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1. d4
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Public annotation for team benefit ... |
 
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1... Nf6 2. Bf4 e6
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Fairly unusual opening for me, but trying to turn it into a standard(ish) Queen's pawn game. |
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3. Nf3 d5 4. e3 c5 5. c3 Nc6
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Now happily in my comfort zone, looking for a sensible way to develop further. |
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6. a3 a6
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This is preventing Bb5, as I want to keep the knight for the e5 square. |
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7. Nbd2 c4
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Slightly strange choice really, not sure why I played this. |
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8. h3 Be7 9. g4 Bd6
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Slow move, was looking for the exchange to free up my pieces for the kingside defence. |
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10. Be5 Nxe5
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Ridiculous blunder, this put me very badly on the back foot in the game |
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11. dxe5 Bxe5 12. Nxe5
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behind on material, development and initiative now -- the game is beginning to look bleak |
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12... Qd6 13. Nef3
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f4 seemed more sensible to me, this seems a good time to press the kingside attack - now I am happy to castle and build pressure for a counter-attack |
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13... O-O 14. g5 Nd7 15. h4 g6
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This seems to give me enough strength to hold, still looking for some opportunity to counter-attack. White's pieces are fortunately not well co-ordinated at this stage. |
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16. h5
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Definitely premature - capturing only strengthens my rook, and leaving alone does not seem to help white's position. Much better to look at getting the queen out and a queenside castle -- when white pawns can double up on the h file black is in serious trouble |
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16... b5 17. Qc2 Ne5 18. hxg6
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this gives me the possibility to start a counter-attack. Queenside castle would help greatly here. |
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18... Nxf3+ 19. Nxf3 fxg6
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Swapping the knights gives f3 knight some trouble when the file opens for my rook(s) |
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20. Rh6
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Strange move - had a queenside castle already been done this would give much stronger attacking chances. |
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20... e5
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Really to defend the g6 pawn from a rook sac, as this seems to be seriously problematic for me. |
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21. Nh4 Bf5
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ditto |
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22. Qd2 Bg4
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opening the file for the rook whilst keeping the knight pinned in place - preparing for e4 to get the queen involved |
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23. Bg2
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I totally overlooked this move, e4 now simply fails to Bxe4. Decided to use this as an opportunity to get my other rook involved. |
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23... Rad8 24. Qc2
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Again, this is odd - e4 was my long term plan, and now I can work with it. White seems to be gaining nothing from this attack. |
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24... e4 25. f3 Qg3+
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The counter-attack begins in earnest. |
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