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1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. a3
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I have always wondered about this. My bishop isn't doing anything dangerous why waste a move trying to chase it away. Leaving it and getting on with normal development seems more logical. A pawn retake, if I capture the knight, is going to produce a doubled pawn and if I meant to withdraw the bishop I wouldn't have made that move. More on this.. |
 
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4... Bxc3
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Naturally. |
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5. bxc3
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And now.. Is this the correct retake? I really dont know. Someone enlighten me please. Ok its "capturing towards the center" but it is capturing a bishop. It seems to me that an argument can be made for white to go for a wide open game giving his bishop-pair better mobility. Or? |
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5... Nf6 6. Bc4 O-O 7. d3 d6
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this is the reason I had for wanting to trade of my DSB. I always feel it gets rather limited behind this sort of pawn structure. |
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8. h3 Bd7
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Now, why did I do that? It's a useless move. Most likely I made it just to get the bishop off the 8-th rank. Be6 atleast would have made some difference. |
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9. Bg5 Be6
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I could have had this move for something more useful. :-) I mean Bishops can move more than one square at a time. |
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10. Bxe6
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Now we exchange pieces. In my oppinion maybe its a little premature. |
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10... fxe6 11. d4 Qe8 12. Bxf6 Rxf6 13. dxe5 Nxe5 14. Nxe5 dxe5
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Ok, only the big guns left. I'm better here IMHO. We both have three pawn islands and a doubled pawn each. However my doubled pawn have more influence in the center and have advanced to ranks 6 and 5. My queen side pawns look very nice concidering whats up against them. |
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15. O-O Qf7 16. Rb1 Rf8
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Attack is the best defence. He really can't take that hanging pawn now can he. |
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17. f3
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Makes my big battery fairly useless. I did expect this last move. But it was a nice interlude. |
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17... b6
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"Unhanging" the pawn. I was thinking about the more elegant c6. One always wants to look good, but alas, that would have opened up for his queen on d6 and that would have been, ehm, not very fun. |
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18. c4
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Now white is aiming to trade off his bad pawn for one of my good ones. |
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18... a6
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Preparing b5 if he pushes that pawn. |
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19. Qe2
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Playing into my hands aiming at the haning a pawn but after b5 there is no threat. |
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19... Qe7
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This was to free up my c-pawn relieving it of its guard duty on d6. It also attacks his hanging a-pawn. |
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20. c5
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A real misstake. White misses the fact that his king is on g1 and that Qxc5 has that annoying ' ' at the end. Had his king been on h1 he would have had quite strong play on the queen side. I think. |
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20... Qxc5+
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A free pawn. This gives me all the time I need. |
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21. Kh1 b5 22. a4 c6 23. axb5 cxb5
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Those a and b pawns are quite strong there. |
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24. Rfc1
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I think there maybe better moves for white. This doesn't accomplish much.
Ra1 could maybe have been more troublesome or maybe Rfd1. |
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24... Ra8
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Moving a rook behind the passed pawn. |
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