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ANNOTATED GAME
The Power of the Bishop Pair
byakuugan3 (1635) vs. Bruce B. (1678)
Annotated by: byakuugan3 (1200)
Chess opening: Reti (A05), King's Indian attack, Spassky's variation
byakuugan3 (1635) vs. Bruce B. (1678)
Annotated by: byakuugan3 (1200)
Chess opening: Reti (A05), King's Indian attack, Spassky's variation
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1. Nf3 |
I'm playing White here. I like Nf3 because it's very safe and waits to see what Black wants to do. My knight should be good on f3 no matter how Black continues. This game was played with only 10 minutes per player, so it is not perfect, and there were many blunders by both sides. Black gave me a total win at one point, but I almost allowed him to draw because I made a lot of hasty moves | |||||
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1... Nf6 2. g3 d5 3. Bg2 Nc6 |
Here Black is threatening the central boost e5, so I had to think about if I wanted to allow it and castle, or if I should play d4 and stop it. | |||||
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4. O-O |
I don't like the drawish position that arises from d4, so I let Black have the central boost since I'm already castled and it shouldn't be too dangerous. | |||||
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4... e5 5. d3 |
My position looks somewhat passive, but I am very solid, so if Black overextends, then he could be left with weaknesses. | |||||
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5... e4 |
Not the best move. It's better to solidfy your center instead of extending it too early. | |||||
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6. dxe4 dxe4 7. Qxd8+ Nxd8 8. Ng5 |
Now Black's pawn is weak from overextension, and I can pile attackers onto it | |||||
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8... Bf5 9. Nc3 e3 |
Black is threatening my c2 pawn, so he hasn't lost a pawn. But I am already castled and will have a slight lead in development, so I should be better here, especially since Black spends a move recapturing his lost pawn. | |||||
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10. Bxe3 h6 11. Nh3 Bxc2 12. Nb5 |
I am attacking both a7 and c7 | |||||
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12... Bd6 13. Rac1 |
I didn't want to take the a-pawn because I thought taking the c-pawn would be better. I wasn't comfortable taking the a-pawn because it would oddly place my piece, and I'm more concerned with completeing development and launching an attack | |||||
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13... Ba4 14. Nxc7+ Bxc7 15. Rxc7 Bc6 |
I didn't notice that my rook was trapped here, and I was only looking that Black was attacking my powerful bishop, so I made a blunder next move | |||||
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16. f3 |
This is terrible, I shouldn't block the path of my bishop just because Black wants to trade it. Now Black can win my trapped rook, which he couldn't have done if I hadn't blocked my bishop's path | |||||
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16... Ne6 17. Rxc6 bxc6 18. f4 |
Maybe the blunder wasn't that bad, because I can reopen the path for my bishop. I have a pawn for the exchange, and I have the bishop pair. A lot of times, having the bishop pair and an extra pawn is enough to compensate for being down the exchange. The bishops are especially powerful in open positions like this. So maybe it wasn't a blunder, and more like an accidental sacrifice | |||||
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18... Rc8 |
Defending with Nd8 is more passive and leaves the rook on the dangerous diagonal | |||||
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19. f5 Nf8 20. Bxa7 |
By point value, material is even, but I think I'm winning because my bishops are very strong attackers in this position, plus I have a passed pawn now. | |||||
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20... Nf8h7 21. Rc1 |
Black may have been able to save this pawn if he played N8d7 c5 earlier | |||||
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21... O-O 22. Bxc6 |
If I take with the rook, then my lack of a rook will make Black's rook stronger after he trades rooks and plays Rc8 | |||||
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22... Rfd8 23. b4 |
I have two passed pawns now, and a 1-point material lead. I thought winning with my queenside pawns would be easy, but I got too careless and let some pawns slip away | |||||
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23... Rd6 24. b5 Ne8 |
Black wants to bring his knight over to try to stop my passed pawns. | |||||
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25. Bc5 |
Here I made a few fast hasty moves, and gave Black more chances. I should've thought harder since winning this position should be easy. My opponent had two more minutes than I had, so I was trying to catch up on time, which caused me to make such terrible moves | |||||
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25... Rd2 26. a4 Ra2 27. e4 Rxa4 |
I should not have given Black one of my passed pawns, but that's what I get for getting too cocky and making moves that were not thought out | |||||
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