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ANNOTATED GAME
Challenge from tomwhufc
tomwhufc (1525) vs. maaarten (1335)
Annotated by: tomwhufc (1200)
Chess opening: Sicilian (B23), closed
tomwhufc (1525) vs. maaarten (1335)
Annotated by: tomwhufc (1200)
Chess opening: Sicilian (B23), closed
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12... Ba6 |
? I try not to use question marks but his move is awful. Black has done well to remove the defender and open up the e6 square for his light squared bishop but he doesn't use it. | ||||||
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13. O-O |
I castled kinsgide here. Looking back on this move I think that if I had realised the way the game was going I should have waited and castled queenside. However this is not a bad move it is decent enough. | ||||||
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13... b4 |
This move attacks my hold on the d4 square and attacks my pawn on d3. | ||||||
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14. Qc2 |
This defends the d3 pawn and I was still thinking of the possible d4 break but this was somewhat deluded on my part! The immediate c4 seems a much better move. | ||||||
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14... Qb5 |
This move thwarts my original plan of playing d4. I had no other option I had to completely close the centre with... | ||||||
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15. c4 |
As you can see the queenside is almost completely blocked. This means any attacking actions will be on the kingside of the board and I was smart enough to castle kingside!(sarcasm) I should have waited and seen what way the game was going before castling. However castling kingside is a sufficent move. | ||||||
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15... Qc6 16. b3 |
?? Completely blocking off the queenside. There are three better options here. 1. A much better move may hav been 16. a3 because of 16...bxa3 17. bxa3 18.Rf-b1. This would have been a lot better because my king would have been a lot safer and I could have attacked the queenside without endangering my kingside as you will see my kingside is soon under attack in this game. 17. f4! which opens the centre and leaves the possibility of couterplay on the queenside. 3. Ng3 with the plan of putting it on f5 with a powerful position. Basically I played one of the worst possible moves here.(within reason) | ||||||
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16... O-O |
?? THis completely contradicts everything I have said about king safety. There is no excuse for this move. The queenside is almost completely blocked off, maarten should have delayed castling until he had completely blocked of the queenside then castled queenside and pawn stormed the kingside. | ||||||
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17. f4 |
?! A dubious move. I overlooked 17. a3 bxa3 18. Rxa3. This would put me in a good position because I could double up rooks on a-file and put my queen there aswell creating a powerful cannon. | ||||||
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17... exf4 18. Nxf4 g5 |
This begins the start of a pawn storm. It threatened my knight but that is irrelevant becasue I was going to move my knight to d5 anyway. | ||||||
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19. Nd5 Nxd5 20. exd5 Qd7 |
BLacks starts moving his pieces into places where they can provide kingside play. | ||||||
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21. g4 |
? This weakens my kingside. Better would have been 21.d4 or Ne4 (a fantastic central square.) | ||||||
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21... Bc8 22. Rf3 |
?! I am not sure whu I made this move. It was probably because I was deluded enough to think that I would have a chance to double my rooks on the f-file and attack. | ||||||
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22... f5 |
! This is a good move. If 23. gxf5 Rxg5 24. Rxg5 Qxg5 my king would have been a dead man walking. | ||||||
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23. Raf1 |
?! I am still deluded enough to think i was supporting the rook when in fact I was actually cutting off its points of retreaat! 23. Kh1 is better because if 23...f4 24. Bg1 leaving my rook with a place to retreat to. | ||||||
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23... f4 |
My only option is... | ||||||
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24. Bf2 |
? Even though this is forced I still give this a question mark because I shouldn't have got my self into this position.Now my rook is immobile and I am effectively a major piece down! I think I deserve a round of applause for being able to muck my position up so badly. | ||||||
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24... Qe8 25. d4 |
My only hope here was to check mate him down the a1-h8 diagonal. | ||||||
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25... h5 |
! This is a very good move. If 25...cxd5 26. bd5 I would have a chance to counter attack and salvage my position. | ||||||
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26. dxc5 |
This is the beginning of my combination. | ||||||
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