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1. e4 c5
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Oh, how I hate Sicilian, it is 3rd on my list of openings I do not wish to face. |
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2. Nc3 Nc6 3. Nf3 g6 4. Bc4
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Before white's 4. Bc4 Chessbase live found more than 2000 games with these moves. Now we are down to a mere 784 games. Gameknot's database also starts to give equal "chances" for both white and black. |
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4... Bg7 5. O-O a6
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This was a bit surprise. I was expecting d6. Now we are out of the "official" Gameknot theory. No 1900 rated games with this move on the database. |
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6. a4
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I like my bishop where it is. If b5 then axb5 and if black captures back the rook at a8 is dead. |
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6... e6
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Again, I would have done d6. I don't particulary much like black's bishop on g4. |
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7. d3 Nge7 8. Bg5 f6
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I should have seen that coming. This won the tempo for the black. |
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9. Bh4 h5 10. h3
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Forced? 10. Bg3 d5 and then there is no other way for bishop to escape than h2. |
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10... g5 11. Bg3 b6
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Black is like an avalanche that suddenly stops a yard from your castle. Black seems to be preparing for Bb7 which suits me fine because it weakens his d7. How can I exploit that? Lets try to open d-rank. Opening d-rank also looks good for me, because I get to move my knight away from then king's side and get more room to manoeuvre against the avalanche when it continues. |
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12. d4 cxd4 13. Nxd4 Nxd4 14. Qxd4 Nc6
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Again black wins tempo. |
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15. Qe3
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Also b6 is only proteced by queen. So it seems fair to threaten it with queen. ;-) |
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15... Nb4 16. Bb3 Bb7
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Now the waited Bb7 happens and I can start doing something instead of reacting for blacks push. |
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17. Rad1 e5
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Bishop at g3 is now currently out of the game and black made a holes at f7 and d5. I don't know if doing Bd6 would have been better for me instead of doing Rad1. At least my majors are free to move. |
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18. Rd6 Bc6 19. Qf3
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Threatens to capture e5 with bishop. If black captures back with the pawn it will be checkmate with Queen on f7. |
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19... Qe7 20. Rfd1
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The more the merrier. It would have been too passive just to retreat. |
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20... O-O-O 21. Qe3
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And had I retreated the black's queen could have had access to c5. I want her to be on the king's side. There is no other way to protect the pawn but moving the king. |
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21... Kc7 22. a5
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Now, if I just could get my Knight on d5 without losing my rook on d6 and my queen on c5... Wait, I can. I just sacrifice pawn at a5! There also is a7, which looks very tempting when the debris before it is cleared. |
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22... Rdb8
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Nope. |
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23. axb6+
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I was hoping for Rxb6 and Qc5. Then doing Nd5,,, |
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23... Kb7 24. Ba4
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There are two pieces of black's that I wish to get rid off, the Bishop and the knight. Even I should be able to gain victory after that. Let's threaten d7 to see if black would do an exchange? |
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24... Rhd8
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Nope. And if I exchange now on c6 it helps black more. Queen starts to participate and black could probably exchange my attacking pieces away. Lets try to pressure the knight. |
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