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1. Nf3
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This game is my first annotated game. I picked this one in particular for my rook sacrifice at the end, which I really like but don't actually know if it is good or not. Overall not one of my better games, having difficulty handling an opponent 100 points below me. My tactical skills in the middlegame especially are lacking. |
 
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1... d5 2. d4 Bg4
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I take it out of the opening book because I play 1.c4 as white and 1... Nf6 vs 1.d4 so I don't know this opening very well. |
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3. Ne5 Bf5 4. c4 f6 5. Nf3 e6 6. Nc3 Bb4 7. Qb3
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Tricky. I must be aware of b7 if I move my bishop. |
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7... Nc6 8. a3 Bxc3+
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The check buys me the time I need to take care of the threat at b7 |
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9. Qxc3 Nge7 10. Bf4 O-O 11. e3 Qd7 12. Be2 Ng6 13. Bg3 Rae8
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Looking back perhaps dxc4 would have been better. |
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14. O-O Kh8
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I plan to open up the diagonal and don't want my king there. |
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15. b4
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This move scared me. I don't know why. |
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15... dxc4 16. Bxc4 a6 17. b5 axb5 18. Bxb5 e5 19. Rad1 Qe6
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a super dumb move which at the time was not exploited.
Continuation: 20.d5 Qf7 21.dxc6 b6 22.Bc4 Qe7 etc
probably should have done Qd5. |
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20. Bc4
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good thing I moved my king/he didn't notice d5 |
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20... Qe7 21. d5
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ahh now he does it. a little late. |
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21... e4
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mistakes flying hard and fast. This left open 22.d6 which thankfully he did not see.
Saving the knight seems annoying though. I don't know what would have been better. |
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22. Ne1 Nce5 23. Bb5 Bd7 24. Be2 c6 25. d6
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I saw the push but felt that it was ineffective and could be take care of. the pawn on d6 has not enough support to survive. |
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25... Qe6 26. Nc2 Red8 27. Rd4
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This was a nice move. I don't know if the moves afterward were what David planned but it's sneaky regardless. |
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27... f5
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perhaps a direct Nf7 would have been better. This move, while not bad in itself, leads to complications that could have been avoided. |
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28. h4
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annoying. With no way to stop h5, I have to clear a space for the retreat. |
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28... Rfe8
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someone suggested c5. Tricky, but at my skill level I miss stuff like that all the time.
28...c5 29.Qxc5 Rc8 and I have compensation for my dropped knight.
28...c5 29.Rook move solves all my troubles. |
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29. h5 Nf8 30. Rb4
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The problem with the knight's retreat, of course, it that it brings this double attack into play. No longer will I get the d6 pawn for free eventually. |
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30... Nf7
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The only way to retain the pawn? I thought so, and then I realized that Bc4 would own me. Good thing he didn't see it.
Sloppy play on my part. Giving up free knights. I need to pay attention.
In my defense this was during the period of time where I was super busy with college applications and spent a maximum of a minute per game. |
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31. Rxb7 Nxd6 32. Rbb1
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Perhaps a little initiative grab with Nd4 would have been better? |
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32... Nb5 33. Qb2 Re7
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The most obvious mistake, and the one that David finally exploits. For the rest of the game I'm down the exchange. |
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