ANNOTATED GAME

4NCL Holmes Chapel v Manchester M 2
CharlesHiggie (ecf172) vs. John D Lyth (ecf169)
Annotated by: charleshiggie (2222)
Chess opening: QGD Slav defence, Alekhine variation (D10)
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11... Qb6
I found out afterwards that actually Bb7 instead of Qb6 is good for black. This is good for white now.

 
12. Bxf6
So I take.

 
12... Nxf6
He takes back.

 
13. Qxf6
I take back, hitting the rook.

 
13... Rg8
The natural square for the rook.
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14. O-O-O
Protecting my d pawn with my rook, and moving the king out of the center. I found out later that this position has been seen in this game. http://gameknot.com/analyze-board.pl?bd=14169707&mv=27&rnd=0.03949373448267579

 
14... Be7
White has no choice now, as Qh6?? and Qf4?? both lose the queen to Bg5.

 
15. Qf3
So I run back here.

 
15... Bb7
Threatening c6-c5

 
16. Ne4
In the aforementioned game white continued Qe2? instead of Ne4 with advantage to black. Ne4 is played to discourage c6-c5. In computer analysis afterwards, we found that black can still play c6-c5! and meet dxc5 with Qxc5! and if white takes the black queen, black can take the white queen. That is probably the best continuation for black.

 
16... Rd8
Played after a long think.

 
17. Qe3
Again, played to prevent the freeing c6-c5.

 
17... Qa5
Black hits the pawn on a2.
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18. a3
If instead I had played Kb1, then black has got c6-c5, as my d pawn can't take on c5 as he can play Rd8xRd1+. So this is the only way to protect it. I was planning on meeting b5-b4 with Nc5.

 
18... Rd7
He starts wasting time, leading to a massive advantage for me. b5-b4 was better.
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19. Rg1
So I finally prepare to develop my king side.

 
19... Kd8
He decides to remove his king from the center.

 
20. Be2
I connect my rooks.

 
20... Kc8
He continues his king march.
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21. f4
I start advancing my pawns.

 

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