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Hi all! This is the first game in a very fun team match. I have the Black pieces, and I experiment with the Dutch Defense--though it quickly turns into more of a Dutch Attack! I thought it was a very entertaining game; I hope you enjoy it!
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1... f5
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The Dutch Defense. I'm not very familiar with all the theory, but I'm eager to learn it more thoroughly!
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2. Bg5
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This is one of a few so-called 'anti-Dutch' lines. Black's dark squares in the center are notoriously weak, so this aims (among other things) to take advantage of them.
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2... g6 3. Nd2 Nh6
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I found a couple of mentions of this little Knight maneuver in the literature. I thought it was interesting, so I wanted to try it. The idea is to plant the Knight on f7 to lend support to the e5 and g5 squares weakened by Black's first move.
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4. e4 Nf7
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And the maneuver is complete! Now to see if it's as strong as I want it to be.
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5. Be3 fxe4 6. Nxe4 Bg7
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Both sides keep developing, albeit the pattern is a little strange thanks to the Knight maneuver and exchange in the middle.
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7. Bc4
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? It looks like a natural place to develop this Bishop, but unfortunately it also loses a piece.
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7... d5
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Forking Bishop and Knight.
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8. Bb5+
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Not particularly effective, I think.
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8... c6 9. Bd3 dxe4 10. Bxe4
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Black's isolated e-pawn is now his only real weakness, and he's up a Knight for a pawn. All he has to do now is hang on to that advantage.
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10... Bf5
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So Black gives White an opportunity to help him out.
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11. Bxf5 gxf5
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Now the e-pawn is no longer isolated. The more Black can trade down, the more his extra piece will be worth.
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12. Qd3
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Threatening f5 and preparing to castle queenside if White wants to.
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12... Nd6
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In retrospect I think 12...Qd7 was stronger, maintaining my claim to e5 in preparation for a pawn advance.
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13. Ne2 Qb6
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Threatening to win b2 and putting pressure on d4.
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14. Rb1
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Probably the best way to defend, and get the Rook off the long diagonal. White should be on the lookout now for opportunities to advance d4-d5 and discover an attack on the BQ.
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14... e6
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Attempting to free the Knight from defense duty, but I think this is actually pretty weak. In fact, the placement of this pawn on e6 will prove to hound me for the rest of the game.
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15. O-O Qa5 16. a3
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Defending the a-pawn, but I think Qb3 was much stronger.
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16... Nd7
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This Knight is hoping to make a journey across to the kingside. Now that White has castled over there, Black intends to use his open lines to blast in--or at least force some more favorable exchanges.
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17. b4 Qc7 18. Nf4
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Very strong place for this Knight.
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