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ANNOTATED GAME

With some touch
Metkan (1549) vs. damafi (1460)
Annotated by: damalfi (1200)
Chess opening: Scandinavian (B01), Icelandic gambit
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Sometimes Caissa is nice to me.
1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Nf6 3. c4 e6
Standard Icelandic move.
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4. dxe6 Bxe6 5. d3
Yummy position for black.

 
5... Bb4+ 6. Bd2 Qe7
Bxc4+ is threatened, or, if you prefer, Bg5+.
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7. Bxb4
Not advisable. Be2 seems better.
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7... Qxb4+ 8. Qd2
Only move to protect b2.

 
8... Nc6
Developement granted if white exchanges queens.
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9. Qxb4
Thank you white. You'll see what developement advantage is about.

 
9... Nxb4
Nc2+ is threatened.

 
10. Na3 O-O-O
Nxd3 is threatened.
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11. Kd2
If Rd1, Nxa2. But it was highly preferable than this.
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11... Ne4+
Nxf2 is threatened.
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12. Ke3
Ke1 or Ke2? allow Nxd3. But still better than centering the almost naked K like this.
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12... Nf6
Time to be wise. I'm not sure about any other move. Ng5, say, and white can start harassing me and try to catch in developement.
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13. h3
Preventing Ng4+, but it was only a "naive" check without serious consecuences. White is not moving his pieces.

 
13... Rhe8
Black's position is completely winning, but still nothing "concrete". I must be careful about losing "steam" and get a favourable endgame but nothing more. Again, a discovered chck is threatened.
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14. Kd2
Kf3 could be a little better, but white is doomed.

 
14... Ne4+
I can go on with this forever, but I'm just controlling the position. My aim is to threaten all the time, so white can just defend and nothing more.
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15. Kc1
White decides to give up some pawn. But Nxd3, BxN, RxB just helps him to free his pieces. When you have a dev adv, you must avoid piece's exchanges, it just helps the opponent.

 
15... Nxf2
Now this is not all that terrible, since the R has an escae route.

 
16. Rh2
I can take now the d3 pawn.
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