ANNOTATED GAME

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cyclone428 (1391) vs. throneseeker (1425)
Annotated by: throneseeker (1200)
Chess opening: Owen defence (B00)
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1. e4 b6 2. Bc4 Bb7 3. Qf3
He is definitely aggressive going after f7 quickly.
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3... Nf6
Taking advantage of the pin on the e4 pawn.

 
4. d3
Defending the doubly attacked pawn.

 
4... e6
Blocking the c4 Bishop from the f7 square.

 
5. Bg5
A pin.

 
5... Be7
A pin undone.

 
6. Nh3 O-O 7. Nc3
Finishing his development.

 
7... h6 8. Bf4 d6 9. Qg3
Threatens Bxh6 but allows the ensuing fork.

 
9... Nh5 10. Qg4 Nxf4
Stops Bxh6 but allows White to make his h3 Knight more involved in the game.
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11. Nxf4 Nd7
Bringing the Queen's Knight into the fray.
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12. Nh5 Bg5
Blocking the mating square. But as I annotate this I am thinking that Bf6 may have been sufficient. I can only say that when I made that move I was holding f6 open for my Knight.
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13. h4
The Bishop has no place safe to go. For some reason I seem blind to Bf6.

 
13... Ne5
So the calvary to the rescue. I seem to have developed some inbred reluctance to putting my Bishop on f6.

 
14. Qg3
Maintaining an eye g7.

 
14... Bf6
Maybe I woke up or maybe I just wanted to see what would happen if the Bishop was here.

 
15. O-O-O Ng6
Perhaps going after his King's pawn with Nxc4 was a better alternative.
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16. f4 Nxh4
Okay I got it, but already I am wondering if I haven't opened a can of worms.
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17. e5 dxe5
What was wrong with Nf5 first?
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18. fxe5 Bg5+ 19. Kb1 Nf5
That check let me get my Knight off of the h file for a while.

 
20. Qh3 Ne3
Perhaps I have survived his sandstorm.
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