ANNOTATED GAME

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fiercequeen (2059) vs. chessanyone2010 (UR)
Annotated by: fiercequeen (1200)
Chess opening: Philidor (C41), Berger variation
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more accidents, on the board...
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4
a standard reaction against the Philidor: Black cannot allow dxe5...
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3... exd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Be7 6. Bd3
serving multiple purposes...
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6... a6 7. O-O b5 8. f4
no fear, for b5-b4: we take over the center...
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8... O-O 9. Be3 c5 10. Nf5 Bxf5 11. exf5 Qd7
hard to follow: Black had several better moves...
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12. g4
a bit brisky, for the White King: but it works...
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12... Nc6
finishing development: apart from solving the threat of Be4...
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13. g5 Ne8
only move...
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14. Nd5 c4 15. Be2
White has done enough damage: this is stronger than Be4...
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15... Bd8
Black acknowledges the problem: Nxe7+ wins another tempo, and pawn f5 is invulnerable; because Whites' next move, will always be Bg4...
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16. Bg4
covering f5...
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16... f6 17. h4
logical move...
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17... Nc7 18. gxf6
after Nxd5, Qxd5+...
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18... Bxf6 19. Nxc7
displacing the Black Queen...
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19... Qxc7 20. Qd5+ Kh8
also here, there were better solutions...
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21. h5
here Black resigned: White is about to rip open the Black Kings' wing...
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