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ANNOTATED GAME
Kidderminster Club Championship
Promising youngster vs. Charles Higgie
Annotated by: charleshiggie
(2211)
Chess opening: Sicilian (B32), Flohr variation
Promising youngster vs. Charles Higgie
Annotated by: charleshiggie
(2211)
Chess opening: Sicilian (B32), Flohr variation
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11. Nb5 |
Ouch! How am going to defend against Nc7 forking king and rook? I was also afraid of his bishop coming to f4 building up on my d6 pawn. Also my king can hardly go to d7 or the f7 pawn drops. I did afterwards find on the database a gameknot game from this position, and black finally won, after Rb8 12. Ng5 Ne5 13. f4 Nec4 whitefooted (2094) vs. yokenster (2078). However I think white can improve on this with 12. Bf4 and black looks to be in trouble. What do you think dear reader? | ||||||||
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11... Be6 |
So I came to the conclusion the best bet was to sacrifice the exchange | ||||||||
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12. Nc7+ |
So he checked | ||||||||
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12... Kd7 |
and I moved the king | ||||||||
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13. Nxa8 |
He took the rook | ||||||||
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13... Nxa8 |
I took back | ||||||||
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14. O-O |
He castled | ||||||||
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14... Be7 |
I developed my bishop | ||||||||
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15. Ng5 |
This move does not look right to me. I think simple development, say Bf4 and moving the rooks onto the central files looks better to me. | ||||||||
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15... Bxb3 |
So I stop his planned NxBe6 and double his pawns. The downside is that I open up the a file for his rook. | ||||||||
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16. axb3 |
He takes back. I was dying to play Nd4 here, threatening to play Ne7ch, followed by NxBc8 and BxNg5. However White gets in first with Rxa7 followed by Rxb7ch, for instance Nd4 17. Rxa7 Ne2+ 18. Kh1 Nxc1 19. Rxb7+ Nc7 20. Rxc1 Bxg5 21. Rcxc7+ winning easily. | ||||||||
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16... h6 |
So I hit his knight. There is an interesting continuation here. 17. Nxf7 Rf8 and his knight is trapped, but he has 18. Nxh6 gxh6 19. Bxh6 and he had gained 3 pawns for the knight. | ||||||||
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17. Ne4 |
The knight is soon hit again on this square, so I think 17. Nf3 may have been better, although then I have Bf6 hitting his b7 pawn, making it hard for him to complete his development, but then maybe he can gambit it with 18. Bf4 and if Bxb7 he has Ra-d1 attacking my d pawn. | ||||||||
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17... d5 |
I hit the knight | ||||||||
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18. Rd1 |
He pins the pawn. | ||||||||
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18... Ke6 |
I break the pin. King up for the ending! | ||||||||
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19. Nc3 |
The knight eventually retreats. | ||||||||
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19... Rd8 |
I have to protect d5 again, and this is best. If I protect it with my Na8 he can attack the knight with his bishop. I was beginning to feel a little happier with my position. If you compare it with the position after my 13th move, I have managed to bishop and rook onto better squares and double his b pawns. His rooks are more active, but he has wasted time with his knight. | ||||||||
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20. Re1+ |
He checks | ||||||||
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20... Kf6 |
The king moves | ||||||||
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