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12. Bg5
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Of course. He did play a Tromp against me to avoid the KID if you remember. 8) |
 
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12... Be6
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I continue with my plan. I thought about playing Be7 and then castling but with the queens overboard I wanted to make sure I wouldn't be hustling my King from the corner back to the center in an endgame. If he wants to relinquish the bishop pair then he can but the doubled f-pawns, though annoying, won't be the structural disaster it would have been on move 3. |
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13. Rd1
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Logical and direct. Black's plan for d5 now needs more preparation. |
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13... Nbd7
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A knight on b6 would support the d5 push (that's where this knight is headed). It also releases the a8 rook and removes the annoying potential for doubled f-pawns. |
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14. Na5
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I had considered this when I first played 12_Be6. The knight attacks the pawn on b7 and readies for Nc4. |
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14... b6
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I considered 14_b5 directly here but it appeared to give Black some counterplay with 15.b3 and 16.c4. Here is where I made the real decision that losing the d6 pawn is ok AND that castling would actually remove Black's king from its important influence in the center. |
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15. Bxf6
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Making the d6 capture possible. |
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15... Nxf6 16. Nc4
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White's plan is realized. |
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16... b5
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Move the pawn that can be defended. |
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17. Nxd6+
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Check! |
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17... Bxd6
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I'm glad I didn't waste a tempo putting the bishop on e7. |
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18. Rxd6 Ke7
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Now Black really isn't threatening the White rook (which can simply move away) but the text does free the other Black rook. That said, now look at the White kingside. |
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19. Rd2
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Where else was it going to go? |
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19... Bxa2
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The d6 pawn is avenged! If I can keep the d-file from being infiltrated by a White rook battery with my king and minor pieces then I can attack the queenside freely wih my rooks. |
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20. Ne2
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Developing the knight with future plans such as 21.f4 or 21.Nc1 & 22.b3. |
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20... Nd7
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I can always retreat the bishop and be happy with it on e6 so I decide to meet the possibility of 21.f4. |
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21. Ng3
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The bishop had to get free somehow. |
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21... g6
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Taking away squares for the knight. And once my bishop almost inevitably retreats e6 I will have f-file ideas of my own. |
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22. Be2 Be6
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It was going to happen eventually. |
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23. Kf2
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Logical. |
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