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ANNOTATED GAME

Instead of Castling, Opt for a "Force field" !
pawnpusher2004 (1644) vs. bleddy71 (1492)
Annotated by: bleddy71 (1200)
Chess opening: Latvian counter-gambit (C40)
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15... gxf5
Black captures with the pawn and creates the "force field". Even though the king can castle, it is better not to! The knight covers the d and f pawns well as g6, and the bishop covers f6 and e5. The king protects the knight and is safely shielded by it. Strange when it is better not to castle in a situation like this. I nearly captured with the knight (it looked like a more active move) but this would have been a disaster. After taking with the pawn, I began to see the bizarre phenomenon of the force field.
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16. Bxa6
Gives the king some air and ruins Black's pawn structure on the queenside.
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16... bxa6
Good move - I nearly checked at h8 which would have lost immediately due to white's resource of bringing the bishop back to f1.

 
17. d4
Gives the king some more room.
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17... Qg1+
Finally the long awaited invasion. Note that this invasion is only possible because the white queen has no inroads into Black's camp - thanks to his "force field". I felt very fortunate to have this strange defensive structure around my king.

 
18. Ke2
This move gives up the bishop, which is a real shame. Had the King moved to d2, Black would have been given the challenge of extricating his queen from behind enemy lines, and white would have done battle against the force field. It was prior to White's 18th move that I analyzed the possibilities for both sides and, in trying to figure out how White could break through, i realized the strength of this defensive barrier around Balck's cetralized king.
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18... Qxc1
Logical.

 
19. Qg3
This is White's attempt to break through the "force field". He hits the g7 bishop and the c7 pawn.

 
19... Qxb2+
Black has another nice tempo move and he threatens the a1 rook. And at this point white resigned. I annotated this game because I was fascinated by this force field around Black's king - something that i did not plan in the game - I just fell upon it in trying to make the best move. Hope you find this game interesting . Any comments are welcome.
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