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ANNOTATED GAME
First complete game after my computer crash hiatus.
pjoern (1458) vs. throneseeker (1492)
Annotated by: throneseeker (1200)
Chess opening: English opening (A10)
pjoern (1458) vs. throneseeker (1492)
Annotated by: throneseeker (1200)
Chess opening: English opening (A10)
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1. c4 |
The English? | ||||
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1... b6 |
I like having my Bishop in charge of the long diagonal. | ||||
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2. d4 Bb7 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bd2 e6 5. e3 Be7 |
If I am lucky he will move his King Bishop out before shielding g2. | ||||
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6. Nf3 |
No such luck!! | ||||
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6... d6 7. Be2 Nbd7 8. O-O O-O |
We both seem to have reach an initial position in which we are somewhat comfortable. (But having been away from the board for some months I was not really comfortable with any position!) | ||||
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9. b4 |
He begins struggle by undertaking some action on the Queenside. | ||||
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9... c5 10. bxc5 bxc5 11. Rb1 |
Apparently he does not like my long diagonal Bishop. | ||||
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11... Bc6 |
But I do. | ||||
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12. Bc1 |
I am not sure where he was going with this repositioning move. | ||||
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12... Rb8 13. Ba3 Ne4 14. Nxe4 Bxe4 15. Bd3 Bc6 |
I still want my Bishop on this diagonal. | ||||
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16. Nd2 |
I felt this was preparatory to Qh5 but was comfortable I should be able to handle such an advance. | ||||
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16... Bf6 17. Bb2 |
To me, this did not seem all that good of a spot for his Bishop. | ||||
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17... d5 18. cxd5 Bxd5 19. Nb3 |
Perhaps a3 or a4 may have been better. Though the Knight on b3 does provide some additional support for d4 I believe Black could play to give White isolated queenside pawns. | ||||
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19... cxd4 20. exd4 h6 |
This seemed appropriate to me for a number of reasons. | ||||
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21. Nc5 |
A miscalculation? I usually look to see if the gift is real or a Trojan horse. Since it appears to be real I never look a gift horse in the mouth. | ||||
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21... Nxc5 22. dxc5 |
Hmm, I guess it will be a gift Bishop. | ||||
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22... Rxb2 |
When I gain a material advantage, simplifying the position seems to be in order. | ||||
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23. Qc1 Rxb1 24. Qxb1 Bd4 25. Qb5 Qc7 26. Rc1 Bxa2 |
This had been in my line of fire for several moves but now that my own "a" pawn has a guard I decided I could take it. | ||||
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27. c6 Bd5 |
I had no wish to leave my Bishop unprotected and I did not want his Queen to be able to reach the Kingside laterally. | ||||
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28. Qb4 |
I really did not expect him to do what I wanted him to do thus when he did so on this move I was rather happily surprised!! | ||||
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