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ANNOTATED GAME

Channucha
antonio37 (1254) vs. mowhawk (1398)
Annotated by: mowhawk (1300)
Chess opening: Giuoco Piano (C50), four knights variation
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1. e4
standard king's pawn opening

 
1... e5 2. Nf3 Nc6
I always play nc6 in this opening

 
3. Bc4 Bc5 4. Nc3
normally as white, I play c3, so this was expecting to me
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4... Nf6 5. d3 O-O 6. Nd5
This caught me totally off guard. I was not expecting a attack so soon...
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6... Nxd5
so I took it

 
7. Bxd5 Ne7
probably a mistake in my side
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8. Nxe5
I didn't realize he could take the pawn

 
8... Nxd5 9. exd5 Re8
a desperate attempt to win back some material

 
10. d4
the doubled pawns make him weaker, but they threaten my bishop

 
10... Bb6 11. O-O d6
maybe a mistake to chase away the knight?
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12. Nd3 Qf6
I don't know why I played this. It seems kind of reckless.

 
13. c3
a good move, my queen is out there doing nothing

 
13... Bf5 14. Nf4 Rad8 15. Re1 Rxe1+
I shouldn't have taken it, it gives up the open file

 
16. Qxe1 a6
no point to this

 
17. a4 Ba7 18. Ra2
maybe just a waiting move, I think we were wondering who would attack first
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18... Bb1
my turn

 
19. Ra1 Bf5 20. b4
he is trying to trap my bishop

 
20... c5
trying to trade off pieces
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21. dxc5 dxc5 22. b5 axb5 23. axb5 Bb8 24. Ra8
this move is still puzzling to me, why did he just try to attack me?

 
24... Bc7 25. Rxd8+ Bxd8
trading down, probably a bad idea because I was down on material

 

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