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ANNOTATED GAME
The Bishop's Opening
pelvitski (1646) vs. amad_perets (1645)
Annotated by: pelvitski (1353)
Chess opening: Bishop's opening (C24), Berlin defence
pelvitski (1646) vs. amad_perets (1645)
Annotated by: pelvitski (1353)
Chess opening: Bishop's opening (C24), Berlin defence
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1. e4 e5 2. Bc4 Nf6 |
Bishop's opening, berlin defense, in thematic tourney | ||||
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3. Nf3 |
The position has now shifted into Petrov, Italian | ||||
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3... Nc6 |
Two knights | ||||
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4. Ng5 d5 |
the most common move is exd5, Yet, in two knight opening, f7 pawn sacrifice makes for interesting middle game, and since two opponets are evenly matched the advantage for adventure is on the white's side | ||||
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5. Nxf7 Kxf7 |
Black takes knight to avoid queen loss | ||||
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6. exd5 |
exd5 As a black, I would probably reply with Na5 since that takes care of the white bishop reign; while controling the center and removing a strong king threat. In which case i would reply with d3 and white's advantage would have turned to marginal. instead Black replies with ... | ||||
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6... Nxd5 |
Nxd5 a popular move. But now we are in Fegatello Attack variation. and black needs not to make mistakes to survice | ||||
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7. Qf3+ Ke6 |
standard move within variation | ||||
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8. Nc3 |
Building pressure on d5 pin | ||||
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8... Nce7 |
Nc-B4 would have been a more proactive choice to counteract white's attack Instead Black is trying to defend its lead | ||||
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9. O-O |
castling, in order to add pressure next move on Re1 | ||||
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9... c6 10. Re1 Qc7 |
Better move was Kd6, The king would have escaped two pins, while still holding to e-pawn | ||||
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11. d4 Ng6 |
while the black had to protect the e-pawn with its only remaining defense Ng6. black has weakened d5 square | ||||
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12. Nxd5 cxd5 13. Qxd5+ |
A strong position for white, | ||||
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13... Ke7 14. Bg5+ |
Adding another bishop to the attack | ||||
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14... Ke8 |
Ke8 forced move | ||||
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15. dxe5 |
Altough still hanging in there, black's King is wide open! | ||||
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15... h6 16. Bd2 |
The only good retreat move for my bishop | ||||
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16... Bf5 |
Bf5 opens a way for the future Rd8 move, but ... | ||||
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17. Bb5+ |
Bb5 and black losses tempos with his bishop retreat | ||||
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