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ANNOTATED GAME

Team match
peter91 (1793) vs. hermitto (1791)
Annotated by: peter91 (1880)
Chess opening: Scandinavian (centre counter) defence (B01)
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13... Ne5
Attacking both my queen and bishop.

 
14. Qd4 Nxc4 15. Qxc4
Now I no longer have the bishopspair so blacks position has improved, I still have an advantage though.

 
15... b5
Now this move is okay, he attacks my queen and perhaps starts a queenside attack, but he still needs to get his king to safety so 15. 0-0 would also have been a good move.

 
16. Qd3
16. Qc6 would've been more active. After 16. ... Qxc6 17. dxc6 0-0 18. Bf4 white's pieces are more active than black's.

 
16... Kf8
This is a serious error, and I don't know what my opponent thought here. He should've play the normal move 16. ... 0-0 after which chances are about equal. White attacks the kingside and black the queenside. White has got some extra space because of the pawn on d5, but that pawn could become weak. After 16. ... Kf8 his king still isn't very safe and his rook on h8 can't really participate in the battle.

 
17. Rhe1
Completes the development scheme and makes blacks king feel a bit uneasy.

 
17... Ne8
He decides to move his knight to the d6-square where it is active and can't be attacked from the front. However, it is a bit slow and once the knight come to d6, white doesn't have to worry about the defense of the d5-pawn.

 
18. d6
A pawn sacrifice that wasn't really necesarry. The ideas behind this move were the following: I get a square for the knight on d5, once he captures on d6 his piece can be attacked from the front and my rook gets an open file. I thought this move would be good since his king is still not safe. The sacrifice wasn't really necesarry though. I could've just played g4 and once his knight moves to d6, I can do Nc3-e2-d4-c6.

 
18... Bxd6
Capturing with the c-pawn wouldn't have been good. The pawn would've become weak and after 19. Nd5 I would threaten to win the exchange with 20. Nb6. The move 18. ... Nxd6 was a possible alternative though.

 
19. Nd5
My knight is on a strong square and his knight can't go back to f6 because after Nxf6 he would have a tripled pawn. Also notice that he still can't chace my knight away with the c-pawn because of the knightfork on b6.

 
19... Rd8 20. Bd4
This puts presure on blacks kingside, opens the e-file for my rook(s) and makes way for the knight to come to e3 to attack the f5-pawn.

 
20... h5
He's trying to develop his rook via h6, but it doesn't work. The only effect of this move is that it weakens the pawnstructure further. A better move would've been 20. ... Kg8 with the intention to do Kh7 and get his rook out of the corner.

 
21. Ne3
Attacking the f5 pawn, and stopping the development of the rook to h6. If 21. ... Rh6 then 22. Nxf5 Re6?! 23. Nxd6 Nxd6 24. Qh7 and blacks king is very unsafe.

 
21... Rg8
Still, this move isn't good either. A better move was f4, making sure the f-pawn isn't captured. My position is still better though after Nf5.

 
22. Nxf5
It's funny to see that Fritz gives as blacks best move here: 22. ... Rh8. My advantage is overwhelming now. For example 22. ... a5 23. Nxd6 Nxd6 24. Qh7 b4 25. Bc5 and blacks pieces can't do much.

 
22... f6
Not a very good move as it weakens the kingside, but what should black do else?

 
23. Bc5
Threatening 24. Bxd6 Nxd6 25. Ne7 Rh8 26. Ng6 , and also his bishop is pinned in two ways now.

 
23... Qc6
Getting his queen out of the pin and attacking the bishop, but it doesn't help. White will win material.

 
24. Bxd6+ Nxd6 25. Nd4
A good move, but the easiest would've been 25. Ne7, forking the knight and the rook and also threatening Ng6 . After 25. ... Qd7 26. Qd5 black is forced to give his queen to stop Ng6#

 
25... Qd7
This loses completely. After the better 25. ... Qc4 26. Ne6 Kf7 27. Qh7 black can still give his queen with 27. ... Qxe6.

 

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