ANNOTATED GAME

Shropshire 2 v Sandhurst Cadets 4NCL
Charles L Higgie (ECF166) vs. Luke Vallis (ECF162)
Annotated by: charleshiggie (2222)
Chess opening: King's Indian defence, 3.Nc3 (E61)
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1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d6 4. e4 Bg7
So it starts as a conventional King's Indian Defence. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/King's_Indian_Defence
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5. f3
I play the Samisch_Variation https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/King%27s_Indian_Defence,_S%C3%A4misch_Variation

 
5... O-O 6. Be3
The usual moves.

 
6... Nc6
Panno Variation: 6...Nc6 The Panno line, named after Oscar Panno, is a sharp and highly theoretical system which can lead to very complicated play. Black holds back the c-pawn for the time being, and aims to put the knight on d4. The immediate plan is to prepare queenside counterplay with ...a6, ...Rb8 followed by ...b5.

 
7. Nge2
This is the usual reply, so that if 7.....e5 8. d4 black can't play Nd4, which is a very strong sacrifice if say 7. Qd2 e5 8. d4 Nd4 white shouldn't grab the pawn with 9. Bxd4 exd4 10. Qxd4 because of 10....Nxe4!! with advantage to black.

 
7... e5
7.... a6 may be stronger.
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8. d5
So close the centre.

 
8... Ne7
Knight drops back.
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9. Qd2
Now I do the usual queen move, maybe playing Bh6 at some stage as part of a king-side attack and/or 0-0-0.

 
9... Ne8
He prepares the thematic f7-f5 break.
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10. g4
So basically I am saying - well if you do play f7-f5 I will at least open the g file against your king.

 
10... f5
But he plays it anyway.
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11. gxf5
I take.

 
11... gxf5
He takes back. Here I had a mental aberration. I wanted to play 12. Bh3 but thought that he could win a piece with 12......f4, because if I play 13. Bxc8 I was afraid of him playing fxe3 attacking my queen. It was only after I castled I realised that I had 14. Be6+ saving my light squared bishop and going a pawn up. However later I found out that 0-0-0 is in fact the most widely played move here.

 
12. O-O-O
So I castled.

 
12... f4
And now he blocks the king-side up
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13. Bf2
Bishop drops back.

 
13... Ng6
With ideas of going to h4 to attack f3.
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14. Qe1
So I stop that.
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14... Nf6
The other knight comes up.

 

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