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ANNOTATED GAME
What to do with a huge lead in development?
claespiper (1473) vs. tag1153 (1446)
Annotated by: claespiper (1724)
Chess opening: Scandinavian defence, Lasker variation (B01)
claespiper (1473) vs. tag1153 (1446)
Annotated by: claespiper (1724)
Chess opening: Scandinavian defence, Lasker variation (B01)
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11. O-O |
Castled and fully developed. Now white have to figure out how to exploit the lead in development. | |||||||
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11... Nf6 |
Developing Knight and black is one move closer to castle. | |||||||
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12. Rd3 |
Preparing to double up on the d-file. | |||||||
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12... Nbd7 |
Developing the second Knight to central defensive position. | |||||||
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13. Rfd1 |
Double up on the d-file. White now has all pieces developed and all are placed centrally. | |||||||
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13... Be7 |
Develops black Bishop to a defensive position and black is now ready to castle. | |||||||
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14. Bg5 |
Attacking the defender of the Knight on d7 (i.e. if white takes Nf6, the other black Knight is free lunch for the Rook). The text will create a pin on the Knight on f6 when black castles. | |||||||
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14... O-O |
Black castles and is nicely tucked in behind his pawns and has defendable position. The text enhances the pin on the Knight at f6. (This is the position where white has a winning combination... Can you see it? I didn't... Scroll down for a small hint. Hint: One black piece is attacked twice but only defended once...) | |||||||
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15. Ne4 |
Bring another attacker in. Attacking the pinned piece. (My good friend ChessMaster 10th Edition ;-) helped me with this winning combination: RxN, NxR, BxB. Now Nd7 is attacked by Rd1 and Rf8 is attacked by Be7. Black Rook can't move to defend the Knight so black has to give up either Knight for nothing or Rook for Bishop.) | |||||||
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15... h6 |
Black wants to simplify... | |||||||
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16. Bh4 |
White doesn't. (The threat to take is often more effective than the execution.) White is opting to keep the tension up. | |||||||
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16... Rfd8 |
Black challenges the d-file and brings in another defender for the Knight on d7. Analysis: White own more space. Black has a solid defense. How can white improve the position or attack? Plan: I'll try to create an outpost on d6 for my Knight. Grabbing space at the same time... | |||||||
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17. c4 |
Space grabbing... with the target square of c5. Where the pawn will park and give support for a Knight outpost on d6. (This is where white looses the initiative and lets black run the game...) | |||||||
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17... g5 |
Space grabbing with threat. It also breaks the pin on f6. Bravo! But it also opens up the kings defense... | |||||||
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18. Bg3 |
Retreating, giving black the initiative... White did have the choice to trade a Bishop or Knight for two pawns, but didn't think it was a good trade. I expect another space grabbing pawn stab: g4. | |||||||
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18... Nb6 |
But the pawn stab didn't come. That would have weakened the defense to much. Instead black opens up for some reduction in material and attacks the undefended pawn at c4. How can I exploit the fact that Be4 looks overworked? (I.e. it's pinned to the defense of both Nf6 and Rd8.) (Blacks bishop is in fact not overworked, as the two guarded pieces are on the same diagonal) | |||||||
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19. b3 |
Defending c4, stopping any Knight movement on the queen side and grabbing space. If black takes Rd3, white retakes and will still own the d-file. | |||||||
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19... Nxe4 |
Black is keeping the initiative and trades a defensive Knight for an active Knight. If white takes with Bishop, it's posted on a more active diagonal (b1-h7). | |||||||
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20. Bxe4 |
White takes the Knight, but sees a pawn storm on the king side. Black can play d5! before or after trading rooks. (This is the position where black misses a winning combination. Scroll down for a hint... Hint 1: Whites black Bishop is almost trapped. How can you get to it? You need two moves, and the first needs to be forcing. Scroll down for another hint Hint 2: Push a pawn...) | |||||||
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20... Rxd3 |
Black simplifies still with one pawn up. ("ChessMaster recommends d5" (you know how it sounds ;-) threatening white Bishop and when the Bishop retreats. d6 and the black Bishop is trapped... I saw the threatening d5, but didn't stop to calculate the effects as can be seen on my previous note.) | |||||||
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