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ANNOTATED GAME
European Seniors Team Championships Round 4
Charles L Higgie (1992) vs. Ryszard Czajkowski (1963)
Annotated by: charleshiggie
(2224)
Chess opening: Gruenfeld (D87), exchange, Seville variation
Charles L Higgie (1992) vs. Ryszard Czajkowski (1963)
Annotated by: charleshiggie
(2224)
Chess opening: Gruenfeld (D87), exchange, Seville variation
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11. Be3 |
Protecting d4 | ||||||
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11... Bg4 |
Pinning my knight. | ||||||
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12. f3 |
Blocking the pin | ||||||
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12... Na5 |
But hello, what is this? He is going into the pawn sacrifice variation, with the pawns already exchanged on d (by 9....cxd4 10 cxd4). Compared with playing it without this exchange, it is meant to be better for white. I had been planning to decline the pawn, but given he had made this exchange I decided to take the pawn. | ||||||
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13. Bxf7+ |
So I took it | ||||||
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13... Rxf7 |
He takes back | ||||||
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14. fxg4 |
I take his bishop | ||||||
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14... Rxf1+ |
He took my rook. Now at the time it seemed more normal to take with the queen. In fact this is a big mistake and I should have taken with the king. | ||||||
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15. Qxf1 |
But I didn't | ||||||
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15... Qd7 |
He attacks g4 | ||||||
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16. h3 |
I protect g4 | ||||||
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16... Nc4 |
But now what am I to do? If I play Bf2 then Nd2 forks queen and e4 pawn. I had known this from university days, but I just forgot about it. | ||||||
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17. Qc1 |
So I decided to protect the bishop. Stockfish prefers the indirect defence of the bishop with 17. Qd1 and if Nxe3 18. Qb3+ forking king and knight. | ||||||
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17... Rc8 |
Instead of taking the bishop he decides to develop his rook. | ||||||
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18. Bf2 |
I decided to keep the bishop. | ||||||
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18... Qe6 |
Attacking e4. Surprisingly to me, after the game Stockfish suggests 19. e4-e5 and if Nxe5 Qe3. It gives advantage to white after 19. e4-e5. | ||||||
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19. Ng3 |
But I protected e4 like this. | ||||||
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19... b5 |
Protecting c4, freeing his rook for action on the f file. | ||||||
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20. Qb1 |
Attacking b5. Stockfish now recommends Na3 with equality. | ||||||
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20... Rf8 |
But my opponent starts dreaming of a king-side attack. He is now threatening 21.....Rxf2 22. Kxf2 Rxd4+ Stockfish likes Qc2 now. | ||||||
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