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Let's play chess
volhouder (1562) vs. deathwolf11 (1534)
Annotated by: peacewolf11 (1200)
Chess opening: Philidor's defence (C41)

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11. d5

Ok now i'm feeling really uncomfortable. Not a good position to be in at all. I don't have any pawns to force his bishop to retreat as i moved them all up like a crazy person. He has now supported it with a pawn and gained total control of the middle of the board.

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11... Nd7

That last comment about gaining total control of the middle of the board might well be rubbish. I once heard someone say that in reference to a game of chess and i think it kind of fits this game??? Yeah so i just threw it in there to try and sound clever. Anyway, i've moved my horse to d7. I now remember why i moved my black bishop to g7. It means my knight can move back to f8 and get rid of that bishop

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12. Bxd7+

Looks like he decided to swap sooner than i had expected. It was a good move actually. Otherwise I would have moved my knight back to f8 attacking his bishop. His white bishop would have been unable to retreat safely due to my solid line of pawns on the right. If i had then swapped my knight for his bishop on e6 he would have found it very difficult to get any support up to his loan pawn sitting on e6. Not sure if any of that makes sense? I think i've just very badly over explained a move which never happened....

12... Qxd7

obvious swap. I've managed to get rid of the bishop at the expense of one of my knights. I also now have the option to castle on either side. Both sides are well protected with my bishops and pawns. I can wait to see which side is safer as the game develops later on.

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13. Ne2

ok what you won't have realised at this stage is that i had referred to my chess notes a couple of moves back and had begun to engaging volhouder in several football/Sven goran erikson type questions. This tactic obviously worked in distracting him as that last move wasn't the best

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13... f5

Actually i made that all up. I didn't post any comments to him all game. Wish i had though. Maybe i can use that tactic at a later date though. i can also see why he moved his knight back. He obviously wanted to advance his pawn on c2 to give more support to his pawn on d5. My white bishop is attacking this piece and i want to try and remove his support in the centre. Hence my move to f5

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14. exf5

What i wanted and expected. I can now take that pawn with one of three pieces. I don't want to leave one pawn by itself out on the right so i better use my queen or my horse

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14... gxf5

..... i was pretty sure i didn't use the pawn... Oh well, another fine example demonstrating how much of a rubbish chess player i am... I honestly don't know how i ever bloody win a game? Maybe i had a good reason for it. If i did i certainly can't think of it now. Oh yeah but wait... His pawn on d5 is now ready for the taking. He's going to have to get some extra support up to that.

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15. Nc3

ok... now given my current chess ability i don't like to criticise other players too much. The phrase "Don't throw stones in glass houses" springs to mind. But that last move of his wasn't the best. For a start he just moved that away from there. So he's wasted two moves at a pretty crucial stage in the game. I can also push my pawn up to e4 threatening his other knight and also freeing up my black bishop

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15... e4

yeap. I can start to see why i used that pawn to take f5 rather than the queen or knight. he's going to have to move his knight. I can then take his other knight with my bishop destroying his pawn formation on the left and leaving his pawn on d5 for the taking

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16. Nh2

never the best idea to move knights to the edge of the board. He can now only move that piece to one space.

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16... Bxc3+

check

17. bxc3

i will now go 1 up. Not a major advantage but ever piece counts kids. Pawns are crucial at the end game. Because if you get them to the other side you can change them into a bishop of a horse or another pawn

17... Nxd5

Yeah i don't think you can change them into another pawn actually. It would be good if you could though. A reverse pawn that goes the opposite way. That way you could try to get it all the way back again to your own back line. Ok, enough of that nonsense, i could have taken the pawn with my white bishop, but by using the knight i am threatening his other pawn on c3

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18. Bd2

My biggest trouble with chess is thinking forward to future moves and anticipating peoples next moves. You could say that it's the core to being good at chess. Either way... i'm sh*t at it. That's why i would have made the same move he just did

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18... O-O-O

ok i've now decided to castle. My right hand side is wide open. So obviously i've gone to the left where my king will be well protected

19. Nf1

probably for the best. That piece was doing nothing there

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19... Qg7

Ok now i really should have done this move before castling. As it happens it hasn't really made any difference but i gave him the chance to stop it had he seen it. My queen is now attacking his pawn on g2 which he will not want to let me take, but it is also attacking his pawn along with my knight on c3. I'm going to go 2 up either way

20. Rg1 Nxc3

obviously he won't take my knight as i would then come down and check him with my queen. He'd then have to move his king. Although having said that he can't really castle anymore anyway

21. Qc1

at this stage i figured i better move my knight. If he gets his queen into b2 i'll be in trouble

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