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ANNOTATED GAME
Vienna Game
victoriasas (2043) vs. dinofan (1926)
Annotated by: victoriasas (1200)
Chess opening: Vienna (C26), Falkbeer variation
victoriasas (2043) vs. dinofan (1926)
Annotated by: victoriasas (1200)
Chess opening: Vienna (C26), Falkbeer variation
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1. e4 |
One of my favorite games on this site since I rejoined in August 2022, principally because of the rook sacrifice toward the end of the game. I almost always open 1. e4 but this was a themed mini-tournament so the first two moves by white (and first move by black) were set. | |||||
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1... e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. Bb5 Bb4 5. O-O O-O 6. d3 d6 7. Bg5 Bxc3 |
I didn’t mind having doubled pawns after this recapture because it gave me some control over the d4 square. | |||||
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8. bxc3 |
The doubled pawns… | |||||
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8... Be6 9. d4 |
Initiating a break in the center that would undouble my pawns | |||||
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9... h6 |
This imo is a blunder by my opponent because it allows a pawn fork | |||||
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10. Bxf6 Qxf6 11. d5 |
The fork… | |||||
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11... a6 |
Challenging my bishop and trying to avoid loss of material | |||||
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12. Bd3 |
Retreating my bishop to a square where it’s free from a further immediate challenge and where it supports my e4 pawn. This bishop will be little more than a big pawn for much of the game, but it plays a key role late in the game when it delivers a discovered check on the black king. This bishop also delivers checkmate. | |||||
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12... Bd7 |
Makes sense. Bishops are generally slightly more valuable than knights. | |||||
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13. dxc6 Bxc6 |
Glad my bishop is on square d3 to support my e4 pawn! | |||||
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14. Re1 |
Lending further support to my e4 pawn and getting one of my rooks into the game | |||||
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14... b6 |
Not sure why my opponent made this move | |||||
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15. h3 |
Giving my king the ability to escape a back rank mate, but my main reason for playing this move was to redirect my knight to square g4 (via square h2) to challenge the black queen | |||||
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15... a5 |
Not sure why my opponent played this move. Seems like a waiting move. | |||||
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16. Nh2 |
The first step in my plan to place my knight on square g4 to challenge the black queen | |||||
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16... Qg6 |
Seems like my opponent recognized my plan but I thought he was also planning a counterattack on my center with …f5 | |||||
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17. Qg4 |
Since I’m up the equivalent of two pawns, I thought trading queens was a good idea. Plus, I didn’t like the black queen directly opposite my king on the g file | |||||
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17... Qf6 |
He declines the queen trade, which didn’t surprise me as a general rule is not to trade material when behind in material | |||||
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18. c4 |
Trying to prevent …d5 by my opponent, but this move turns my bishop into a big pawn | |||||
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18... a4 |
Possibly trying to activate the queen’s rook via square a5 | |||||
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