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ANNOTATED GAME
How to play off your heels.
evilc (1343) vs. brunson (1384)
Annotated by: brunson (1200)
Chess opening: Amsterdam attack (A00)
evilc (1343) vs. brunson (1384)
Annotated by: brunson (1200)
Chess opening: Amsterdam attack (A00)
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11... Bf8 |
With the KB pawn pinned, g6 will avoid mate, but only temporarily. I'm not sure if I saw that when I moved the rook, I think I just got lucky I had an out. | ||||||
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12. Bc4 |
??? What a peculiar move. I had to stop for a second to make sure there wasn't something subtle going on that I didn't see. | ||||||
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12... Kh8 |
In the end, I just have to get rid of that pin, and it's nice that I can do it with tempo. Speaking of tempo, I think that last move was the turning point of the game. | ||||||
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13. Bg5 |
Knight pinned on the queen, but I can live with that for a little while. | ||||||
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13... Nd4 |
Looking at the knight fork on c2, I'll counter 14. Bb3 with Be6. I don't see much of a way out of it for him. | ||||||
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14. Na3 |
Except that, duh... I swear, you take a year off and everything goes to hell. | ||||||
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14... Bxa3 |
But I'll trade my Bishop for that fork on c2, now he's kinda in a bad way. | ||||||
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15. bxa3 |
And here I think I have the game wrapped up. | ||||||
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15... Nxc2+ |
Bam. | ||||||
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16. Kf1 |
Whlte loses his privilege to castle and I pick up his rook. | ||||||
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16... Nxa1 |
As usual with these forks, my knight is way the hell on the other side of the board. I could use him over on my king side, but I'm okay with that for now. | ||||||
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17. Bxf7 |
I knew that was a possibility, but I was dead set on that rook, now I ponder where to put my rook to best set myself up for the rest of the game. | ||||||
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17... Re7 |
I'd rather have the knight pinned on my rook than my old lady. Plus, I'm looking at Bxh5... if I play Rf8 then I just lose the pawn and I'm in a very ugly position. At least this way we're in a Mexican standoff and even it we swap material, getting his bishops away from my king is definitely worth the rook and pawn. | ||||||
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18. Bxh5 |
Saw that, I had this next move in a conditional. | ||||||
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18... Nxh5 |
Now I'm 6 and I'm living large | ||||||
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19. Qh4 |
Until evilc reveals just how evilc he is. I can't believe I didn't see that after all the other pins I've been working out of through this game. | ||||||
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19... Kg8 |
All I saw was the attack on the queen and a tempo, now I've got to give up the knight and the rook and I'm on the ropes again... | ||||||
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20. Qxh5 |
I'll still be 1 after he exchanges his bishop for my rook, but I'm not happy about this turn of events. I need to go on the offensive and get my pieces unbunged from around my queen. | ||||||
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20... Bb5 |
I've got a knight in BFE, but he's got an undeveloped king's knight and a rook that ain't going anywhere for a while, I guess castling is a good idea when you can. If he'd developed his knight instead of that odd, odd move 12, this could be a totally different game. But I see the attack through the d-pawn and start dialing in on it. I love the pin with the discovered attack from my old girl, plus grabbing the d file and giving Martha room to breath. | ||||||
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21. Bxe7 |
I let him have the cannon, my eye is on the prize. I think he may have done better by bringing out the knight to interpose, but I don't know if it would have done that much. | ||||||
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