ANNOTATED GAME

Anderssen's Opening
kluskie vs. thechosenoneii
Annotated by: kluskie (1200)
Chess opening: Anderssen's opening (A00)
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1. a3
First move for the Anderssen Opening.

 
1... d5 2. d4
I went for the center to try and gain center control.

 
2... Nc6 3. Nf3
Reinforced my control of the center, protecting my pawn.

 
3... Bg4 4. Nbd2
Moved my knight here because I am guessing he is going to try and take my knight on f3, so instead of moving a pawn and giving more advantage to him with gaps in my pawn structure, I set my knight on d2 to protect it.

 
4... Bxf3 5. Nxf3
I was right, he took my knight, so I take his. :)

 
5... Nf6 6. e3
Reinforcing the center once more.

 
6... a6 7. c4
I am challenging his control on the center, hoping he takes my pawn and lets me take center.

 
7... e6 8. Qc2
Instead he reinforces his pawn, so I reinforce mine with the queen.

 
8... Ne4 9. Bd3
This is a good move I noticed afterward. Not only does this piece reinforce c4, it challenges his knight on e4.

 
9... f5 10. b4
Not sure what I was doing here, but I feel like I was giving myself some room to breathe in my defense and reclaiming more tiles.

 
10... Be7 11. O-O
Castled.

 
11... O-O 12. Bb2
Protecting d4.

 
12... Bf6 13. Rfc1
Protecting the queen just in case. :)

 
13... Rc8 14. cxd5
At this point I went ahead and took his center pawn because he had no idea what was going on, so I am now trying to secure the center.

 
14... exd5 15. Bxa6
Trying to open some holes for possible future checkmate. (I had enough advantage already I could sacrifice some pieces because I knew he had no idea what to do against this opening.)

 
15... bxa6 16. Qxc6
I saw a free knight, so I took it. :D

 
16... Rf7 17. Ne5
Went to challenge his rook.

 
17... Bxe5 18. dxe5
Again, he wasn't sure what to do, so he instinctively took my knight, so I took his bishop with my pawn.

 
18... Nd2 19. Rcd1
Again, I have no idea what he was thinking here, so I just kept challenging his pieces and moving in for the kill (checkmate.)

 
19... Nb3 20. Rab1
He tried to take my rook, so I moved it over.

 

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