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1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 a6
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A standard Ruy Lopez openning. |
 
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5. Bxc6 dxc6 6. Nxe5
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Black has lost a pawn but has the ability to develope the centre pieces more quickly. |
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6... Bd6 7. Bf4
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The knight is too far forward to receive enough support to compensate for the attacks that can be brought to bear on it. |
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7... Qe7
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White cannot back down now as the knight is pinned to the bishop and the bishop is undefended. |
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8. d4
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The pawn is recovered |
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8... Nxe4 9. O-O O-O 10. Re1
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Trying to build a discovered attack on the black queen. |
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10... Bf5
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Unwise as the pawn can be advanced to force the knight to move, or perhaps black is hoping for that to allow the diagonal containing to white king to become more open. |
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11. f3 Bxe5 12. fxe4 Bxf4 13. exf5 Qf6
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The f pawn will now become very difficult to defend. |
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14. g3 Bd6 15. Qd3 Rfe8 16. Nd2 b5 17. Ne4 Qxf5 18. Kg2
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Preventing a deep invastion of Qh3 |
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18... Rad8 19. Re2
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Preparing to double rooks in order to break through at black's back rank. |
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19... Re6 20. Rf1 Qd5
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Pins the white knight to the King, holding it there to give the rooks time to double up. |
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21. Qf3
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Breaks the pin and threatens Black's king. |
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21... f6 22. c3
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Defending the weak centre pawn and preventing ...Bb4 |
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22... c5
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Attemping to break through the centre |
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23. Nxf6+
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Forking the undefended black queen and king whilst also attacking with the White Queen.
The game is lost. |
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