ANNOTATED GAME

Chess game
Geoffrey Herbert (170BCF) vs. me (158BCF)
Annotated by: charleshiggie (2211)
Chess opening: Sicilian defence (B30)
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11. h3
So he kicks the knight.

 
11... Nh6
I retreat

 
12. d4
And he makes a beginner's mistake
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12... cxd3 e.p.
So I take

 
13. Qxd3
He takes

 
13... Ba6
Thanks for the exchange!

 
14. Qd4
He advances

 
14... Bxf1
I take

 
15. Kxf1
He takes back

 
15... g6
and now I make a big mistake. I was afraid of him exchanging on h6 and ruining my pawn formation. However I should have played Nf5
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16. e6
Now I have problems completing my development.

 
16... f6
More or less forced, if I still have dreams of castling one day.

 
17. Bf4
Hitting my queen

 
17... Qa7
So I offer an exchange of queens. When material ahead, it is usually good to exchange pieces but not pawns.

 
18. Qa4
He avoids the exchange

 
18... Qa6+
I throw in a check

 
19. Kg1
He moves to the logical square

 
19... Qb5
I offer another exchange of queens. Now according to the Shredder program, after 20. Qxb5 cxb5 21. Na3 the position is even. It prefers Nf5 and Black still has the upper hand.
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20. Qc2
But he didn't exchange!

 
20... Nf5
So I re-centralise my knight

 

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