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This was a friendly, rated game. He plays a Reti, allows me too much central control and succumbs to typical king-side attack, resigning after my 20th move. Enjoy! |
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1. Nf3
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1. Nf3 is an interesting alternative to the conventional opening moves. Called the Reti opening, named after Mr Richard Reti.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/R%C3%A9ti_Opening |
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1... d5
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So I counter conventionally. |
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2. c4
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This move makes it a Reti, rather than, say d3 or g3 going into a King's Indian Reversed. |
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2... c6
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So I just protect my d5 pawn, rather than risk a Benoni reversed with d4-d5. e7-e6, also supporting the d pawn with e7-e6 is also perfectly playable, but blocks in the Bishop on c8. |
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3. g3
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White heads towards a sort of King's Indian Reversed set up. |
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3... g6
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I copy him - for now! |
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4. Bg2
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He completes the fianchetto. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fianchetto |
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4... Bg7
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And so do I. |
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5. cxd5
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He takes - I very much like this move for black - it means my Nb8 can be developed at its best square, c6. |
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5... cxd5
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I take back. |
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6. O-O
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And what is this? He is allowing me to take control of the centre.... |
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6... e5
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Which I immediately do... |
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7. d3
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Now this is looking more like a King's Indian Defence reversed, more than ever. White formation is also similar to the Dragon Variation of the Sicilian Defence. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sicilian_Defence,_Dragon_Variation
Now against both those set-ups, an effective attacking set-up is f2-f3, Be3, Qd2, 0-0-0, h2-h4-h5, so ideally I would like to do something similar here, even though g7-g6 and Bf8-g7 don't really fit in with that plan. |
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7... Ne7
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For now I develop my knights. |
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8. Nc3
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The logical square for his Nb1. |
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8... Nbc6
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And this one too. |
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9. Bd2
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Now 0-0 is the natural move to play. After the game I looked up this position on the Gameknot databases. 9...0-0 is the only move on it. However, I had my idea, so I went with it. |
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9... f6
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This seems crazy, to block in my Bg7, but I want my Bc8 on e6, and I don't want him to be able to attack it with Nf3-g5.
What do you think of the move f7-f6 dear reader? Would you have played it? Or would you have played 0-0? Or something else? |
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10. Rc1
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Normal development. |
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10... Be6
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I continue with my plan. |
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