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ANNOTATED GAME
44th GK tournament
stringplayer92 (1701) vs. tobiasverhulst (1801)
Annotated by: stringplayer92 (1200)
Chess opening: Ruy Lopez (C97), closed, Chigorin, Yugoslav system
stringplayer92 (1701) vs. tobiasverhulst (1801)
Annotated by: stringplayer92 (1200)
Chess opening: Ruy Lopez (C97), closed, Chigorin, Yugoslav system
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20. Bb1 |
I should have played 20.Rc1 here then after 20...Qb6, 21.a3 Nxd3 22.Qxd3 and I am starting to get out of this. | ||||||
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20... Nh5 |
I wonder if he should have stuck the knight in to that f4 hole instead of where he later puts it? | ||||||
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21. a3 |
Kicking the annoying knight. I felt like I was starting to get back into this game. If I were to open the center my two bishops could come alive as he has some king side weakness (which I can't make use of right now) | ||||||
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21... Na6 22. Bc2 |
Denying penetration on the c-file. I am going to post the a1 rook behind it. | ||||||
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22... Ng7 |
Continuing with the f5 plan | ||||||
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23. Rc1 |
As planned. Finally all my pieces have developed. | ||||||
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23... Qb7 |
The Queen gets off the x-ray of the rook | ||||||
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24. Qd2 |
I started to try and take some of the dark squares on the queenside, and provoke the pawns forward where they might become weak. | ||||||
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24... b4 |
Sure enough he advances. | ||||||
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25. a4 |
I close off the queen side so that his only plan is down the c-file. | ||||||
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25... Nc5 |
So now the knight. It is good, but is it really? What is it actually doing? Maybe it would be more beneficial to double on the c-file. I think activating the rooks is more important than one knight. Just a thought. | ||||||
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26. Nc4 |
Closing down the c-file. Now the queenside play he had from the early middlegame is non-existent. | ||||||
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26... Qa7 27. Nfxe5 |
Here was one of the material imbalances. I did calculate wrong. But I was hoping to get control of the a1-h8 diagonal to create mate threats, along with a passed d-pawn to give him trouble. | ||||||
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27... dxe5 28. Bxe5 |
Here is the passed d-pawn. | ||||||
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28... Nxa4 |
The problem is that. I didn't see that... | ||||||
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29. Bd4 |
tempo the queen. | ||||||
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29... Nc5 30. Qh6 |
Threaten mate. | ||||||
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30... Bf8 31. Qe3 |
And tie the knight, bishop, rook, and queen down. | ||||||
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31... Nf5 |
Here again, I give up material. I guess I just wasn't afraid of sacking during this game. Can you guess what I played? | ||||||
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32. exf5 |
Not the best move, but everything was going the wrong way. Many times giving up material will help gain the initiative, which is better than just letting your opponent slowly kill you (Karpov style). | ||||||
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