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ANNOTATED GAME

Challenge from luckypawn
mattdw (1589) vs. luckypawn (1553)
Annotated by: mattdw (1489)
Chess opening: KGA (C38), Hanstein gambit
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{C38: King's Gambit Accepted: 3 Nf3 g5 4 Bc4 Bg7} This is not a standard annotation, it is just Fritz's analysis of variations copied and pasted (my brief comments are those not in parenthesis). At the beginning of every relevant move a number is given by Fritz which indicates who is winning in terms of pawns, positive for white and negative for black. It is only intended to allow Luckpawn and I to have a look at our game and see where we went wrong tactically - so if you could refrain from giving it a bad rating then that would be great, thanks. ;) The threshold for blunders was set at 1 pawn (i.e moves that lose the equivalent of 1 or more pawns have variations suggested).
1. e4
{C38: King's Gambit Accepted: 3 Nf3 g5 4 Bc4 Bg7} This is not a standard annotation, it is just Fritz's analysis of variations copied and pasted (my brief comments are those not in parenthesis). At the beginning of every relevant move a number is given by Fritz which indicates who is winning in terms of pawns, positive for white and negative for black. It is only intended to allow Luckpawn and I to have a look at our game and see where we went wrong tactically - so if you could refrain from giving it a bad rating then that would be great, thanks. ;) The threshold for blunders was set at 1 pawn (i.e moves that lose the equivalent of 1 or more pawns have variations suggested).

 
1... e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Nf3 g5 4. Bc4 Bg7 5. O-O
(0.12) {last book move}

 
5... Qe7 6. d4 d6
(0.53) {Secures e5}

 
7. Nc3 Nc6
(1.66) {7... c6 is the best chance}

 
8. Nd5 Qd8 9. Nxg5
(2.49) {finishing the game} ...apparently!

 
9... Bxd4+
(3.21) Better than 9... Qxg5 {A deflection} 10. Nxc7 {A double attack}

 
10. Kh1 h6
(10.27) Causes many problems, much better is: (10... Nh6 11. Qh5 Bg7 12. Nxf4 O-O)

 
11. Nxf7
(10.27) {Demolition of pawn structure}

 
11... Kxf7
(11.65) {Decoy to f7}

 
12. Qh5+
(5.50) 12. Nxf4 Kg7 13. Nh5 is much better.

 
12... Kg7 13. Nxf4 Ne5
(#4) Allows a mate in 4.

 
14. Nd3
(-0.52) A horrendous blunder, misses the mate in four: 14. Qg6 Nxg6 15. Nh5 Kh7 16. Rf7 Bg7 17. Rxg7# for some strange reason I missed this last move! I had looked at the queen sacrifice for quite a while and thought it looked promising but for some reason I completely overlooked what should have been the easiest move of the combination!

 
14... Rh7 15. c3
(-2.25) Nxe5 was much better.

 
15... Bg4 16. Rf7+ Nxf7
(0.20) {Sacrifices material. what a pity, victory was in sight. Deflection from g4} (16... Kh8 {and Black wins} 17. Rxh7 Kxh7 18. Bxg8 Kxg8 19. Qxh6 Qf8 20. Qg5 Qg7 21. Qxg7 Kxg7)

 
17. Qxf7+
(-1.02) Qxg4 is better.

 
17... Kh8 18. Qf4 Nf6
(1.00) 18...b5 is better

 
19. cxd4 Qe7
(1.63) {e4 becomes a target} (19... Be2 {and Black hangs on})

 
20. e5 d5
(4.03) (20... Rf8 21. Bd2 Be2 22. exf6 Rxf6) is better

 
21. exf6 Qe2 22. f7 Qd1+ 23. Ne1 Qxe1+ 24. Bf1
All optimal moves from 21 to 24 for both sides.

 
24... Rf8
(#3) Mistake, mate in three now possible. (24... Qe7 {the only chance to get some counterplay}

 

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