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1. e4
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Endali is a good friend of mine.I have played him twice before losing both times so I was nervous..He opens up with 1.e4 which is not what he usually plays (1.d4) |
 
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1... Nf6
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Endali is an avid chess book collector and I heard that he bought books on 1.e4 e5,which is my normal move.I thought it would be suicide playing that.It turns out he did not read them at all. |
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2. e5
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Harassing the knight. |
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2... Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. Nf3 Bg4
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This is the main line so far. |
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5. exd6
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5.Be2 is the main line. |
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5... exd6 6. Be2 Be7 7. O-O O-O 8. c4
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Attacking the knight once more. |
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8... Nb6 9. Nc3 Nc6 10. b3
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We are still in known territory. |
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10... Bf6
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Giving the bishop more activity and threatning to win the b-pawn by 11...Bxf3 12.Bxf3 Nxd4 |
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11. Be3 d5
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Making the long awaited pawn break in the center. |
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12. c5 Nc8 13. Qd2 Nc8e7 14. h3
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Attacking the Bishop and giving luft (breathing space) to the king. |
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14... Bh5 15. Nh2 Bxe2 16. Nxe2 Nf5
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Still focusing on the d-pawn. |
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17. Nf3 Nxe3
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I like this move because now I have a bishop for a knight and I can attack the queen by 18...Re8 after 18.Qxe3 or leave White with a backward pawn after 18.fxe3.So I am changing plans.I am no longer attacking the d4-pawn,I am now trying to open up the position for the bishop. |
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18. Qxe3 Re8
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attacking White's queen and moving the rook on the half-open file. |
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19. Qd2 b6
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trying to undermine the c5-pawn |
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20. Rac1
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better than 20.cxb6 axb6 when the d4-pawn becomes a permanent weakness.Also Black could use the half-open a-file to his advantage. |
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20... Ne7
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Moving the knight away because if I didn't 21.cxb6 could have a discovered attack on the knight.Still,I think 20...Qd7 might be a better alternative.since the knight was blockading the pawn. |
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21. b4
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supporting the c5-pawn |
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21... bxc5 22. dxc5 Nc6 23. b5 Ne5 24. Nxe5 Bxe5 25. Rfd1 Bf6
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A sneaky trap. |
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26. Nd4
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26.Qxd5? Qxd5 27.Rxd5 Rxe2. |
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26... Bxd4
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Otherwise the knight might go to c6 and wreak havoc. |
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