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1. e4
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I played this game at my club a couple days ago and decided to annotate it today. I sacrificed a pawn in the opening for superior development. |
 
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1... Nf6
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Alekhine's defense, I want to entice White's central pawns forward so I can undermine them while White's centre will be left with weaknesses |
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2. Nc3
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This is the best move against Alekhine, because e5 is overextensive. |
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2... d5
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This is the most active move. All others will yield White the advantage. |
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3. exd5
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Other choices are Nxd5 and e5. |
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3... Bg4
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Instead of recapturing, I decide to develop another piece. |
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4. f3
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Althought it seems White has won a tempo, f3 weakens the a7-g1 diagonal, and takes away the knight's best square. |
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4... Bf5
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I can simply move, while White's weakness stays |
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5. Bc4
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White holds onto the pawn. |
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5... c6
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My sacrifice. |
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6. dxc6 Nxc6
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For compensation for the pawn, I have superior development and more control of centre. |
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7. Nge2 e5
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It's easy for me to make good developing moves as a result of my sacrifice. |
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8. O-O Bc5+
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White wouldn't have been able to castle if he'd waited a move becauase of the weakness on the g1-a7 diagonal. |
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9. Kh1 h5
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preparing a kingside attack. |
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10. d3
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White is about to complete development, so I need to do something drastic while I still have a lead in development |
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10... Ng4
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This move threatens Nf2 so White must accept my knight sacrifice. |
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11. fxg4 hxg4
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For compensation for the knight, I now have an open h-file to White's king, and I have another threat Rxh2 followed by Qh4 mate. |
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12. g3
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This stops Qh4, and it was here I realized I was losing, and that my attack wasn't as good as I envisioned it to be.
Now I'm down a knight for nothing, and it must take a miracle to win now. |
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12... Kd7
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Sometimes all it takes is an odd-looking move to throw your opponent off. My opponent had a defensive move here d4 which would have given him time to defend properly. I guess White was thrown off by my obscure move it caused him to blunder. |
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13. Rxf5
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White greedily snaps off another of my pieces, not seeing the real reason I played Kd2. |
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