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ANNOTATED GAME

Lower Saxony Championships
Torsten Lange (2023) vs. Fabian Stotyn (2206)
Annotated by: charleshiggie (2224)
Chess opening: English opening (A16)
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11. c5
Undoubling the pawns. Stockfish likes this move.

 
11... Ne4
Played to prevent the black d pawn from becoming isolated.

 
12. cxd6
White takes.

 
12... Nxd6
Black takes back this way.

 
13. Nb5
Threatening to take on d6

 
13... Nxb5
Black takes.

 
14. Qxd8+
Queen is captured
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14... Kxd8
And recaptured.

 
15. Bxb5
and the knight is recaptured. Stockfish is now giving a slight edge to white.

 
15... Be6
Normal development

 
16. O-O-O+
Castling with check

 
16... Kc8
Tucks the king away

 
17. Kb2
protecting a2. Stockfish prefers Rd2
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17... c6
Attacking the bishop

 
18. Ba4
Bishop drops back
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18... Rd8
Contesting the open file

 
19. e4
Presumably with thoughts of mobilising white's king side majority
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19... Nf8
Knight drops back. Presumably with thoughts of exchanging rooks, playing Nd7 and moving the king to d8 and e7 to mobilise the Ra8

 
20. f3
Stockfish prefers 20.f4

 
20... Nd7
Oh, I was expecting the rook exchange first.

 

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