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ANNOTATED GAME

Mini Tournament 090
grey_panda (1463) vs. lethalia (1279)
Annotated by: grey_panda (1327)
Chess opening: St. George (Baker) defence (B00)
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1. e4
Keep On Threatin' As mentioned in a previous annotation I'm slowly learning not to go charging in but to let things develop better.

 
1... a6 2. Nf3 b5 3. c4
Unusual opening. I'm not keen on flank development at such an early stage. Not being an openings expert I fail to see the advantage.
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3... b4 4. d4
Going for the middle, if my opponent wants to go down the sides I shall let him.

 
4... h6 5. a3 e6 6. Bd2 c5 7. axb4 cxb4 8. c5
Cutting the f8 bishop off at the diagonals....

 
8... Nc6 9. d5 exd5 10. exd5 Nce7 11. Bxb4 Bb7 12. Bc4
Trying not to push the c/d pawns until I've got a good reason to choose which.

 
12... Nf6 13. Nc3 a5 14. Ba3 Ba6 15. Qd3 Bxc4 16. Qxc4 Qc8 17. O-O Nf5 18. Rfe1+ Kd8 19. Ne5
Looking at f7...
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19... Ke7 20. Nc6#
That was actually planned as a mate, I had a look at the exposed check a move before and my opponent played right into it.
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