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ANNOTATED GAME
Properly Pushing Powerful Passed Pawns:)
aaelarar (1551) vs. tag1153 (1625)
Annotated by: tag1153
(1700)
Chess opening: Scandinavian (centre counter) defence (B01)
aaelarar (1551) vs. tag1153 (1625)
Annotated by: tag1153
(1700)
Chess opening: Scandinavian (centre counter) defence (B01)
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11. O-O |
King secure. | |||||||
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11... O-O |
King secure. | |||||||
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12. Bd2 |
Last piece developed. Both sides have now accomplished their opening goals. The middlegame to come will surely be exciting, as tons of tactical complications are available to both sides. Let the fireworks begin! | |||||||
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12... dxc3 |
At this point, I felt that I had some tempo at my disposal, so I opted to force my opponent to react. As tactical complications are most definitely NOT my forte, I attempt to stay in the drivers seat and simplify things a bit. I'm hoping he will re-take with his Bd2, where I can play NxB and have the bishop pair. | |||||||
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13. bxc3 |
! Obviously my opponent sees this, and reinforces his center while keeping his dark squared bishop in play. | |||||||
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13... Bxe4 |
After pondering the "importance" of the bishop pair which I had been hoping for, I opt to cede it to my opponent in return for his doubled pawns on the d file and a juicy isolated pawn on c3 that I hope to attack very quickly. | |||||||
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14. dxe4 |
Equalizing. | |||||||
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14... Nc7 |
I considered Nb6, but that would have restricted my pawn on b7. | |||||||
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15. a4 |
! I really liked this move for white. He now controls my target square b5. | |||||||
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15... a6 |
Preparing for conflict on b5 with the added bonus of preventing 16. Bb5. | |||||||
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16. Qc2 |
A nice developing move which protects the weak pawns on e4 and c3. | |||||||
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16... b5 |
As both sides hit b5 twice, black attempts to further simplify to expose the weaknesses of whites problem children, the weak pawns on e4 and c3. | |||||||
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17. Rfd1 |
Rook to open file which threatens a discovered attack on the black queen. | |||||||
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17... c4 |
! This move restricts white's light squared bishop and concretes the isolani on c3. | |||||||
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18. Be3 |
! Whites gets his dark squared bishop to it's most active diagonal, forces the black queen to vacate the d file, and threatens a strong 19. Bb6 which can be protected by 20. a5. Strong move! | |||||||
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18... Qc8 |
The best alternative I felt. There were not many better choices. | |||||||
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19. a5 |
Preparing Bb6 and closing down some real estate on the queenside. This move does turn out to be very telling, although I doubt either of us realized it at the time. Keep your eyes on black's b and c pawns. | |||||||
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19... Rd8 |
Fighting to re-take the d file and still trying to simplify. | |||||||
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20. Nd4 |
Nasty. It is my opinion that white realizes my desire to simplify, so he attempts to complicate! | |||||||
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20... Nxd4 |
Fairly obvious if the "flow" of this game is understood. Black continues to trade down. | |||||||
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