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Brand new to the site, I was taking any games that came my way. This challenge by kradwan was one of them. |
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1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 d6
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I am told this is Philidor's Defense. I guess I need to review that in the database sometime. |
 
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3. Be2
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I always find the pin on my King's Knight somewhat annoying. |
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3... Nf6 4. d3
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Defending e4 and opening a line for my Queen's Bishop. |
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4... h6
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To stop a pin on his King's Knight. |
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5. O-O Be7 6. Nc3 O-O
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While I am not completely developed, I like my development better than Black's. |
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7. d4 exd4 8. Nxd4 c5 9. Nf3 Bg4 10. h3 Bxf3 11. Bxf3
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I do believe I lost some tempos in those exchanges. |
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11... Nbd7 12. Bf4
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Threatening to pick up a pawn. |
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12... g5
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Black either missed the loss of his pawn or felt he had sufficient compensation for it. |
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13. Bxd6 Bxd6 14. Qxd6 Re8 15. Rad1
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Well, other than a pawn, it doesn't seem I had gained all that much at this point. I did have my eye on the b7 pawn at this point, and was considering e5 as my continuation. |
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15... Qe7 16. Nb5
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Advancing my Knight into an attacking position. |
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16... Qxd6 17. Rxd6
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My post-game analysis shows NxQ may have been better. One potential alternative could have gone as follows: 17. NxQ, Reb8; 18. e5, Ndxe5; 19. Bxb7 |
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17... Rec8
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Stopping the fork I was hoping to deliver. |
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18. e5
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This threatens the Knight at f6 and a Bishop fork at b7. |
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18... a6 19. Nc3
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A knee-jerk reaction!! I think 19. Bxb7 was better. |
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19... Nh7 20. Rxd7
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Taking an immediate three while maintaining the threat on b7. |
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20... Rcd8 21. Rxb7 Rd2 22. Rc1 Re8 23. Rb6
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I am willing to trade pawns at this point, particularly as my e5 pawn is fairly vulnerable anyhow. My real concern was Re6, fortunately Black elected to exchange pawns. |
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23... Rxe5 24. Rxh6
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The h6 pawn was definitely the more attractive of the two for me as I now attacked the h7 Knight with a potential Bishop fork at e4 if Black was able to capture at c2 somehow. |
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24... Re6
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Now comes Re6!! But now I spot something I probably should have seen sooner, so........... |
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25. Rxe6 fxe6 26. Na4
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This is the move I should have seen earlier. |
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26... c4
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Avoids the unnecessary loss of the c pawn but still allows the fork on the a and e pawns. |
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