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1. Nf3
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Hi everyone!
I thought that was the end of the annotating on the above theme, but no, I remember another one, against a buddy of mine (a carpenter) who left gameknot a year ago and has still not returned to the board. Brace yourself, this game is quite a marathon, it lasted 73 moves all in all and although it looked a comprehensive victory from me at the end, boy did the game not seasaw! White starts off with the Reti Opening, 1. Nf3. |
 
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1... c6
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1. ....... c6 - rather non-committal but could be a preparation for d5. |
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2. g3 Nf6 3. c3 d6 4. Qb3 Qb6 5. Ng5 Qxb3 6. axb3
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6. axb3 - queen trade. |
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6... b6 7. Bg2 Bb7
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7. ....... Bb7 - a typical jstevens 1 position - the hedgehog. |
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8. O-O h6 9. Nf3 e6 10. d3 Be7
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10. ........ Be7 - development behind the hedgehog. |
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11. b4 a6
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11. ........ a6 - just one rank higher and that wall of pawns would have looked quite impressive! |
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12. Bh3 O-O
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12. ........ 0-0 - and now castles. |
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13. Nbd2 Nbd7
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13. ...... Nbd7 - both sides seem very conservative with their development - difficult to see who stands better here. |
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14. Re1 Rfe8 15. e4 e5
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15. ........ e5 - at last a black pawn gets on the 4th rank! |
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16. Bxd7 Nxd7
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16. ...... Nxd7 - and now a piece trade. |
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17. d4 f6 18. Nh4 exd4 19. cxd4
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19. cxd4 - pawn trade. |
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19... d5 20. exd5 cxd5
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20. ........ cxd5 - and another pawn trade, the position is now becoming much more open. |
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21. Nf5
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21. Nf5? - loses pawn as you will see. |
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21... Bxb4 22. Rxe8+ Rxe8 23. Nf3
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23. Nf3 - I am a pawn up but those white horsies are gonna be a bit of a handful. |
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23... a5 24. Bd2 Bf8
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24. ...... Bf8 - necessary to avoid a knight fork on d6. |
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25. b3 g5 26. g4 Re6 27. Kg2 Nb8
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27. ..... Nb8 - a retreat to its home square but there is some purpose in this, next move the horsie will jump to a6. |
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28. Kg3 Na6 29. h4 Kf7
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29. ...... Kf7? - I walk into a tactical melee which nearly costs me the game. |
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30. hxg5 hxg5 31. Bxg5
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31. Bxg5 - a pseudo sacrifice. |
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31... fxg5 32. Nxg5+
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32. Nxg5+ - a fork but luckily I will end up with 2 pieces for the rook. |
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32... Kf6 33. Nxe6 Kxe6
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33. ..... Kxe6 - material is even but look at those kingside passers! |
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