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ANNOTATED GAME
The martyred pony.
boogie_knights (1635) vs. anotherminorpawn (1695)
Annotated by: gleeful
(1968)
Chess opening: Dunst (Sleipner,Heinrichsen) opening (A00)
boogie_knights (1635) vs. anotherminorpawn (1695)
Annotated by: gleeful
(1968)
Chess opening: Dunst (Sleipner,Heinrichsen) opening (A00)
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This game is marked by a half-open f file for black in a closed game. Rooks were played on the file, but when black found himself unable to break through with pure strength of will, a knight was sacrified to open an outpost for one of the rooks.
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1. Nc3 |
This seems to be called either the "van Geet", after a Dutch International Master, or the "Dunst" opening after a New York master. It's a flexible opening that allows quite a few transpositions, but is less popular than some due to the possibility of black playing d5-d4, forcing the knight to move. | ||||
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1... e5 |
Since I don't know the opening, I decided to develop as normal; however, 1...e5 is apparently considered dangerous due to the possibility of a center counterattack by white via Nf3. I don't know that, so jump right in. | ||||
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2. Nf3 Nc6 |
Here's a famous game by Ted Dunst (taken from wikipedia): Dunst-Gresser, New York 1950 1.Nc3 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 exd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Bg5 d5? (better is 5...Bb4 6.Nxc6 bxc6 7.Qd4 Be7 8.e4 0-0 9.Bd3 h6 10.Bf4 d5 11.0-0 dxe4 and the game was soon drawn in Ekebjaerg-Oim, 14th World Correspondence Chess Championship) 6.e4! Be7 7.Bb5 Bd7 8.exd5 Nxd5 9.Nxd5 Bxg5 10.Qe2 Ne7? (Losing at once. 10...Be7 11.0-0-0 is also very awkward. Although it's unpleasant, Black should have tried 10...Kf8.) 11.Qe5! Bxb5 12.Nxc7 Kf8 13.Nde6 (now 13...fxe6 14.Ne6 wins Black's queen) 1-0 (notes based on those by Tim Harding) | ||||
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3. e3 d6 4. Bb5 Bd7 5. d3 |
White's pawn development is very passive, preventing development of the dark bishop and keeping the game closed. | ||||
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5... Nf6 6. O-O Be7 7. a3 |
This seems to be a wasted move, but in a closed game, rapid development isn't as important as a solid position. This prevents Nb4, but I had no intention of moving my knight. | ||||
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7... O-O 8. h3 |
Another unnecessary move that again restricts movement of my knight. Advancement of the king's protective pawns weakens the castled king. | ||||
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8... a6 |
Forcing the bishop to retreat or trade. This is different from 7. a3 in that I did it for a specific purpose rather than "by rote". | ||||
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9. Bc4 |
Pinning my f pawn. I dislike bishops on the a2-g8 diagonal, or the b1-h7 diagonal, when I play black. | ||||
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9... Be6 |
!? (Interesting move) I decide to offer a bishop trade in the hopes of opening the f file for my rook while removing the hated bishop. I marked this as interesting, not so much because of the individual move itself, but rather the idea behind it. | ||||
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10. Bxe6 fxe6 |
Normally doubled pawns are seen as a weakness because they can't protect each other. In this case, I decided a minor weakness was worth the pressure I could put on the half-open f file. | ||||
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11. Ne2 d5 |
?! (Dubious move) This forces me to use pieces to defend both e pawns, emphasizing the problem with doubled pawns. Nd5 or Nd7 followed by Bg5 or Bh4 may have been better here. I intended to force white's knight to move with e4, but went about it badly and almost got myself into trouble. | ||||
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12. Ng3 |
Bringing the knight to the kingside where it will help attack my undefended pawns. This knight doesn't move again, but does prevent me from occupying several critical squares during the course of the game. | ||||
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12... Bd6 |
It would have been better to play e4 first as this allows 13. e4. On the other hand, 13. dxe4 dxe4 (Nxd4 14. Nxe4 dxe4) opens the d file for counterplay and isolates my doubled pawns. I still think Nd7 followed by Bg5 or Bh4 would have been better. | ||||
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13. e4 |
!? (Interesting move) Closes the b8-h2 diagonal and makes my bishop look a little foolish. On the other hand, it opens the d4 square and the a7-g1 diagonal. White should probably open the game, but I believe he was still eyeing my pawns and this traps the pawn on e5. | ||||
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13... Nd7 |
Opening the f file. | ||||
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14. Ng5 |
Attacks my e6 pawn and threatening Qh5 followed by Qxh7#. | ||||
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14... Qe7 15. Qg4 |
Pressuring my helpless pawn. Qh5, forcing a pawn move and weakening my king, would be better. | ||||
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15... Rf6 |
Protecting my pawn, but more importantly, lifting my rook to allow the other to move in behind it. | ||||
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16. h4 |
Prevents Rg6 which would pin the knight and possibly win it if followed by h6. | ||||
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16... Raf8 |
? (Bad move) Doubling rooks was my goal, but with the knight on g5, this was the wrong time to do it. | ||||
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