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ANNOTATED GAME

Tie Breaker?
yodean (1555) vs. ethansiegel (1749)
Annotated by: yodean (1696)
Chess opening: Bishop's opening (C23), Classical variation
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11... f3
I am still not worried about f3 for reasons previously stated
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12. Nxc5
i follow through with my stacking idea

 
12... dxc5
he follows through with my idea as well

 
13. c3
then moving him out I just don't like the knight in the middle of my business. I want to castle O-O-O at some point

 
13... Ne6
he retreats...

 
14. Rg1
It just seemed like a good thing to do if i am going O-O-O

 
14... h6
I didn't understand that. It seemd to give me a free move, one of the 2 I squandered earlier, (besides I have been burnt on that in OTB play)

 
15. Be3
so i get my bishop out of the way and attack the hanging pawn (assuming Bxe6 later)

 
15... b6
he supports

 
16. Qb3
i clear the queen but decide b3 so I can have a couple of pieces on the knight, I want to split that pawn at f7.
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16... Ne7
I thought he had better moves... but I don't know what they were either ,

 
17. Rg3
I decide to set my rooks up for stacking on g file

 
17... O-O
he looks like he has a real strong castle side, all those pieces, except if he moves the queen i can Bxh6

 
18. O-O-O
I follow through with O-O-O

 
18... Kh8
i didn't understand the timing of this since his queen was still protecting h6 I figured Ng6 was better

 
19. Rdg1
i go ahead and load up. His poor pawns are needing some back-up I figure Rg8

 
19... Ng6
I think about this a while. it looks like I win a knight now. Can a pawn really support two knights?

 
20. Bxe6
I take it and look at my stats, of the 3 wins I averaged 57 moves against him, In my 3 losses I averaged 17.33 moves. I think I am onto something... ~~~ 2 days later~~~~ Ethan still hasn't moved. I am thinking he will Nf4 ...but I am still waiting
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20... Ne5
He opts to save the knight and get a pawn (d3) for his efforts If I go ahead and swap two rooks for the Queen and a pawn here, he ends up getting the pawn at d3 back and opens me up in the middle ~ I don't like it it just doesn't have a good 'feel' to it

 
21. d4
he may still put me in check,but I like the swap, (or at this point i think it is a swap). If i am ahead on points against a better player, I want to get more material off the board. I kind of like Bf5 here which would have still put pressure on his castle position. but giving up my pawn in the middle like that just seemed 'wrong'

 

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