ANNOTATED GAME

knight over bishop
water123 (1852) vs. iggibb (1710)
Annotated by: blitzkov (1200)
Chess opening: Dutch defence, Blackburne variation (A81)
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hi! this game shows the power of the knight!
1. d4
my favorite!

 
1... f5
the dutch, a dubious move

 
2. g3
going to protect my king as much as i can!

 
2... Nf6 3. Bg2 e6 4. Bg5
! i think this is the best move! now, i can go f4 and extra guard my king! (bg5 so i can go f4 without trapping my dark colored bishop)

 
4... d5 5. f4 Bd6 6. Nf3 O-O 7. O-O c6 8. c3
i think qb6!? is best (attacking b2 and frees his knight from the pin)

 
8... Nbd7 9. Bxf6 Nxf6 10. Nbd2
i got my two favorite pieces on the board (the knights!)

 
10... Ng4
threatening ne3 forking the queen and the rook

 
11. Qc1 Ne3 12. Re1 Nxg2 13. Kxg2 c5 14. e3 b6 15. Qc2
i want to get my d2 knight to d3 so i can go to e5 and have a better game

 
15... Bb7 16. Nb3 a5 17. Nc1 c4
he stopped me!

 
18. Ne2 b5 19. Kg1
repositioning my pieces

 
19... b4 20. Ne5 a4 21. Reb1 Qc7 22. h3
go g4 with an attack on the king side

 
22... b3 23. Qd1 Bxe5 24. dxe5
!! now, i can go nd4! and control the board with it!

 
24... Qb6 25. Nd4 Rfb8 26. a3
closing the queenside

 
26... Bc8 27. Qf3 Rb7 28. Kf2
getting my king out of the way, so my rooks can work freely!

 
28... Qd8 29. Rbh1 Qe8 30. Rag1 Rf7 31. Ke2
moving it way out of the way!

 
31... Raa7 32. Kd2 Rae7 33. Rg2 Bd7 34. g4 g6 35. gxf5 exf5 36. h4
! DONT take on d5 with the queen? why: opens the a8-h1 diagonal

 
36... Bc6 37. h5 Rfg7 38. Qh3
attacking f5 once more and getting the h-file ready!

 
38... gxh5 39. Nxf5
winning the exchange!

 
39... d4
??!! i think he was trying to get his bishop working!

 
40. Nxe7+ Qxe7 41. Rxg7+ Kxg7 42. Rg1+ Kf8 43. Qf5+ Qf7 44. Qc8+
! the best move i think, if qxq then kxq and pushes his h pawns forth

 

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