Annotated chess game: FROM DALLAS CHESS CLUB

ANNOTATED GAME

FROM DALLAS CHESS CLUB
A PERSON (1851) vs. ME (1530)
Annotated by: gm_lemoncake (1200)
Chess opening: Caro-Kann (B12), advance variation

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1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5	weird opening
	1 comment archduke_piccolo (2340) on 23-Mar-08: A fairly well-known gambit line in the Caro-Kann. Botvinnik used it against Tal in the return match for the World Championship in 1961 - until he got axed in game 8. Better seems 3...Bf5.


4. dxc5 e6 5. b4 Bd7 6. Nf3 Qc7 7. Bb2 Ne7 8. c4 dxc4 9. Bxc4	haha
	1 comment archduke_piccolo (2340) on 23-Mar-08: Black has got very little for his gambit. Maybe he would have got more with 5...Nc6.


9... Nbc6 10. a3 Ng6 11. Qe2	protect me pawn



11... Be7 12. O-O O-O 13. Bd3 Nf4 14. Qe4 Nxd3	aww he saw my mate...



15. Qxd3 Rad8 16. Nbd2 b6 17. cxb6 axb6 18. Qc3	try to get some diagonal mate
	1 comment archduke_piccolo (2340) on 23-Mar-08: Also usefully pins the c6-knight: 18...Rc8 19.Rac1.


18... Qb7 19. Nc4 Qc7	what was the point
	1 comment archduke_piccolo (2340) on 23-Mar-08: Probably Black wanted to play 20...Rc8 but then noticed the annoying 21.Nd6.


20. Nd6	hoping he takes the knight



20... f6 21. b5	done
	2 comments gm_lemoncake (1200) on 23-Mar-08: probably could have won though.... archduke_piccolo (2340) on 23-Mar-08: Was the game abandoned as a draw here, or what? With an extra piece, White has a big advantage.