ANNOTATED GAME

The Open File vs. The Open King
davidjosh_28 (1571) vs. napthetap (1429)
Annotated by: davidjosh_28 (1200)
Chess opening: Philidor's defence (C41)
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In this game, you will watch the importance of castling and the importace of the open file...
1. e4
I started the game into a King pawn oppenig..

 
1... e5
Black answers directly in the opening..

 
2. Nf3 d6
A bad defense.. It will block the movement of opponent black bishop...

 
3. Nc3
I am starting to development my pieces..

 
3... c6
Black move c6 to support the advancement of d6 to d5..

 
4. Bc4
The white bishop block the pawn threat at d5.... If I didn't do that, my opponent will have advantage in the center..

 
4... Be6
I accept the trade of bishop because It can weaken the defense in the king side..

 
5. Bxe6 fxe6 6. d4
This move gives lot of movement to knight, bishop and queen..

 
6... h6
that is a mistake.. bcoz of 7. d4xe5...

 
7. dxe5
so the best move for black is to move the pawn..

 
7... dxe5
another mistake for black..

 
8. Qxd8+
The trade of queen lost black chance of castling..

 
8... Kxd8 9. Nxe5
I am planning to fork the king and the rook..

 
9... Kc7
Another mistake.. The best move is Ke8

 
10. Bf4
the bishop will provide a check when I move the knight in f7... If the opponent make a mistake, then black will lost rook..

 
10... Kc8 11. O-O-O
I decided to castling the rook and the king on the queen side bcoz of the rook power in d file..

 
11... g5
watch for the checkmate

 
12. Nf7
white near to victory.. bcoz of the move, rook to d8.. the only hope for black is to take the bishop... then I will eat the take rook...

 
12... Rh7
Black lost bcoz of this blunder...

 
13. Rd8#
victory... If you observe the game carefully, the reason why I win against black are the open d file that occupy by the rook, the weak defense, the open king, no development of black pieces, the lost of castling to black and enemy blunder..