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1. Nf3
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This was a Gameknot game I played. |
 
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1... d5 2. g3 c5 3. Bg2 Nc6 4. d4
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She turns it into a reversed Grünfeld Defence
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gr%C3%BCnfeld_Defence
I would have preferred a reversed King's Indian Defence
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/King%27s_Indian_Defence |
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4... Nf6 5. O-O e6
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I am playing one of the quieter ways of handling it. |
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6. c4
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I suspect we are both using opening databases. |
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6... dxc4 7. dxc5 Qa5
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I thought I may give her more problems with the queens on. |
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8. Qc2 Bxc5 9. Qxc4
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so we both have recaptured the pawns. |
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9... O-O
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We are coming to the end of the opening databases, and Gameknot post-match computer seems to think we both start making mistakes... |
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10. e4
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This seems a reasonable move, seizing territory, but Gameknot computer prefers 10. Bd2 |
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10... e5
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and this seems reasonable, stopping the pawn from advancing again, but Gameknot computer prefers … b6 |
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11. Nc3
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And here the Gameknot computer likes 11. Bd2 |
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11... Be6
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I didn't think I had any advantage here, and the Gameknot computer agrees. |
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12. Qe2 Rfd8 13. Bg5 Bg4 14. Bxf6
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I wasn't too afraid of my pawns being doubled - I felt on an open board like this, the bishops are better than knights and the doubled pawns give an element of central control. In particular e5 is protected by a pawn now. |
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14... gxf6 15. Nd5
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This is a good move, forcing me to defend. |
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15... Kg7
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Like so. I now have a threat of Nd4. |
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16. Qe1
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Which she neatly side-steps.
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16... Qxe1
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So I take the queens off. |
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17. Rfxe1
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She takes back. |
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17... Rac8
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I centralise the other rook, wondering how on earth I'm going to win this.... |
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18. Rec1 Nd4
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I advance my knight. |
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19. Nxd4
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She takes. |
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