SAWS v Oswestry, Welsh League
Paul Edwin Littlewood (2347) vs. Charles L. Higgie (1922)
Annotated by:
charleshiggie
(2222)
Chess opening:
Sicilian (B21), Smith-Morra gambit, Chicago defence
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1. e4
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This was played in the new "League Republic" https://cga.leaguerepublic.com/l/standingsForDate/342860268/2/-1/-1.html?fbclid=IwAR0yDq0jvhIcep-JXxufQA37GvKK3AB32T_JiaOTqHmC_ewYmKki2GO-2mQ |
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1... c5
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It was played on lichess https://lichess.org/iTTfOeZHRXP6 |
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2. d4
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Paul plays the Morra Gambit, unfortunately for him, I am half way through a theme based tournament on Lichess with this opening, so I have plenty of recent experience playing it with both white and black. https://gameknot.com/mt.pl?id=86018 |
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2... cxd4
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I am also currently playing this game on chess.com featuring this opening. https://www.chess.com/game/daily/294461302 |
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3. c3
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So Paul offers the pawn. |
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3... dxc3
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I accept. |
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4. Nxc3
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He takes back. |
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4... Nc6
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This is the normal move. |
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5. Nf3
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And he develops this knight. |
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5... e6
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Blunting the Bf1, if it is developed to c4 |
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6. Bc4
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But it comes out anyway. |
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6... a6
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So I prepare b7-b5 |
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7. O-O
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He castles. |
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7... Nge7
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This move has recently become more popular than the traditional Ng8-f6 where it can be hit by e4-e5 |
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8. Bg5
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He pins the bishop |
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8... f6
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I attack the bishop. |
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9. Be3
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Bishop drops back. |
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9... b5
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I attack the other bishop. |
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10. Bb3
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Bishop drops back. |
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10... Ng6
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My knight moves, allowing my Bf8 to develop. I was already quite happy with my position. I was interested to find out while doing this annotation, and being able to refer to an opening database, I see that on it, white has and interesting sacrificial continuation here - 11. Nd5!? The knight was accepted in Zakharov, Vladimir (2376) vs. Gusev, Aleksey (2383) and white won after 12. exd5 Nce5
13. d6 Bb7
14. Nxe5 fxe5
15. f4 exf4
16. Re1 fxe3
17. Rxe3+ Be7
18. Qd4 Qb8
19. dxe7 Qa7
20. Bf7+ Kxf7
21. e8=Q+ Rhxe8
22. Rf1+ Kg8
23. Qxa7 Rxe3
24. Qxe3 Bd5
25. Rd1 Be6
26. b3 Ne7
27. Rd6 h6
28. Qb6 Kf7
29. Qb7 Rc8
30. Qxa6 Rc1+
31. Kf2 Rc2+
32. Kf3 Bd5+
33. Rxd5 Nxd5
34. Qxb5 Rc3+
35. Ke2 Nf6
36. Kd1 Ke6
37. a4 Ne4
38. Qb6+ d6
39. a5 Rd3+
40. Ke2 Nc5
41. Qxc5 dxc5
42. Kxd3 Kd5
43. a6 Kc6
44. Kc4
https://gameknot.com/analyze-board.pl?bd=x949937&fb=1&mv=22&rnd=0.255858191579577
Also of note is Marc Esserman vs Loek van Wely 2011
https://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessgame?gid=1630005 |
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