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ANNOTATED GAME
golf2's mini-tournament no.1
afonsoz (1073) vs. beryonthethinker (1274)
Annotated by: afonsoz (936)
Chess opening: Philidor (C41), Berger variation
afonsoz (1073) vs. beryonthethinker (1274)
Annotated by: afonsoz (936)
Chess opening: Philidor (C41), Berger variation
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1. e4 |
This is a game I played in a mini-tournament. It was a hard game, and at that time, our rating difference was 201 ELO points. I guess my opponent was not expecting me to play solidly, and was somewhat careless. Playing with the white pieces, I was looking for victory, so I played the solid 1. e4 . | |||||
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1... e5 |
The simmetrical response to my first move, wich leads to open games. | |||||
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2. Nf3 |
A natural opening move that may lead to the Ruy Lopez ( Spanish), the Giucco Piano ( Italian Game ), the Scotch, etc. | |||||
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2... d6 |
The Philidor Defense. "Named after the 18th century player Francois-Andre Danican Philidor, it has the reputation of being solid if somewhat unambitious." I don't like the Philidor - it's way too soft. I see loads of people playing Philidor on the Internet, and it annoys me all the time, because it leads to boring positions. | |||||
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3. d4 |
The Exchange Variation of Philidor. White fights for influence in the center. | |||||
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3... exd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 |
A move that puts pressure in the center and prepares castling. | |||||
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5. Nc3 |
Both defensive and development move. | |||||
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5... Be7 |
At this point, Black's positions is unambitious but solid. | |||||
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6. Bc4 |
?! I still doubt of the efficience of this move. | |||||
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6... c6 |
? This move is passive and perhaps loses time. | |||||
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7. O-O O-O 8. Nf5 |
!? I also question this move's usefulness. I guess I was trying to show my teeth. | |||||
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8... Nxe4 |
? Black wins material, but he has overlooked the position. I then reply... | |||||
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9. Nxe7+ |
Nxe7! I can smell horse blood. | |||||
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9... Qxe7 10. Qe1 |
This move pins the black Knight and tries to win material. | |||||
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10... d5 |
A natural defensive and offensive move that loses me a tempo. | |||||
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11. Bb3 |
At this point, White is a pawn down, but has compensation in development and the pin in the central Knight. | |||||
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11... Qe6 |
(?) a weak move because it pins the d-pawn. It seemed to me that black was preparing an attack to my king. I started looking for counterplay, and found... | |||||
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12. Nxe4 |
!! This move forcefully wins material, because the black d-pawn is pinned by the bishop and a queen exchange doesn't favour Black. | |||||
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12... Qg6 13. Ng3 a5 |
A loss of time. | |||||
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14. a4 |
I didn't wanted a pawn storm in the Queenside, so I blocked the a-pawns. | |||||
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