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ANNOTATED GAME
Wirral League, away to Buckley/Mold 1
Charles Higgie (BCF162) vs. Dave Pearcey (BCF138)
Annotated by: charleshiggie
(2222)
Chess opening: Guatemala defence (B00)
Charles Higgie (BCF162) vs. Dave Pearcey (BCF138)
Annotated by: charleshiggie
(2222)
Chess opening: Guatemala defence (B00)
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11. Nxe3 |
I take back. He can now get rid of his weakness of a backward d pawn on a semi-open file with d5! which equalises, but he plays.... | ||||||
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11... O-O |
Castles | ||||||
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12. Qc2 |
And now of course, d5 is met by taking twice on d5 followed by Bxh7 check | ||||||
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12... Rc8 |
He threatens Nb4 | ||||||
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13. Rd1 |
I decide taking control of the d file is more important than keeping my bishop. | ||||||
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13... g6 |
This weakens the dark squares round his king - as we shall see at the end. I think this is a mistake. Maybe Ne7 preparing d5 is better. | ||||||
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14. Bf1 |
So I emphasise my control of the d file. I also had dreams of playing g3 and Bh3 hitting d7 again. | ||||||
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14... Qc7 |
A fairly logical square to put his queen | ||||||
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15. Na3 |
Except it may be hit by Nb5 | ||||||
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15... Na5 |
I'm not sure why he plays this, it has to go back again in couple of moves later. | ||||||
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16. Nb5 |
So I hit his queen | ||||||
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16... Qc5 |
He attacks my knight on e3 | ||||||
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17. Qf2 |
as well as protecting it, I have to unpin it to maintain control of d5. I now threaten b4 forking his queen and knight | ||||||
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17... Nc6 |
So he retreats his knight. OK stop and tell me what you think white played now. | ||||||
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18. Rd6 |
This blocks his queen's retreat. There are now dangers of b4 and his queen has no squares to move to. | ||||||
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18... Ne8 |
So he hits my rook. I could here get a knight for two pawns with b4, but then his rook and queen have some activity. Better to keep him bottled up I thought. | ||||||
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19. Rxd7 |
So I took the pawn instead, hitting his bishop | ||||||
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19... Ba6 |
So Bishop moves. OK stop again and tell me what you think white will play | ||||||
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20. Nxa7 |
Is that what you would have played? | ||||||
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20... Ra8 |
This is another mistake, in a difficult position | ||||||
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