Annotated chess game: League division D2 (Poor Development)

ANNOTATED GAME

League division D2 (Poor Development)
deejie (1306) vs. koi-1 (810)
Annotated by: deejie (1233)
Chess opening: Queen's pawn game (E10)

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1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. a3 d5 5. e3 g6 6. cxd5	better perhaps Nc3/Qc2 as behind in development



6... Nxd5 7. e4	again, development is v.poor
	1 comment archduke_piccolo (2340) on 22-Mar-12: This pawn advance is fine: grabs a big chunk of the centre, and gains time.


7... Nf6	forced, pretty much



8. Bg5	fair enough - to pressure N & protect e4 pawn... however
	1 comment archduke_piccolo (2340) on 22-Mar-12: Threatens 8.e5


8... Be7 9. e5	... I then move e4 pawn? - still behind in development Should have strengthened centre & castled
	1 comment archduke_piccolo (2340) on 22-Mar-12: 9.Nc3 was an alternative. The problem Black has is that he is left with a weakened K-side. The bishop ought really to have gone to g7 instead of e7, but it was not possible on account of White's plan to play this move.


9... Nd5 10. Bb5	Bb5?? B on g5 att2, def1 !!! Better BxBe7,QxB;BxNc6,bxc6;0-0...
	1 comment archduke_piccolo (2340) on 22-Mar-12: (?) A mistake that loses a piece for nothing. White ought to have played 10.Bxe7 or 10.Bh6.


10... Bxg5 11. Bxc6+	... no choice really -p doomed



11... bxc6 12. Nxg5 Qxg5 13. O-O Nf4 14. Qf3 Nd5 15. Nc3 Nxc3 16. Qxc3 Bb7 17. Qa5 c5 18. Qxc7 Qxg2#
	2 comments mla96 (1682) on 29-Nov-10: Wow! Where did Qxg2 come from? archduke_piccolo (2340) on 22-Mar-12: White really ought to have seen this coming, obvious - telegraphed even - as it was. Probably 16.bxc3 was preferable to the Q capture, bolstering the centre, and protecting the backward pawn standing on the half-open d-file. But as played, after 16...Bb7 why not 17.f4 and if ...Qg4 18.h3, driving the Black Q off the g-file. No more mate threat. Having said all that, White was already losing the game a piece down, with little chance of saving it.