Annotated chess game: Team match

ANNOTATED GAME

Team match
drtwist (1414) vs. sensfan33 (1394)
Annotated by: dinosaur53 (1814)
Chess opening: Sicilian (B23), closed

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I will annotate one per week to provide some insight into this journey we our all invovled in! This weeks, Game Of The Week is a fascinating struggle so let's see what we can see!

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 d6 3. Bb5+ Bd7 4. Qf3	So white has begun this struggle with the rosslimo variation against blacks sicilian defence, now white decides to bring my fair lady into the fight early! "Whenever she come out early", the light squares aroundher king meant become an issue!
	1 comment mariodag (1939) on 12-Dec-10: Better Nf3..


4... a6	Chess is a often a game of capture the squares, both players are intent on developing their pieces, fighting for control of of the center & of course "keeping the king safe! With blacks last move he simple says stay in my house if you want but pay the price!



5. Bc4	KMSTP ... stands for King Safety ... Material ... Space ... Time ... & Pawn Structure, we will call these elements the Fabulous Five! With 5. Bc4 white "threatens to go to the locker room early... but black is not have that!



5... Nf6 6. Nh3 b5	Whenever my opponent has developed their queen early, I look at the squares at home that she usually protects. Here c2 is not protected and a solid alternative is Nc6, getting a new plyer off the bench and into the game with an eye on ted4 square.



7. Bd3 g6 8. e5	8. e5?! is an attempt to win, material based on the discover attack but chess is a game of exchange, something for something else an black will get more out of this exchange than white realizes!
	1 comment nuntar (1702) on 12-Dec-10: Black could also circumvent the exchange entirely by playing 8... Bc6.


8... dxe5 9. Qxa8 Bc6	Ok material, the rooks relative value is 5 points & blafck has received a N & p fo r a rook that didn ot get out of the locker room yet! Notice all of the squares the black pieces & pawns control, black should be very happy with this transaction!



10. Qa7 e6	Strategy & Tactics make playing chess so challenging ... strategy is the plan we our using where as tactics are the mini operations involved in the game to make our plan work. 10. ...e6! is simple but effective, it protect the c5 square & does not let the white queen get back home! Remember when you go into some ones house make sure you can get out
	2 comments black_cat_hamlet (1531) on 12-Dec-10: Black threatens the deadly Bxg2, forking two pieces... nuntar (1702) on 12-Dec-10: ...and this could already be played instead of 10... e6, so I would remove the exclamation mark.


11. a3 Bd6	11. ... Bd6 is a good developing move but Bxg2 would make white pay for having his white squares left unattended. Each oour chessmen have a job, pawns fight for territory & space, protect pieces and protect the king, lastly they advance to threaten to promote. Bishops control color, where as knights attack squares, rooks generally control files and ranks where as the queen is a deadly piece that combines with other players to finish a job!



12. Ng5 O-O 13. b4 Nfd7	Black has played the middle game like a seasoned veteran, ... blacks king is safe material is not the central issue in this struggle developement king safety & unprotect stuff, that what it is all about! 13. ...Bxg2 would keep things simple. It wins an important pawn, attacks the Rh1 with tempo make white king position a little uncomfortable & Ng5 would be looking for some help!
	1 comment nuntar (1702) on 12-Dec-10: After 13... Bxg2 and the obvious 14. Rg1 the knight would be defended. Instead of spending two tempi winning just one pawn, the move played threatens Nb6 then Nc8 winning the enemy queen.


14. Be4	This is a critical point in this game someone is going to take control of the stuggle... I play this game using a 12 Question Checklist let's take a moment and look at the first 6 questions 1. Is Whites king safe ... Is blacks king safe? 2. Is material even? 3. Are there any checks 4. Are there any unprotected pieces 5. Is my opponnt threatening something? 6. Can I threaten something...threat counter threat, threat greater threat! These 6 question all we do is identify these conditions! White king safe No Black king Yes Material ... No whites ahead 1 point No Checks White threatens BxBc6... with threatens b4xc5 white threatens to 0-0! Black threats QxNg5... Bc5xBe4 c5xb4 ... OK lets use the last 6 questions, these are Evaluators so with these we answer to what extent w can do these things! 7. Can I increase activity of my pieces? 8. Can I restrict the activity of my opponents pieces? 9. If I capture material is it consistent with my plan? 10. If my opponent captures material is it consistent with their plan? 11. What is my opponents strategic plan short & long term? 12. What is my strateic plan short & long term? Well ... black has done a great job so far, lets see what the last 6 question tell us to do! 7. Can I increase the activity of my pieces ... Yes ...Qxg5! my Qg5 will have more work ethic 8. Can I restrict the activity of my opponents pieces ... look at Qa7 she cannot get back to help her king! 9. If I capture material is it consistent with my plan? Yes 10. If my opponent capture material is it consistent with their plan? No 11. What is my opponents strategic plan short & long term? Get his king safe & free his queen from limbo!! 12. What is my strategic plan short & long term? To prevent my opponent from doing their plan by... getting in their house & messing with thier stuff!! So...lets see how this works out! 14. ...Qxg5! 15. Bxc6 forced ...otherwise material advantage to black. 1 10. If my opponent capture material is it con sistent with their plan
	3 comments black_cat_hamlet (1531) on 12-Dec-10: Those are very useful points, I must say! nuntar (1702) on 12-Dec-10: Although (3) looking for checks is only good if, should you find one, you consider whether it helps your position or your opponent's position before you play it Anyway, White's noticed the threat to his queen and decides to deal with it by exchanging one of the pieces confining her. This is a clever response because 14... Bxe4 15. Ngxe4 saves the loose knight on g5, while after 14... Qxg5 15. Bxc6 Nxc6 16. Qxd7 both sides have taken two pieces. How, then, should Black respond? Well, I don't know if it's the best move, but I rather like the look of 14... cxb4 15. Bxc6 Nxc6 and now the queen must move, the d7 knight cannot be taken, and both White's knights are under attack and he cannot save both! jaysoon (1805) on 13-Dec-10: very helpful. that's why I like games annotation.


14... Qxg5 15. Bxc6 Nxc6	I see threat greater threat...



16. Qxd7 Qxg2 17. Rf1	forced...



17... Rd8	Aye captain... me thinks our queen not happy



18. Qb7	forced...



18... Rb8 19. Qd7	forced ...notice whites other option would involve sacificing his queen for the rook, but the black pawn should win the game easily!



19... Nd4 20. Qxd6 Nf3+ 21. Ke2 Nd4+ 22. Ke1 Nf3+ 23. Ke2 Nd4+	With a draw, if
	1 comment nuntar (1702) on 12-Dec-10: ...if Black keeps repeating. There doesn't seem to be anything better, since he is a rook and bishop down and there's no checkmate (sadly, the knight guards against Qe4+ Kd1 Qe2#). Black could win one of the rooks with Nxc2+, but this wouldn't help as the b8 rook is loose. In short, the piece sac (19... Nd4) was probably unsound, and would have been better played two moves earlier while the rook was still on f8, though I don't think it would win even then.


24. Qxd4 cxd4 25. Na2 Rc8 26. d3 Rxc2+ 27. Bd2 e4	And black should win easily!
	3 comments black_cat_hamlet (1531) on 12-Dec-10: should win? This game's still going? nuntar (1702) on 12-Dec-10: Well, I just looked it up in the White player's past game history, and found that after White's 14th, the actual continuation was 14... Bxe4 15. Ncxe4 Bc7 16. d3 f5 17. Nxe6 Black resigns! I have no idea why the annotator chose to deceive us about the ending of the game. As for this position, it's not all clear that Black "should win easily", and White had no reason to sac the queen unless he thought he could win this. (Reminds me of another annotated game, a long time ago -- I don't think I could find it again now. In the final diagram, Black had given a check to which White was forced to interpose the queen, losing her for a knight, and so he resigned; the annotator's comment said simply "Game over". White had been so far ahead before this that, in my humble opinion, he was still winning!) dinosaur53 (1814) on 15-Dec-10: This was material posted to simply point out some ways to improve what we think about for my teammates! No the game did not take this fantasy variation, merely an attempt to provide some different points to what we think about &perhaps why!