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ANNOTATED GAME
The Dangers of Bringing Your Queen Out Early
Me (byakuugan3) (1850) vs. M. Cronin (1923)
Annotated by: byakuugan3 (1200)
Chess opening: Reti (A07), King's Indian attack (Barcza system)
Me (byakuugan3) (1850) vs. M. Cronin (1923)
Annotated by: byakuugan3 (1200)
Chess opening: Reti (A07), King's Indian attack (Barcza system)
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1. Nf3 |
I am White in this game, and I start with a safe, solid, non-committal opening, which waits to see how Black will continue. | |||||
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1... d5 |
Black's move is more committal since pawns cannot move backward, and now Black has committed a pawn to the centre. | |||||
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2. g3 |
I like to develop my kingside quickly and castle safely. My knight and fianchettoed bishop will be good defenders of my king, and also good attackers if Black messes up. | |||||
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2... d4 |
This move surprised me a lot, and I have never even considered anyone playing this kind of move against me. Black has overextended his pawn, which slightly weakens his position. | |||||
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3. Bg2 |
Now my fianchettoed bishop will be stronger since Black can no longer block it with d5. | |||||
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3... Nf6 |
If Black was going to overextend his center early, then he should've at least followed up with c5 to support the weakened d-pawn, and then try for Nc6 e5. | |||||
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4. c3 |
Maybe this move wasn't quite necessary, but I was impatient to try and take advantage of Black's questionable d4. I challenge the pawn with a less valuable pawn, so if Black trades, I'll have an extra centre pawn, plus an open c-file and big lead in development. | |||||
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4... d3 |
This was the best move since c5 loses a pawn. 4...c5? then 5.cxd4 cxd4 6.Qa4 Nc6 7.Nxd4!! and I have an overwhelming attack on the c6-knight. | |||||
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5. exd3 Qxd3 |
Now Black is forced to bring out his queen early, allowing me to gain development tempo. | |||||
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6. Ne5 |
I can get my knight to a better square while gaining tempo. | |||||
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6... Qb5 |
I think it was better to undevelop the queen and then try to recover the tempo loss, because now Black's queen is subject to harassment. | |||||
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7. d4 Nbd7 |
I think it was better to develop the kingside and castle quickly | |||||
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8. Nd3 |
My knight has moved 3 times, but it is very strong on d3, and now I have a nice grip on the center squares. | |||||
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8... Nb6 |
This is a terrible move, and leaves Black very behind in development, and I can gain tempo chasing the oddly placed pieces. | |||||
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9. a4 |
My a-pawn can reach a6 with tempo, for an early attack on the undeveloped queenside, so now Black has no counterplay and must defend. | |||||
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9... Qf5 10. a5 Qe6+ 11. Qe2 |
I think it's good to trade queens and go into an endgame, where my king is already placed toward the centre, and my advantage is easier to exploit. | |||||
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11... Qxe2+ 12. Kxe2 Nbd7 |
If Nbd5, then c4 traps the knight. | |||||
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13. a6 c6 |
Rb8 was another idea, but Black wanted the knight to go back to b8 to defend c6. | |||||
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14. Nb4 |
I bring another attacker toward the queenside with tempo, since I'm threatening axb7 Bxb7 Bxc6 winning a pawn. | |||||
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14... Nb8 |
Black's knight has moved 4 times, and ended up exactly where it started. Black's faulty opening play has left him with a defensive underdeveloped position, while all my pieces will find good squares. | |||||
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