh8 or Rg7 Move it or lose it! 29. Nc7+ Nxc7 30. Rd8# As for the system, the higher rated player risks more & gains less. For example 1500 vs. 1650. A difference 150 points. 4% of 150 is 6. So 1500 risks 16-6=10 points & 1650 risks 16+6=22. If 1500 wins he gains 22 rating points & 1650 loses 22 rating points. Likewise if 1650 wins he gains 10 points & 1500 loses 10 points. If its a draw 1650 loses 6 points & 1500 gains 6 points. This is the ELO system. I don't know what GK uses. goingdown (1200) on 17-Jul-09: It's explained in the FAQs. It's the mean of all the ratings of players you have beaten +200, lost to -200, and drawn with. (At least, I think it's 200, it may be 400). In any case, it has less effect if you play more, rather than if you have a lower rating.