Annotated chess game: Pawned!

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Pawned!
x-machine (1297) vs. jrm12 (1252)
Annotated by: black_cat_hamlet (1531)
Chess opening: Greco defence (C40)

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13. f4

here we are - the four-pawn strong centre! White's move, here, has prevented the pawn loss, and put a real cramp in Black's game. (13...gxf4 14.Bxf4 keeps the defence up, as well as giving an open file for White's rook on the f-file (well, after the bishop moves, of course)

13... f6

I have a feeling that Black saw the moves up to move 18 when he played this move - all of White's moves are pretty much forced if he wanted to retain his material (apart from move 15 - the move I played there dropped a pawn, but I don't regret the choice looking back at this game...actually, it may have been that Black saw up to move 18 from move 15...I don't know) This moves does seem weakening at first (it probably is, now I think about it) and Qh5+ does come into consideration, but I couldn't see any way to continue the attack (in fact, it actually justifies Black's Rh7 - after Qh5 now, Kd8 doesn't fall far a King/Rook fork, and Kf8 and Ke7 doesn't fall for Qf7 mate)

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14. Ng6

the only move which can save the pawn on f4, but I like this move all the same - the knight is actually pretty powerful on the g6 square

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14... Ba6

Black keeps his threats fresh - If White exchanges the bishops, Black will be threatening the capture of the c-pawn. If I had played Bxa6 here, my move to save the c-pawn would have transposed into the game continuation which occurs at move 19, albeit with slight differences. It could have also been possible to allow Black to initiate the exchange at b5, ut that would leave my pawn in an uncomfortable position

15. Qa4

!? As I said before, this move will drop a pawn (though not directly) but it seemed perfectly natural at the time - as I wasn't ready to advance my pawns just yet, replacing the bishop with the queen to keep up the pressure couldn't be bad from White's point of view

15... Bxb5

Since the queen now protects the c-pawn, White would be able to safely trade bishops, so Black decides to initiate the trade himself

16. Qxb5 Rg7

Here's that pawn-winning move - White's knight has nowhere to move to (apart from the h8 square, where Black might want to try a draw by 3-move repetition with Rh7) Therefore, White's only logical move here... (bearing in mind that the queen now cannot move to the h5 square)

17. f5

opens up the h2-b8 diagonal, and Black's bishop and queen are perfectly aligned...

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17... Bxh2+

Of course

18. Kh1

forced; 18: Kf2?? Qg3+! 19.Ke2 Qxg2+ 20.Ke1 Bg3+ 21.Bf2 Qxe4+ 22.Kd2 Bxf2 23.Rxf2 Qxd4+ 24.Ke1 and White's strong pawn centre, and his game, is ruined [or; 22...Qxf5, forking the now undefended knight and the doubly attacked, and pinned bishop - actually, this move is better, I think] Now, although Black has just gained a pawn, his bishop is in a dangerous position, and could be suddenly threatened by White blocking the queen's scope with the pawn to e5. It was one of the first things that I had considered, but what I was afraid of was this; 19.e5 Bxe5 20.dxe5 fxe5 and although Black has given up his material advantage, White's pawn structure is scattered - not good [21.Nxe5?? Re7! 22.Ng4 h5 and Black wins material]

18... Bd6

Thankfully, my opponent makes things easier for me, and now I decide that an attack is in order here

19. c5

Here it comes!

19... Be7

? Retreating back to the f8 square seems so much more better here - now White can advance his d-pawn with tempo...

20. d5

Threatening a pawn fork at d6 - Black will have to retreat one of his pieces again

20... Bd8

right now, none of Black's pieces have extended past the 8th and 7th rank, and White's pawns severly cramp Black's position - he will have quite a fight on his hands if he wants to get back into this game

21. Bd4

another advantage of White's position is that he has threats - now Black's best move (there really isn't much else he can do) would be to move the rook...

21... h5

Like I said, Black's short of choices here (I think the best move he could try is Na6)

22. e5

White's wall of pawns have advanced to the 5th rank, and Black can't take the pawn because White will fork rook and queen when he takes back with the bishop. Before I go on, though, I'm just going to look back at move 15 for awhile... What if, instead of 15.Qa4, White had decided to exchange bishops instead; 15.Bxa6 Rxa6 16.c5 Be7 17.d5 Bd8 18.Bd4 Rg7 19.f5 h5 20.e5 [yes, I do realise Black would probably have played 15...Nxa6 and would have probably not played 18...Rg7, but bear with me] This would be pretty much the same position, only with the rook on a6 and the queen on d1 - I'm putting a diagram up on that [again, not needed, but since I already asked another player, I didn't want his advice to go to waste :)] If that had happened, the play could have continued; 20...fxe5 21.Bxe5 Qxc5+ 22.Kh1 R7xg6 23.fxg6 Rxg6, with an even trade and an easier position for Black (though I'd still give White the advantage) That's only with two pieces in different places as well! [I have no idea why I put all this up... I just felt like it, I guess :P]

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22... g4

I guess Black might have thought that White couldn't attack if he kept the position closed (or he just didn't see any other move) but best here would have been Kf7, moving the king out of the line of fire of White's next move... though White still has excellent attacking opportunities e.g. e6+, Qc4 or even what was played next in this game... [maybe moving the rook would have been better]

23. Rae1

! here comes the pain...

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