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My brother once told me I'm prone to neglect my defence in my eagerness to attack, this game proves his point, I am white here. |
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1. e4
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go back |
 
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1... e5 2. Nf3
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My usual opening, an attacking and developing move |
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2... Nf6
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the Petrov counterattack |
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3. Nxe5
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This is the way I used to play this kind of game, 3.d4 is better for white I think. |
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3... Qe7
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threatening the knight, perhaps a bit early for queen development. 3...d6 may be better |
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4. d4
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holding my ground! Its best to be bold in such situations, in any case, if I moved my knight, 4...Nxe4 sets up for 5...Nc3 ! which loses my queen |
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4... Nxe4
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black retakes the pawn and pins my knight |
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5. Bd3
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trying to chase away the knight, also clears the way to castle |
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5... d5
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instead of retreating, black reinforces, this is a stubborn way to resist and ensures white does not gain the initiative in the centre, this makes for an interesting battle for the black knight in the centre. Petrov openings often look like this about this stage |
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6. O-O
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moving the king to safety and bringing a rook into the fray |
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6... Nc6
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now my knight has been unpinned I can deal with this threat |
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7. Bb5
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I choose to utilise a pin |
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7... a6
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trying to chase away the bishop |
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8. Nxc6
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gains the knight. Note, 8...bxc6? loses a rook to 9.Bxc6 |
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8... Qd7
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interposes the pin in the worst possible way, but black has to save his queen |
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9. Na7
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a disasterous move, white throws away his advantage, I should have played 9.Ba4 maintaining the pin, black could then take the knight with his pawn but he would be left with doubled pawns and one pinned to queen and king |
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9... axb5
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the obvious move |
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10. Nxc8
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an exchange is the only use for my trapped knight |
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10... Qxc8 11. Nd2
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getting ready to take on e4, an exchange which benefits white |
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11... f5
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gives extra protection to the knight but opens up the important h5-e8 diagonal, a white assault is imminent |
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