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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)
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21. Rxd3
White retakes. Can't find any intermezzo moves.

 
21... Rd8
Black wants to simplify even more.
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22. Rxd8+
White needs to activate the King very soon and start trading down pawns so that the two Bishops get room to maneuver. (White is complying to blacks plan to reduce material while being a pawn up)

 
22... Bxd8
Analysis: White has two Bishops, black is on an active diagonal h2-b8, white on b1-h7. Black has a black Bishop and a Knight, has some space advantage and is one pawn up. Plan: Activate the King and clear some space (i.e. remove some pawns) to be able to utilize the Bishop pair more effectively?
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23. f4
Open up for the King and offer a trade of pawns. ([?] The text turns out to be a blunder and the loosing move.)

 
23... Bc7
(!) Nice move by black. White looses the two bishops. Black will get a passed protected pawn and white will have doubled pawns...

 
24. fxg5
White has to comply. The other options are not any better. White hopes to get a more active king than black.

 
24... Bxg3
As expected

 
25. hxg3
The only response.

 
25... hxg5
Now black has a protected passed pawn... not a pretty sight if you play white. White wants to keep black pawns on white squares where they can be attacked.

 
26. Kf2
Centralizing the king

 
26... f5
Pushing the pawn with tempo

 
27. Bd3
Retreating

 
27... Kf7
Centralizing king supporting the passed pawn

 
28. Ke3
White is aiming toward the queen side. It's the only counter play that exist. Aiming for d4, c5 and d6.

 
28... Kf6
Supporting passed pawn.

 
29. Kd4
As planned

 
29... Nd7
Moving the Knight to an active position and stopping the white king from entering the queen side.

 
30. b4
Trying to execute my counter play on the queen side. (The following moves till the end where played quite fast, ca 30 minutes for all moves.)

 
30... e5+
Pushing the passed pawn with tempo...

 

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