Annotated by stevetaylor (1726): This game shows the problem which can occur when you are not careful with your king's file.
It is all going fairly evenly for a while... Fairly standard Ruy Lopez. An interesting move. Maintains protection of the King's pawn by protecting the threatened knight with the other knight.
This implies that Black will financhetto his dark square bishop which will allow more force to be…
Annotated by ddbjean (1200): A typical, ueventful Ruy Lopez opening ... Bad moves as the knight in e7 hinders the development of the black bishop. It is also cramp black position as castling on the king side becomes more difficult. c5!? freeing up c2 as a retreat path for the bishop on b3, allowing the knight on b1 to be developed on c3 and challenging black center. Preferable was the less aggressive but…
