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1. d4
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I approached this game carefully. My opponent was only 11 years old, and I was mindful of how I lost once to a Chester youngster with a similar age and a similar grade. https://gameknot.com/annotation.pl/chester7vpenyffordd2wirral-league?gm=49458 |
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1... d5
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So he copies my first move. |
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2. c4
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Queen's Gambit |
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2... e6
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Declined variation. |
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3. Nc3
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Normal development |
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3... Nf6
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And from him. |
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4. Bg5
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Bishop comes out. |
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4... Be7
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So does his. |
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5. e3
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Preparing to develop my Bf1 |
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5... h6
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he puts the question to my bishop. |
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6. Bh4
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I drop back. |
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6... Ne4
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He plays the Lasker variation... known to be a bit drawish. https://www.chess.com/article/view/lasker-s-queen-s-gambit-declined |
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7. Bxe7
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So I take. |
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7... Qxe7
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He takes back.
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8. Nxe4
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I take the knight. |
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8... dxe4
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He takes back - and the question is how to continue? I can see now in the opening databases that Ne2 is usually played here, but I was a bit afraid of the queen check on b4 and decided to stop it.
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9. Qd2
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With this...Fritz prefers Ne2. |
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9... O-O
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So he develops. |
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10. Ne2
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Now the knight comes out. Fritz thinks it is level. |
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10... Rd8
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A fairly logical place to put the rook. |
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