Annotated chess game: The Lame Knight

ANNOTATED GAME

The Lame Knight
oops_you_lose (750) vs. mother1905 (908)
Annotated by: oops_you_lose (1200)
Chess opening: Alekhine's defence (B03)

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1. e4	White starts out with the very solid 1. e4.



1... Nf6	Black responds by preemptively taking out his knight with 1...Nf6? This blunder allows White to attack the Knight and take more central territory.
	2 comments binblaster (1200) on 13-Apr-12: Not a blunder. This is Alekhine and it is sound. dmaestro (1636) on 13-Apr-12: This is not a blunder at all? Try looking up openings first.


2. e5 Nd5 3. d4	Taking even more central territory. White's advantage right now is decisive.
	2 comments binblaster (1200) on 13-Apr-12: You do not have a decisive advantage here. This is currently book line stuff. dmaestro (1636) on 13-Apr-12: Nonsense, this position is well known and the game is even.


3... c6 4. c4	Taking even more territory. Black's knight is feeling heavy pressure, and is nothing but a liability for Black at this point.
	3 comments binblaster (1200) on 13-Apr-12: I don't like 3. ...c6. I would think that now would be the time to lash out at the white center with 3. ...d6 dmaestro (1636) on 13-Apr-12: ...d6 leads to a good game. c6 is weaker. blitzkov (1200) on 15-Apr-12: yeah


4... Nb4 5. a3 g6	Realizing his knight was a major liability, Black smartly decides to sacrifice it.
	2 comments binblaster (1200) on 13-Apr-12: What?? You mean black blundered the knight not sacrificed it! What possible compensation could black get from this sacrifice?? dmaestro (1636) on 14-Apr-12: Huh?? This is an obvious blunder. He should have retreated the N.


6. axb4 Qb6 7. Qd2 h5	Black initiates a kingside attack. Majorly behind in development and pieces, will it be successful?
	3 comments binblaster (1200) on 13-Apr-12: The attack has no chance of succeeding against a reasonable defence. schakertje (1200) on 13-Apr-12: This is my advice for a pawn-attack: don't do anything! Why? because you can just close the pawn attacks with pushing the pawns ahead when they are attacked. It sounds confusing, but its true, just try to close the line. Without good back-up, pawn attacks are useless. The pawn are also more vulnerable after the attack has failed because all the pawns are moved forward away from defense! If you get behind it with a knight or rook or queen, you can easily eat them. dmaestro (1636) on 14-Apr-12: This "attack" simply weakens black further.


8. c5 Qc7 9. Bc4 Bh6 10. Qc2	A high-level move, allowing White's queen to supervise both bishops at once.
	1 comment schakertje (1200) on 13-Apr-12: Try to develop pieces! You will become a much better player if you do!


10... Bg7	Instead of taking White's unblocked dark-square bishop, Black wisely blocks his own bishop.
	1 comment dmaestro (1636) on 14-Apr-12: Exchanges are usually not good when behind.


11. Nf3	Continuing development. Transition to a normal mainline is still possible.
	2 comments binblaster (1200) on 13-Apr-12: A normal mainline that includes black being a piece down? I think not... dmaestro (1636) on 14-Apr-12: No way! Black misplayed a good defense and blundered a piece and weakened his kingside. This is not normal


11... e6 12. Bg5 Rf8	Black moves his rook for no discernible reason.



13. Nc3 f6	Major blunder.



14. Qxg6+ Rf7 15. exf6 Bh8	Another major blunder, allowing White to force checkmate.



16. Qg8+ Rf8 17. f7#	After a series of conditional moves, White wins the game.
	3 comments dmaestro (1636) on 14-Apr-12: Good checkmate. blitzkov (1200) on 15-Apr-12: i did NOT ENJOY THE GAME dragon_checkmate (1877) on 16-Apr-12: Neither did I.