ANNOTATED GAME

Challenge from swingmaster68
ylelkes (1152) vs. swingmaster68 (1968)
Annotated by: swingmaster68 (1200)
Chess opening: Bird's opening (A03)
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1. f4
Bird Opening System

 
1... d5
Safe opening for black

 
2. e3
Opens the diagonal for Bishop at f1

 
2... Nf6
Continues black development

 
3. Nc3
Transposes to Dunst Opening

 
3... Bg4
Upsets white development by forcing Be2 or Nf3 to defend the Queen

 
4. Nf3
Dunst Opening and Pinning the knight to Queen

 
4... e6
Supports d5

 
5. h4
Be2 would been better, would released knight from pin.

 
5... Bd6
Clears way for castling and attacks f4.

 
6. Bd3
allows the short castle and attacks h7.

 
6... Nc6
Develops the knight and attacks e5 and d4

 
7. O-O
White moves king to safety

 
7... Nh5
Blocks white pawn at h4

 
8. a4
white seems to be trying to create space on Queen side

 
8... O-O
Black moves king to safety

 
9. b3
Opening up on Queenside but whites as 3 blackward pawns

 
9... d4
Black uses a lever move d4 to attack white pawn chain and creating isolated pawn at f4. Slighty better is Ng3

 
10. exd4
Hangs pawn at f4. Better is Ne4

 
10... Bxf4
Computer analysis calls Bxf4 a serious miscue by black and better is Nxd4 whichs leads to Qe1 and Nxf3 which forks King and Queen and easily resolved by Rxf3. I was playing for attack on h2.

 

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