Annotated chess game: A close one

ANNOTATED GAME

A close one
mas5053 vs. theancientbeast
Annotated by: theancientbeast (1382)
Chess opening: Hippopotamus defence (B00)

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1. e4 Nh6	One of my favorite openings as Black.
	1 comment mariodag (1939) on 26-Feb-11: One of the worst moves to do...Don't know why you played that...Only 14% of games black wins.


2. d4 g6 3. Bxh6	I think that every time someone has taken that Knight, I end up winning.
	1 comment nuntar (1702) on 26-Feb-11: White should definitely avoid the capture, leaving Black with a weak knight on the rim. But even after the exchange, White is objectively better; assuming no subsequent blunders, the bishop will eventually have to return to g7, losing tempo. Of course, your previous games prove that it's easy to blunder by overlooking the attack of the bishop on h6 -- a place one doesn't normally expect it to be.


3... Bxh6 4. Qf3 O-O 5. Bc4	Exploiting the weakness of the f7 square.
	1 comment nuntar (1702) on 26-Feb-11: Except not. It's defended. White should be playing the knight to f3, not the queen.


5... e6 6. d5 a6 7. dxe6 dxe6 8. Ne2 Qd6 9. O-O b5	Pushing away the Bishop.



10. Bb3 Bb7 11. Nbc3	Connecting the Rooks.



11... Nc6	Now that both players have castled their Kings into safety and developed all of their pieces, the battle gets bloody.



12. Rad1 Qe5 13. Ng3 Rad8 14. Rxd8	Trade accepted.



14... Nxd8	I thought it was better than 14....Rxd8, so that my Rook could protect the f7 square.
	1 comment abdalmonem (1200) on 26-Feb-11: No,better was Rxd8 to control the d-file. Black doesn't attack f7 except with the queen. Now white can play Rd1.


15. a3 Nc6 16. Re1 Na5 17. Ba2 c5 18. b4 Nc4 19. Bxc4 bxc4 20. bxc5 Qxc5 21. Qf6	This move scared me. Looking back, I should have played Bg7. It probably would have saved my Bishop.
	1 comment abdalmonem (1200) on 26-Feb-11: Why did this scare you? your position is better. You can play Bg7.


21... Bd2 22. Re2 Bxc3 23. Qxc3 Qg5 24. Qxc4 Rc8 25. Qd3 Qc1+ 26. Nf1 f5	Trying to get mate on g2.
	1 comment nuntar (1702) on 26-Feb-11: The mate threat is too easy to defend against, and you're exposing your king.


27. exf5 Qg5 28. f3 Rf8 29. Rxe6 Rxf5 30. Ng3	Breaking the pin, which he needs to do.
	1 comment marko_tanic1 (1805) on 02-Feb-14: Maybe 30. Re8+ was better for white, because white can exchange rooks afterwards. White has two extra pawns, one of which is passed, so he should try to exchange pieces. A variation would go like this: 30. Re8+ Rf8 31. Qc4+ Bd5 32. Rxf8+ Kxf8 and white can play Qc5+ with winning position. If 31. ... Qd5, then 32. Rxf8+ Kxf8 33. Qxd5 Bxd5 and white has exchanged most of the pieces, so with passed c pawn and an extra pawn on king's side, white should win here.


30... Qc1+ 31. Nf1 Qg5 32. Ng3 Qc1+	At this point, I am trying for a draw.



33. Kf2 Rd5 34. Re8+ Kg7 35. Qc3+ Kh6 36. Qe3+ Qxe3+	i have to take it.



37. Kxe3 Rc5 38. Re7 Bd5 39. Kd3 Bc4+ 40. Kd4	I thought I had lost one of my minors here.



40... Rc8 41. c3 Bb3 42. Ne4 Rc4+ 43. Kd3 a5 44. Nd6 Ra4 45. Nb5	?? Lets me fork on next move.



45... Bc4+ 46. Kc2 Bxb5