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ANNOTATED GAME
White Loses the Exchange and Still Wins
David Fei (pdfiadp) (1843) vs. Halldor Palsson (2074)
Annotated by: pdfiadp (1200)
Chess opening: Reti opening (A09)
David Fei (pdfiadp) (1843) vs. Halldor Palsson (2074)
Annotated by: pdfiadp (1200)
Chess opening: Reti opening (A09)
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1. Nf3 d5 2. c4 |
White opens with the Reti. | |||||
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2... e6 |
Black reinforces his center while unleashing his king's bishop. He discourages cxd5 when ... exd5 gives both bishops great diagonals. | |||||
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3. b3 |
Preparing Bb2, which fights for the dark-squares | |||||
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3... Nf6 |
Black prepares to castle kingside. | |||||
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4. Bb2 Be7 5. g3 |
White will employ a double-fianchetto system. | |||||
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5... O-O 6. Bg2 c5 |
Black claims more space in the center and advances the c-pawn before developing the knight to c6. | |||||
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7. cxd5 |
Now White exchanges his c-pawn for a central pawn. | |||||
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7... exd5 |
Recapturing with the e-pawn opens up a diagonal for the light-squared bishop. However, the c- and d-pawn duo forms a hanging pair. | |||||
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8. O-O Nc6 9. d3 |
Prevents ... Ne4 and prepares Nbd2 | |||||
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9... Bg4 10. h3 |
Immediately putting the question on the Bishop | |||||
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10... Bh5 11. Nbd2 |
White completes the development of his minor pieces. | |||||
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11... Re8 |
The Bishop on e7 will go to f8 or d6, opening the e-file for the Rook. | |||||
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12. Re1 |
Reinforcing the weak pawn on e2 | |||||
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12... Bd6 |
The Bishop moves to a more active diagonal. | |||||
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13. e4 |
A central thrust | |||||
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13... d4 |
Black closes the center, but gives White the c4 square. | |||||
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14. Qc1 |
Escaping from the pin while targeting c5 | |||||
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14... Rc8 15. Nc4 Bf8 |
Perhaps the bishop should have gone to b8, where it is untouchable and exerts great influence along the b8-h2 diagonal. | |||||
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16. a4 |
White secures an outpost for his knight. | |||||
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16... Qd7 |
Threatening 17. ... Bxf3 18. Bxf3 Qxh3 | |||||
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