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thegoodbishop 04-Feb-10, 16:50	Annotations Here is a good tight game that just sort of slipped away from me ... which I blame on my opponents superior positional play gameknot.com
ionadowman 05-Feb-10, 01:15	thegoodbishop... I've added some comments on that game. It might surprise you to know that up until move 33 Black had a fine game, and with a different 33rd move might well have won the game. Check it out... Cheers, Ion
taufiq 08-Feb-10, 08:33	... Nice annotation, Thegoodbishop ! Here's my new one.. --> gameknot.com
sonata296 08-Feb-10, 09:11	Both good annotations I wanted to present a short, but tricky game of mine. I hope you will take a look at it and leave some comments.   gameknot.com
thegoodbishop 08-Feb-10, 16:58	Well done sonata296 I enjoyed your game sonata, that bit with the bishop at the end was quite good. I'll be sure to keep an eye open for well thought out sneaky moves in our game. taufiq, your annotation was also very informative, unfortunately I was not able to read any further than the 1st page for some reason, will try latter.
taufiq 09-Feb-10, 11:31	Thegoodbishop, that's strange :/ Anyway, thanks for your comments !
thegoodbishop 09-Feb-10, 16:37	taufig I managed to read the rest taufig, great game, very enjoyable. I left some comments and asked a couple of questions.
taufiq 10-Feb-10, 08:02	... Thanks for your comments, thegoodbishop ! I tried to answer most of your questions, but I still don't know what Ion meant with a "thematic break"..
antagonistknight 10-Feb-10, 09:12	A "Thematic break" is typically a pawn push used to break up your opponent's position, and the thematic means that it is a very common occurrence in the opening/position you used.
ionadowman 10-Feb-10, 12:32	Thematic break... antagonistknight is correct. In King's Indian-type positions, in particular those in which Black has played ...e5, the move ...f5 is a 'leitmotif' of Black's play, striking at e4, or planning a further advance to f4, whereupon the g- and h-pawns advance into the attack. If White plays flabbily he can find himself completely overrun on the K-side. Here's the sort of thing that might happen - a pick-up game of a few years ago, under a 10-minute time control: White: R.E. Black: I.A.D. King's Indian Defence, 2006 1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.c4 d6 4.Nc3 Bg7 5.e4 0-0 6.Be3 Nd7 7.Be2 Ng4 8.Bd2 e5 9.d5 Nf6?! ... Over-cautious. Black could and probably ought to have played the 'thematic break' right now: 9...f5. 10.0-0 Nc5 11.Qc2 a5 Played to shore up the knight's position at c5. 12.Be3 b6 13.b3 Ng4 14.Bxc5 bxc5 15.Rfd1 f5 The thematic break. Already White is faced with the decision: ought he take on f5? It is often very unhealthy to do so, as Black can get a mobile pair of pawns charging down the board. 16.Bd3 f4 17.Be2 h6 18.a3 Nf6 19.h3 g5 20.Nh2 h5 21.Nf3 g5 w The sort of attack Black is aiming for. White has very little play on the other flank. 22.hxg4 hxg4 23.Nd2 Bb7 With some notion of reinforcing the attack by ...c6 etc 24.Qb2 Rb8 25.Re1 Qe8 26.Nb5 Qh5 27.Qc3 Kf7 28.Bd1 Rh8 29.Kf1 Qh1+ 30.Ke2 Qxg2 31.Qxa5 f3+ w Black's attack has broken through on the K-side, but the White King is fleeing to the Q-side. Meanwhile, White has conjured up some play on the Q-side. Quite a battle is in prospect! 32.Kd3 Rhc8 33.Rf1 Nh5 34.Nxc7 Bh6 35.Bc2 Ng3 36.Nb5 Ke7 37.Rfd1 Qxf2 38.Kc3 Qe3+ 39.Kb2 f2 w It looks all up for White, doesn't it? But White isn't dead yet! 40.a4 Bg5 41.Qb6 Bc6! 42.Qa7+ Bd7 43.Nf1 Nxf1 44.Rxf1 Ra8 45.Qb6 Bxb5 46.cxb5 g3 47.Rh1! Qd5+ 48.Ka2 Qc3 49.Qb7+ Kf6 50.Qd7 Qxc2+ 51.Ka3 ... b Black has won a piece, but now White's counterplay is very serious. How can Black gain time to attack? 51....Rxa4+!! 52.bxa4 Qc3+ 53.Ka2 Qc4+ 54.Kb2 Qb4+ 55.Kc2 Qxe4+ 56.Kb2 Qb4+ 57.Kc2 Qd2+ 58.Kb1 g2 59.Qxd6+ Kf5 60.Qe6+ Kf4 Surely White is running out of counterplay? w 61.Rh4+ Bxh4 62.Qh6+ Ke4!! Playing to the gallery. Probably 62...Bg5 was good enough, but this temporary 'sac' leads quickly to a finish. 63.Qxd2 g1=Q+ 64.Ka2 Qxa1+ 65.Kxa1 f1=Q+ 66.Ka2 Qc5+ 67.Kb1 Qd3+ 68.Qc2 Qxc2+ 69.Kxc2 Bd8 Shutting down for good any threat from the White pawns. White resigned here: 0-1.
easy19 10-Feb-10, 14:26	Good stuff ion. always a joy to read these worked out explanations. And i even learned something new here.. In dutch we do not use much of these chess terms. so a sentence like thematic break tells me nothing i always have to think hard to figure out what those English dude,s mean. Ow speaking of annotations i just made a suggestions about annotations on the main forum. I would like to here what you guy,s girls think of it. ? gameknot.com
antagonistknight 11-Feb-10, 05:18	Yet another good idea from Freddy. I would not think it would be to difficult to implement either, it should be similar to how your games in the games database are linked to you. They may not be able to retroactively link previous annotations, but they should be able to implement it for any new ones.
caknight 17-Feb-10, 23:19	Deleted by caknight on 06-Apr-10, 15:39.
concordborn 06-Apr-10, 08:03	The Opera Game I recently posted an annotation of a classic Morphy game played in Paris in 1858, the annotations are pretty light (and almost entirely Kasparov's) but the game is a classic and a beauty. Enjoy! gameknot.com
andywm 07-Apr-10, 20:22	Sonata...Great Job Nice playing sonata of the Feb game you annotated...very well played and you held off the initial onslaught nicely...that should have gotten you game of the month! andy
sonata296 08-Apr-10, 07:51	thanks Thank you for your kind comment andy! But it was played in an OTB tournament...so not on GK unfortunately, otherwise I would have posted it into GOTM

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