ANNOTATED GAME

Mold/Buckley v Penyffordd
Andrew M Barber (BCF151) vs. CharlesHiggie
Annotated by: charleshiggie (2224)
Chess opening: Reti opening (A06)
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11. Ne4
This is another excellent move, better than the obvious Nxc4, when e5 or retreating my bishop leaves me an extra pawn up.

 
11... Qe7
I had to retreat to e7 or d8. I considered this move better, as if I play d8, in some variations the queens get exchanged on the d file and my under-development is exposed.

 
12. Nxd4
and now he is threatening to exchange on c6 and then take on d6, so I move my bishop to the most active square

 
12... Be5 13. Nxc6
White exchanges and weakens my pawn formation

 
13... bxc6
after dropping the pawn, white has fought back well, and even has an edge now

 
14. Nf6+
I was expecting this!

 
14... Kf8
I could have taken the knight. After Bxf6 15. Bxc6+ Bd7 16. Bxa8 O-O bishop moves and then I take on b2. With pawn and bishop for rook, black is doing ok, but I thought the game continuation was ok. I probably was, and my mistake was later on.

 
15. Bxc6
Hitting the rook
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15... Rb8
Now he has to move his knight
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16. Ng4 Bxb2 17. Rb1 e5
hitting his knight

 
18. Ne3 Bh3
hitting the rook

 
19. Re1 Qc7
The idea is to protect the rook, so I can move my bishop. I hoped to win the exchange with Bc3. Of course my opponent saw this threat too.

 
20. Qd5 Be6
So I bring my bishop back to defend c4

 
21. Qc5+ Qe7
Now if he exchanges I can at last develop my R(h8)

 
22. Qa5
So he doesn't go in for that.

 
22... g6
There is a certain logic to this move, I wanted to play Kg7 and develop R(h8). Unfortunately it leaves on a tactical blow.

 
23. Rxb2 Rxb2 24. Qxe5 Qa3 25. Qxh8+ Ke7 26. Rd1
With a horrible mating threat. Thanks for reading this, please rate my annotation and leave some comments!
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