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I hope my good friend David doesn't mind - I just had to share this one:) It was our first meeting in the Southern Chess Summer Invitational. |
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1. d4
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For those that know me, I play 1. d4 almost exclusively. |
 
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1... e6
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It is responses like this that drive me crazy. I'm pretty solid in most variations of the QGD and QGA, and black's response just took away my comfort zone. |
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2. e4
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If he's giving, I'm taking..... |
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2... Nf6 3. Bg5
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I had numerous alternatives here, but decided to start the tactics early. |
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3... h6
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Attempting to drive the bishop back. |
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4. Bxf6
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I don't know if that is best. 4. Bh4 seems safe because 4...g5 5. Bg3 seriously weakens black's kingside. I can always be counted on to take the greater of two evils..... |
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4... Qxf6
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Of course... |
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5. a3
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Preparing for a queenside pawn push, and limiting black's dark squared bishop. |
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5... Nc6
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Hitting d4 twice. |
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6. Nf3
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Developing, and equalizing on d4. |
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6... e5
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Solid.....to take gives black a much more spacious position after 7. dxe Nxe 8. NxN QxN. So I push.... |
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7. d5 Nd8
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This kind of surprised me, as I thought black would accept doubled pawns after 8...Nd4 9. NxN exN. |
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8. c4
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The queenside pawn chain advances nicely. |
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8... Bc5
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Black kind of had to do this to catch up in development. I wondered if he saw that I could now exchange a knight for a bishop and double his pawns after what follows...... |
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9. b4 Bd4 10. Nxd4 exd4
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Mission accomplished. There is absolutely no hurry to retake that pawn. It's not going anywhere. |
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11. Bd3
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A move that develops, protects, and prepares for castling. The only problem is that it doesn't threaten anything. |
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11... Qg5
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? A mistake I feel. Black is woefully behind in development and space. 11...d6 or 11...0-0 was probably better. |
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12. O-O d6
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Black is hoping to play Bh3 next.... |
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13. f4
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What was it Tsun Tsu said? When your opponent is vulnerable, agitate him? Since black's dark squared bishop is off the board and I couldn't see his queen getting to the open diagonal to my king in time, I didn't think this was too risky. |
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13... Qg6 14. e5
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!There is the move we all just love to make. Black must now scamper to safety while white freely develops and continues to threatens black's queen. |
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(1700)