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ANNOTATED GAME

How to fight the Queens pawn
chris16 (1938) vs. vonbonkisback (1925)
Annotated by: vonbonkisback (1200)
Chess opening: Queen's pawn, Mason variation (D00)
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1. d4 d5 2. Bf4 Bf5
Seems, we both know the ropes...

 
3. e3 Nd7 4. Nc3 e6 5. Nf3 Bd6 6. Bxd6 cxd6
This gives us 2 Queens pawns... Háh!...

 
7. Bd3 Ne7
Black reached a favourable position...

 
8. O-O O-O 9. a4 a6 10. Bxf5
Loses tempo, better first 10. a5 Rc8...

 
10... Nxf5 11. Qd3 Nh4
The only way, to stir up some dust, and some forced moves...

 
12. Nxh4 Qxh4 13. Rfe1
13. f3 Nf6 (or Nb8, e4, Nc6) 14. e4 Rfe8 (too early for Qh5, etc.) 15. exd5 exd5 16. Ne2 is probably better...

 
13... Rac8 14. e4 dxe4 15. Rxe4 Qg5
I liked this better, then 15. ... Qf6 16. Re3 d5 17. a5!...

 
16. Re3 d5
Whites second d-pawn comes in handy, now. Better, then 16. ... Qa5 17. Ne4 (b4, Qxb4, Rb1, Qa5, Rxb7, Nf6) Rc6 18. Rg3 Qb6 19. b3!

 
17. Rg3
17. a5 Qg6 18. Qxg6 hxg6 19. Ra4 is probably better...

 
17... Qe7 18. Re1
18. Nd1 Nf6 19. a5 Ne4...

 
18... Qb4 19. Rd1 Rc6
No good is 19. ... Kh8 20. Rh3 h6 21. g4! Qe7 22. f4!

 
20. Qe2
20. Qd2 Kh8 21. ... Nf6...

 
20... g6 21. Qd2
Any idea's, for white? The main threat now, is Nb6...
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21... Rfc8 22. Rd3
22. f4 Nb6 23. f5 exf5 24. Qh6 R6c7 25. Rh3 f6 26. Qh4 Re8 27. Qxf6 Nxa4...

 
22... Nb6 23. Qc1
23. Rb1 a5... Pawn a4 is lost, after all my warnings...

 
23... Nxa4 24. Nxa4 Qxa4 25. c3 b5 26. Qe3
26. Qa1 Qxa1 27. Rxa1 b4, is surely better... Now follows a forced continuation, and black reaches a favourable position...

 
26... b4 27. cxb4 Qxb4 28. Rb3 Rc6c1 29. Rxc1 Rxc1+ 30. Qxc1 Qxb3 31. Qd2 a5 32. f4 a4 33. Kf2 h5 34. Ke2
Slowly, but surely, white is losing control over the situation... 34. g3 Kg7...

 
34... Qc4+
Hurry up, now: 34. ... h4 35. Kf2...

 
35. Kf2 Kg7
Postponing f6, as well as Qa2... Never spoil a good threat...

 
36. g3
36. Kg3, probably Qf1! 37. h4 Kf6...

 

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