Wrexham 1 vPen-y-Ffordd 1
Charles Higgie (BCF158) vs. Charles F Morris (BCF186)
Annotated by:
charleshiggie
(2140)
Chess opening:
QGD (D34), Tarrasch, Prague variation, 7...Be7
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1. d4
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This game is interesting, as I won a pawn and tried to hang on to it. I think I went wrong soon after and lost the exchange and from then on I had a lost position. After the game my opponent said that I was wrong to try to hang on to the extra pawn, but I suspect it is not really that bad. I would very much appreciate your views dear reader! |
 
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1... d5
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So he replies in kind |
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2. c4
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I continue with the Queen's Gambit |
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2... e6
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and he declines it in the most popular way. |
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3. Nc3
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I continue with the usual. |
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3... c5
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and he continues with the Tarrasch Defence. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tarrasch_Defense "With his third move, Black makes an aggressive bid for central space. After White plays cxd5 and dxc5, Black will be left with an isolated pawn on d5. Such a pawn may be weak, since it can no longer be defended by other pawns; but it grants Black a foothold in the center, and Black's bishops will have unobstructed lines for development." |
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4. cxd5
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I play the recommended. |
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4... exd5
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As well as this recapture, Black has the interesting Hennig-Schara gambit. 4. cxd5 cxd4 5. Qxd4 Nc6 6. Qd1 exd5 7. Qxd5 Bd7 is one line. White should be ok, but I was slightly worried that he would play this and know it better than me! |
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5. Nf3
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So I continue with the usual development. |
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5... Nc6
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And so does he. |
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6. g3
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This is all main line. White intends on exchanging on c5 and having the Bg2 bearing down on the isolated d pawn on d5. |
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6... Nf6
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Black ignores the chance to play The Swedish Variation (also called the Folkestone Variation) is a sharp line beginning 6... c4. Black now has a four to three queenside pawn majority, and will try to expand with ...b5, with White aiming for a central break with e4. The line is considered somewhat dubious, and is rarely seen nowadays.
The Swedish Variation has ECO code D33. |
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7. Bg2
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and White carries on with developing. |
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7... Be7
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As does black. |
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8. dxc5
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I thought it was time to take on c5, as he has moved his bishop from f8. In a similar black playing the standard defence to the Queens Gambit declines waits before white moves his Bf1 before exchanging on c4. I also prevent a transposition to the Swedish variation. I was interested to see that in fact both 0-0 and Bg5 are more popular at this point. |
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8... Bxc5
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So he recaptures. |
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9. Bg5
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I decided to increase the pressure on the d5 pawn. |
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9... d4
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Which he relieves by advancing |
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10. Ne4
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I attack his Bc5 and threaten to take on f6 |
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10... Be7
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so he defends. |
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