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Hi everyone!
Another futile duel with Freddy. This time he kicks off with yet another unusual opening - 1. h4. At one stage I end up being 2 pawns up, but with my kingside pawn structure it was only a matter of time before Freddy harvested the pawns like ripe apples. Material was even for most of the game and even when I went behind I tried to make something out of the position. Alas, the queenside became a death trap for poor ole King Henry. Freddy crowned a pawn and on the next move delivered the coup de grace with a knight. |
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1... e5 2. e4 Nf6
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2. ...... Nf6 - normal development by black. |
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3. h5 Nxe4 4. Qe2 d5 5. d3 Nf6 6. d4 e4
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6....... e4 - a pawn up, everything in the garden seems rosy for black doesn't it? |
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7. h6
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7. h6 - Freddy sacs another pawn to break up my kingside. |
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7... gxh6 8. Bf4 Nc6
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8....... Nc6 - development. |
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9. Qd2 Bf5 10. Nc3 a6 11. O-O-O Qd7 12. Be5
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12. Be5 - Freddy now generates some nasty threats, I respond with Bg7 to clear my ranks. I keep a lead in development and material! Even allowing for playing against such a strong Expert, how could black throw it away - well if black is jstevens1 - anything is possible. |
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12... Bg7 13. Qf4 O-O-O
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13. ............ 0-0-0 - you would think the pawn on c7 would not be taken here wouldn't you? Think again ....... |
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14. Bxc7 Qxc7 15. Qxf5+ Qd7 16. Qxd7+ Rxd7
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16. ......... Rxd7 - after this plethora of exchanges Freddy has regained a pawn. I start to get aggressive next move with 17........ Ng4 - I think this will backfire on me big time. But it still beggars belief - how could I end up getting Freddied from a position like this? |
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17. Nh3 Ng4 18. Ne2 Re8
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18. .......... Re8 - centralisation. |
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19. c3 f5 20. Ng3 Rf7 21. Be2 h5
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21. ...... h5 - provides additional support to the knight but I get floored by Freddy's next move. |
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22. Ng5 Bh6 23. Rxh5 Bxg5+ 24. Rxg5 Kc7
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24. ....... Kc7 - Freddy gets material equality and a positional edge. |
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25. Rxf5 Rxf5 26. Nxf5 Nxf2 27. Rf1 Nd3+
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27. ........ Nd3+ - the only move to avoid immediate loss of material. |
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28. Kc2 Rg8 29. Ne3 Ne7
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29. ......... Ne7 - supports backward d pawn. |
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30. g4 Rg7 31. Bxd3 exd3+ 32. Kxd3
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32. Kxd3 - and Freddy finally gets materially ahead. |
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32... b6 33. Rf6 a5 34. a4 Kb7
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34. ....... Kb7 - the only move to avoid going further behind in material. |
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35. b3 Kc7 36. Rh6 Kb7 37. c4 dxc4+ 38. bxc4
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38. bxc4 - after a forced exchange of pawns Freddy has a d4 passer. |
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38... Ng8 39. Re6 Rg5
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39. ....... Rg5 - planning a h pawn for g pawn swap on h5. |
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40. Nd5 Rxg4 41. Rxb6+ Ka7
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41. ....... Ka7 - The good news - Freddy's g pawn has been removed, my h pawn is now a passer. The bad news, it is only on h2 and Freddy has 2 queenside passers. The c pawn will help bring doom to Henry. |
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42. c5 h5 43. Rd6 h4
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43. ....... h4 - just 3 moves from Glendadom but this is as far as this pawn is gonna go. |
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44. Rd7+
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44. Rd7+ - now comes a series of checks - Henry will now be confined to the queenside. |
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