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1. d4 Nf6 2. Bf4 g6 3. Nf3 d6 4. Nbd2 Bg7 5. e4
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Up to here, a model. Now, even if normally black avoids this move somehow, it is good for white, but the game follows an entire different path from the normal attack that takes place after d4 from black. |
 
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5... Nbd7 6. c3
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Instead of the normal c4, white tries to limitate black's action. |
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6... O-O 7. Be2
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The purpose of this bishop is to take BxN if ever black goes Nh5 or Ng5. It doesn't happen in this game, so probably it is not a wise move. Bc4 leads to a completely different attack from white, using Qb3 and Ng5 to press on the white diagonal. |
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7... e6 8. Nf1
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Black is playing quietely, so I decided to try another plan. The standard one being h3, Nh2, etc. It is kinda slow, so I try this one that is also very slow... maybe slower. But both of us, incredibly, overlooked that the pawn in e4 is "en prise"... |
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8... b6
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Good idea from black. I underestimated this move during the game. |
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9. Ne3
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The idea is to support g4, g5, and once the knigh has flawn, h4 etc., castling long. |
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9... Bb7
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Now even now we realized e4 was under attack and undefended. |
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10. Qc2
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Thinking that the pawn was attacked only by the bishop, I defended it with the queen... |
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10... Bxe4
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And now it all became clear. Can this be a kind of "sac"? |
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11. Bd3 Bxd3
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Better BxN, I hoped to be able to take gxf3 in order to open some potentially useful lines. Wihtout much hope, to be truthful... |
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12. Qxd3 Rc8 13. h3 Re8
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Where to castle? Under the circumstances, castling long - the default plan - seems unwise. |
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14. O-O e5
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But I overlooked this one, that wins a piece. Wonderful performance, really! |
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15. dxe5 dxe5
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Why wait e4? |
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16. Nxe5 Nxe5 17. Qb5 c6
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Foreseen, and lethal. The piece is lost with no compensation. |
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18. Qb3 Qe7 19. Rfe1 Qf8
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This bad place for the queen can be useful... |
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20. Re2 Rcd8 21. Rae1
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Sets a potential threat. |
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21... Nd5
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Tactician's lovers: give yourself a gift analyzing this. BxN, RxB, NxN, Re4xN and all remains the same, so I went for... |
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22. Nxd5 Rxd5 23. c4
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Not much, but better than nothing. |
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23... Rc5 24. Bg3
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Threatening f4, desperately trying to squeeze the position in order to take some advantage or provoke some mistake. |
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24... b5 25. f4
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Nevertheless. We'll see where the queen will go (don't play like this, never :-) |
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