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ANNOTATED GAME

Troops # 7 advice
tag1153 (1480) vs. yodean (1523)
Annotated by: yodean (1766)
Chess opening: Reti (A09), advance variation
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1. Nf3
I often play Tag (our team Cap'n) under the ruse that I have some superior skill level. Troop on our team suggested a rule #7 to improve your rating by playing Cap'n Tag, so I invoked the rule. I don't really believe it, but is fun to get in his head like this.

 
1... d5
Tag opens with nf3, an opening i don't particularly like , I ignore this move (as I do many moves I shouldn't ignore) and just push to d5

 
2. c4
he opens his queenside and attacks, I don't like the trade here

 
2... d4
so I push

 
3. d3
he opens up the black bishop for some reason, the king side seems real srtong and I have no pieces developed.
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3... c5
I really don't like my pawn hanging out there by itself in the middle. the only support would seem to overdevelop the queen .

 
4. g3
ok, so now he starts to develop the white bishop it would appear, I still have nothing going

 
4... Nc6
I don't like the idea of him going Bg2 and basically freezing my white bishop so I defend by blocking with the knight, I still don't like the lack of development on my king side.

 
5. Bg2
he does the anticipated move, maybe giving me a slight chance to recapture some tempo (whatever the f*** that is)

 
5... e5
I thought about Nf6 but wanted to open up my black bishop towards the middle, maybe not the best move, but I did it anyway
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6. Bg5
Wow, this comes as a total surprise.....

 
6... Be7
not exactly the way I wanted to clear out my kingside castle, but I hate the fact that he has his bishop there.
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7. Bxe7
we swap

 
7... Ngxe7
I take with the N to make it possible for me to castle

 
8. Nbd2
I don't know what he is doing so ... I figure I will do something stupid I guess

 
8... Be6
I really should have castled then I think. but my kingside is now strong

 
9. O-O
he finally castles

 
9... h6
I didn't want him to Ng5 to attack my bishop, so I pushed here istead of castling

 
10. Nh4
to me, this was a weird time for him to do this, I really didn't give a rip about the bishop for Knight swap, so I FINALLY castle

 
10... O-O
whew safe at last.

 

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