ANNOTATED GAME

Team match
modlazek (1674) vs. gmdl (1659)
Annotated by: dylam (1200)
Chess opening: Sicilian defence (B30)
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1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3
personally, I don't like the sidelines in the Sicilian

 
3... g6 4. Bc4
developing pieces and creating pressure in the center and f7...

 
4... Bg7 5. O-O e6
black has now "holes" in his black squares...

 
6. d3 Nge7 7. Bg5
naturally

 
7... f6 8. Bf4 d5
wants to break in the center but the king is not castled yet...

 
9. exd5 exd5 10. Bb5
with the threat of Re1

 
10... O-O 11. d4
creates an isolated pawn for black.

 
11... Nxd4 12. Nxd4 cxd4 13. Qxd4 a6
not the best move. black needs to remove the white queen from d4 in order to push his pawn forward. the move in the text helps white to put his bishop on b3 and threat d5.

 
14. Ba4 b5 15. Bb3 Bb7 16. Rad1 g5 17. Be3
Bg3...

 
17... f5 18. Qd3 f4 19. Bc5
Bd4 and the blockade remains...

 
19... Kh8 20. Nxd5 Ng6
gives up a rook. arent there other options?

 
21. Bxf8 Qxf8 22. Nc7 Rc8 23. Ne6 Qf6 24. Qd7
White's pressure is huge.

 
24... Qe7 25. Nxg7 Qxg7 26. Qxg7+ Kxg7 27. Rd7+
and the bishops falls too. the end.