ANNOTATED GAME

The importance of your kingside
macnecio (1605) vs. jamydodger (1644)
Annotated by: jamydodger (1200)
Chess opening: KGA (C35), Cunningham, Euwe defence
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1. e4
This is a game that i thought i might annotate because it shows how much it means to keep your king side intact.

 
1... e5 2. f4 exf4
I accepted the kings gambit.

 
3. Nf3 Be7
I'm a wimp when it comes to the kings gambit.
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4. Bc4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nxe4
if the usual NxN I can play d5 forking the bishop and knight
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6. Bxf7+
Winning the pawn.
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6... Kxf7 7. Nxe4 d5 8. Nf2
I would prefer Nc3 if i was white but i guess its personnal opinion.
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8... Rf8 9. d4 Kg8
Acting as if nothing happened to my king and gaining a nice F file
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10. O-O Bd6
Pointing my bishop towards his king and giving my f4 pawn extra protection.
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11. Bd2 Qf6 12. c3
Helping to protect the d4 pawn.

 
12... c6 13. Nd3
Piling lots of presure on my f pawn.
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13... Bg4 14. Qb3 b6
Proventing Qxb6
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15. Rae1 Nd7 16. h3
Trying to force my bishop away
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16... Bf5 17. Nf2 Rae8
Looking for a rook swap off.

 
18. c4 Be6 19. cxd5 Bxd5
Threatening the white queen and also controling a lot of the board (from f7 to a2 and d5 and an important f3).
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20. Qc3 Bxf3 21. gxf3
White obviously doesn't want to loose there d4 pawn but loosing the d pawn is nothing compared to loosing the protection of his king because even after 21.Qxf3 Qxd4, 22. Bc3 would make whites position look far more superior.
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21... Rxe1
Making the most of the bad kingside pawn formation.

 
22. Rxe1 Qg5+ 23. Kf1
trying to run away of the danger

 
23... c5
Opting to swap of the pawns and have my bishop on a really attacking square.

 
24. dxc5 Bxc5 25. Ne4
Threatening to swap an important bishop with a worse knight.
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25... Qf5 26. Kg2
Protecting the h3 pawn.

 

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