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Another game from my French Defence mini tournament. I decided to annotate this one as I felt I played a lot better than I have in many games recently, I'd be interested to see if others agree or not with some of my move choices.
Analysis is available - http://gameknot.com/analyze-board.pl?bd=19076547&rnd=0.6846651595551521
In this game the white bishops proved to be a powerful force to be reckoned with.
Interestingly, so far in the tournament I have won more games as white than black |
 
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1... e6 2. d4 d5
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Starting position |
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3. Nd2
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Tarrasch, this is a rare move for me as generally I would go for Nc3 but I thought I would give it a try |
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3... Nf6 4. Bb5+ c6 5. Bd3 dxe4 6. Nxe4 Be7
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This takes us out of the Gameknot database where the moves were Nbd7 and Qxd4 |
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7. Nf3 Nbd7 8. Bf4
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Black looks a little cramped here to me |
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8... O-O 9. O-O b5
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Computer thinks this is an innacuracy prefering … Nxe4 10. Bxe4 Qb6 11. Rb1 Nf6 |
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10. Nfg5
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Looking to provoke h3 to weaken the pawns around the black king |
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10... g6
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I think this may be inaccurate as now black can only push my knight out by further weakening the pawns around the king |
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11. Qf3
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threatening Qh3 |
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11... Nh5 12. Be3
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I have no intention of swapping out my bishop and this also gives my queen more access to squares around the black king |
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12... f5
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I would say this is a blunder as it loses material as we will see. Computer calls it a mistake and prefers Nb6 13. g4 f5 followed by a flurry of exchanges |
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13. Nxe6 Qa5
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computer says this is a mistake preferring Ne5 14. dxe5 Bxe6 15. Nc5 Bd5 16. Qh3 Qa5 |
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14. Nxf8 Nxf8
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I would prefer Bxf8 here as black as the text allows me to play Bh6 later hemming the king in. Computer calls this a mistake preferring fxe4 15. Qxe4 Bxf8 16. Qxc6 Nb6 |
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15. Nc3
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threatens Bxb5 as the c6 pawn is pinned to the rook |
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15... Bb7 16. Bh6
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My plan now was to try to get my lsb on the a2-g8 diagonal, with hindsight I should probably have played a4 but for some reason I can't recall I didn't.
Computer says this is whites first mistake and it prefers Bxb5 Qc7 17. Bc4+ Kh8 18. d5 Bf6 |
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16... b4
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I'm happy with this as it lets my plan easier to execute |
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17. Nb5
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The pawn is still pinned but now to the black lsb. Computer calls this a mistake |
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17... Qb6
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traps the knight |
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18. Qe3
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My queen can now get to the a1 - h8 diagonal to complete my plan and if black takes my knight on b5 I can take his dsb which weakens black on the dark squares |
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18... cxb5 19. Qxe7 Ne6 20. Rfe1 Bd5 21. Re5
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Planning to sacrifice the rook with something like Rxf5, gxf5 Bxf5 which exposes the black king even further and threatens Qxh7# |
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