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As far as I know, my greatest drawback in chess is my opening skills/repertoire. I don't have any :-) The sad thing for me is that this is the only part of chess I find not interesting at all to study... And here too I start off with one pawn down |
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1... e6 2. d4 d5 3. Bb5+ c6 4. Bd3 c5 5. exd5 Qxd5 6. Nf3 cxd4 7. c3
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Lost one pawn... |
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7... dxc3
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but at least getting ahead in development of the pieces |
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8. Nxc3 Qd8 9. Be3 Nf6 10. Qd2 Be7 11. O-O O-O 12. Rad1 Nc6 13. a3 a6 14. Qc2 Qc7 15. Rd2 Bd7 16. Rfd1 Na7 17. Bd4
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Here I felt good about my position. Fully developed, seemingly control of center and both B's and Q pointing towards the king |
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17... Bc6
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Here I saw the plan of equalizing in material and in addition weakening the black king side. My worries was to protect Nf3 so I didn't end up weakening by king side as well, and I did found it ( I think) |
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18. Be5 Qc8 19. Bxf6 Bxf6 20. Bxh7+ Kh8 21. Be4 g6 22. Rd2d6 Be5
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I guess black overlooked something tactical here because later he didn't show anything for the sacrificing of the bishop |
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23. Nxe5 Bxe4 24. Qxe4 Nb5
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Again I spent a lot of time calculating. My first idea was Nxg6 because I assumed he will take my knight and I will win... But then I did see a better move for black, Kg7 and I would most likely have sacrificed my knight for a pawn and lost my advantage in the game. Then I found a better one:
25. Nxf7 Then if ...Kg7, a suggestion like this follows (or a quicker mate):
26. Rxe6 Rxf7 27. Qxg6 Kf8 28. Qh6 Rg7 29. Rf6 Ke7 30. Qxg7
So I felt very comfortable about Nxf7 , actually this being a winning move for me. 25... Kg8 is a quick loss for black and taking back with the rook is also a loss by losing heavy material, as the rest of the game shows |
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25. Nxf7+ Rxf7 26. Rd6d8+ Qxd8 27. Rxd8+ Rxd8 28. Qh4+ Kg7 29. Qxd8
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Thanks for the game! As a curiosity I lost the other game vs. jeb123 in 7 moves, bd=8497434 , which only emphasize my poor skills in the opening game |
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