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1. e4
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I'm not an expert chess annotator, nor an expert player. Also, this game maybe full of errors from both sides. I will elaborate on the game with whatever it was I was thinking throughout the process of deciding which moves to make. |
 
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1... e6 2. d4
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I'm still far from being an opening expert, I just intuitively try to occupy the center, whenever possible. |
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2... d5 3. exd5
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I'm not sure how good is to take the pawn, rather than developing the knight on b, I just prefer more open positions. |
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3... exd5 4. Nf3 h6 5. Bd3
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Trying to clear the way for a possible castle, as soon as (if) possible. |
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5... Be6 6. O-O Bd6 7. c3 Nd7 8. Qe2
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Trying to annoy black by pinning the bishop on e6, while possible. |
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8... Ngf6 9. Nh4
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True; white is far from finishing the development of all its pieces but, as mentioned on a previous move, the purpose of this move, whether sound or not, is to create complications, threatening with and eventual Ng6 or even Nf5, hoping to double Black's pawns on columns d or g... |
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9... Qe7
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It wouldn't have been so bad for black to castle, but black elected to "unpin" the bishop with its Queen, which will create more complications as we'll see soon... |
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10. Re1
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Reinforcing the threat... |
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10... O-O-O
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Black seems to have solved the complications by castling queen-side. Still, white could stubbornly try to double Black's pawns on g with 11. Ng6 |
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11. Bg6
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!? I (white) couldn't resist this move. I'm not sure how sound it is, but it sure resumes complications for Black. |
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11... Ng4
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Black has now counter-played with a double threat, attacking the knight on h and, at the same time threatening to gain a pawn on h2... |
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12. Nf5
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!? White reverts the situation by creating a double threat of its own! While the knight is attacking the queen, its own queen is attacking Black's knight on g4! |
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12... Bxh2+
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Black wins a pawn with check, but it shouldn't forget that both its queen and knight on g4 are still under attack... |
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13. Kh1
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13. Kf1 was also viable, but I wanted to keep the pressure on black by having now three black pieces under attack... |
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13... Qg5
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?? At first I thought that Black simply didn't pay attention to my bishop on c1, but then I saw that maybe Black was taking a shot at opening the h column for its rook, creating a potentially nasty discovered check, having the bishop on h2. I will never know which of the two were Black's motivation, but Black's apparent "queen sacrifice" will prove to be not so sound. |
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14. Bxg5
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I quickly grabbed Black's queen, with the assurance that I would also get Black's knight and knowing that Black's discovered check wouldn't force a quick mate. |
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14... hxg5 15. Qxg4
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Now, Black has at its disposition the "nasty" discovered check, losing a whole queen in the process... |
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15... Nf6
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Tricky move, if you try to blitz it (as I almost did). If White takes on g5, Black now has a profitable discovered check by attacking the queen with the bishop. |
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16. Qe2
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White is "unorthodoxically" maintaining initiative. If 16... fxg6, then 17.Qxe6 Kb8. 18.Nxg7, eliminating the knight's protector. |
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16... Rde8
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Not so good, as white will now take on g7 attacking both the rook on e8 and the white-squared bishop. |
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