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This was from another chess site... argh, sorry GameKnot! But, it was a cool game that involved a nice Bishop sacrifice which led to a nice mating attack. |
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1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4
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Standard Sicilian so far. |
 
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4... e5
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e5, we move into the Labourdonnais-Loewenthal variation... cool name for sure! |
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5. Nb5
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and this move adds (Kalashnikov) to the variation name... I wonder what the longest variation name in Chess Database of openings is. Anyone know? |
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5... Nf6
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Nf6, attack my king pawn, naturally. |
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6. Nb1c3
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Nb1c3, and I have an awkward position to say the least. |
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6... Bb4
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Bb4, logical move, pin my knight. |
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7. a3 Ba5
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This was an interesting play. I think Bxc3 might have been better, but let's see how it plays out. |
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8. Nd6+
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Nd6 , this was simply played to prevent black from castling. |
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8... Ke7 9. Be3
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My dark square bishop is eyeing c5... |
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9... Bxc3+ 10. bxc3 Ne8
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Black has to boot my Knight out, but I'm looking at two good diagonals for my bishops on c4 and c5 |
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11. Bc5 Nxd6 12. Bxd6+
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One bishop attacking... |
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12... Ke8 13. Bc4
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...two bishops attacking... |
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13... Qa5
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Qa5, a nice threat, but this move takes Blacks queen away from the main action of my attack and doesn't offer enough of a counter attack. I think better was b5. |
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14. Qd2
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I looked at Qf3 also, but for some reason chose this instead. I don't know why anymore, can anyone else tell me? |
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14... h5
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Black now is showing his intentions of getting his king side rook involved, maybe this is why I didn't move Qf3 on the previous move... |
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15. O-O Rh6
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as expected |
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16. f4
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This was the key move for me. It exposes my king to an easy check, but that's what I want. Then Black can move his knight to a5 and double attack my bishops, but he didn't look any further than that... |
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16... Qb6+
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Just as I had hoped... |
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17. Kh1 Na5
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... and the trap is set. Black is thinking he is going to end up with a bishop advantage, but I had sacrifice planned from the time f4 was played. |
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18. Bxf7+
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and it begins |
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(1960)