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ANNOTATED GAME
Two Knights Defense - A great weapon for Black
baghwan24 (1200) vs. afonsoz (1232)
Annotated by: afonsoz (936)
Chess opening: Two knights defence (C55)
baghwan24 (1200) vs. afonsoz (1232)
Annotated by: afonsoz (936)
Chess opening: Two knights defence (C55)
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1. e4 |
This is a though game I played recently. I started with the common and solid e4... | ||||
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1... e5 |
This reply leads to open games. | ||||
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2. Nf3 |
C40 King Knight Opening. It leads to a great number of openings, such as the Scotch, The Ruy Lopez, the Giuco Piano, Philidor and so on. | ||||
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2... Nc6 3. Bc4 |
This is the Italian Game. It's a boring position, so I played... | ||||
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3... Nf6 |
!? The Two Knights Defense, considered nowadays risky, because White can launch a serious offensive with the Fried Liver Attack wich begins with 4. Ng5. White has an incredible pressure in the f7 square. | ||||
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4. Bd5 |
?! A strange and dubious move, because Black can now equalise and make White lose tempi. | ||||
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4... Nb4 |
I broke all the opening principles with this move. I intended to crush White's center, by adding pressure in the d5 central square. | ||||
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5. c3 Nbxd5 6. exd5 Nxd5 7. Nxe5 d6 |
White loses a tempo. | ||||
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8. Nf3 |
The position is equal at this point, but I could have played better in the opening. | ||||
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8... Be7 |
Black prepares castling and develops one piece. | ||||
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9. c4 |
?? Better would have been d4! . | ||||
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9... Nf4 10. O-O O-O 11. d4 |
White bilds up an impressive center. At this point, Black's position is somewhat cramped. Notice that moving my Knight is a must, because of the discovered attack. | ||||
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11... Ng6 12. d5 Bg4 |
Black pins the White knight and develops his last piece. White is behind in development, and Black has a solid position. | ||||
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13. b3 |
White has now an impressive pawn chain and more space at the Queenside. But his position has weakened, and I reply... | ||||
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13... Bf6 |
! The Rook can't be saved. | ||||
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14. Bg5 |
White sacrifices a Bishop to defend his Rook. | ||||
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14... Bxg5 15. Qd4 |
? this looks like a bad move, because the natural reply is the skewer. | ||||
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15... Bf6 |
! The skewer is effective. White has only one move to try to compensate his loss, which is... | ||||
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16. Qxg4 Bxa1 |
At this point, White is a rook down, and his only compensation is more queenside espace, wich isn't useful in this position. | ||||
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17. Qh5 |
White tries to weaken my rock and to lauch an offensive in the Kingside. | ||||
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