Annotated chess game: British Over 50s Championships Rd 3

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ANNOTATED GAME

British Over 50s Championships Rd 3
Charles L Higgie (1918) vs. Stephen Dilleigh (2075)
Annotated by: charleshiggie

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Chess opening: QGD (D53), Lasker variation

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11. d5

Refusing to undouble his pawns.

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11... f5

Now he does have to protect e4.

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12. Be2

I develop.

12... Nd7

So does he.

13. O-O

And I castle.

13... Nf6

As played in gambit7 (1685) vs. schaakhamster (1726) where white continued with Qb3. I chose differently.

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14. Qc2

The idea is to prevent f5-f4 as it means I can take on e4 if he plays that advance. I was wondering later if maybe Qb1 was better, also threatening b2-b4. What do you think dear reader?

14... Kh8

My opponent said later that he thought that this was a waste of time, but I think in some variations it is better to have the king off the a2-g8 diagonal. I thought he was preparing g7-g5. I had a long think here.

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15. Rfd1

This is what I eventually played.

15... Bd7

I had been expecting g7-g5 followed by Qh7 preparing f5-f4.

16. b4

Now if he takes immediately, I have Rd-b1 and I win his b pawn.

16... f4

So he comes in with this.

17. Nxe4

So I take the pawn as planned.

17... Nxe4