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This was my final game in freddy's AP-III tourney and one in which I had been looking forward. I always enjoy my games against joanne and this game was to decide second place in the tourney--somehow, freddy had managed to eek out first place ;) The thematic moves end around move 9. |
 
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1... c6 2. f4 d5 3. Nf3 dxe4 4. Ng5 Nf6 5. Bc4 Bg4 6. Qxg4 Nxg4 7. Bxf7+ Kd7 8. Be6+ Kc7 9. Bxg4 Kb6
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Black moves her King away from the fork with Nc3. Of course, the goal for Black is to now activate her pieces and protect her King while White seeks to cramp black and attack the exposed King. |
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10. d3
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10. d3? I give this move a ? as I feel it is a mistake. Every other game as White I have moved (as has most everyone else) 10. Nc3. I could provide a number of excuses why I didn't do so but the fact was I was simply not paying attention and moved d3 one turn early. As I told joanne, at least this will insure we have few, if any, games to rely upon for study. |
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10... e5
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10. e5 Black immediately sets about to free her pieces. If she is able to do so, her material advantage should lead to a win. |
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11. Nc3
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development |
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11... Nd7
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11...Nd7 I think that Black was anticipating 12. Be3+ and was marshalling forces to cover c5. And given that White has allowed e5, Black's Bishop is able to provide additional support (along with Rc8). |
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12. Ncxe4
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The N is now centralized but in hindsight, moving 12. Be3 may have been better. As after 12. Ncxe4 Black can move Nf6, forcing an exchange of Ns, which must be good for Black. Another line that seems good for Black is 12...Nf6 13. Be3+ c5 14.Nxc5 Bxc5 15.Bxc5+ Kxc5 Although the Black King is exposed, it's not clear how White can immediately take advantage of this. |
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12... exf4
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12...exf4 I didn't like this move for Black as White is able to bring the DSB out while cutting off another escape route for the K. White must also be careful not to move Ng5 until the K has castled otherwise Qh4+ could lose the Bishop. |
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13. Bxf4 a5
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Preparing to move the K to safety. |
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14. O-O-O
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I could see nothing better so I thought to continue development. I didn't move 14. Nf7 and fork the Q/R as I didn't want to trade a somewhat active N for an inactive R. At this point, Black is not really developed and I'm hoping to keep it that way. |
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14... Qe8
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Avoiding the potential fork of Q/R by N |
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15. Rhe1
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Clearly threatening the Q. |
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15... Rd8
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15. Rd8? This move surprised me as it resulted in Black having to give up her Q. |
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16. Nf6
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At this point, the Queen only has one square where she is not immediately attacked, but moving 16...Qg6 would be problematic for Black. For example: Qg6
17. Nxd7+ Rxd7
18. Bxd7 and White is winning. Another line might be Qg6
17. Nxd7+ Ka6
18. Re6 Qxe6
19. Bxe6 which was also bad for Black. |
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16... Nxf6
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In my opinion, this is Black's best option. |
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17. Rxe8 Rxe8
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At this point, White clearly has the more active game. The trick is to try and press this advantage. |
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18. Bf3 Be7 19. Nf7 Rhf8 20. Ne5
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I'm bringing the N to c4 to try and concentrate the attack on the K. |
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20... Ka7 21. Nc4 Nd5 22. Bg3
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I really wanted to keep my B-pair. |
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22... b6 23. Ne5 Bg5+ 24. Kb1 Kb7 25. c4
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Gaining space and trying to expose Black's K. |
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25... Ne7 26. d4
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Here, I thought to continue grabbing space and I also saw the possibility of exploiting my Q-side pawn majority. |
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