4NCL Holmes Chapel v Bradford DCA B
CharlesHiggie (ecf172) vs. Damian McCarthy (ecf165)
Annotated by:
charleshiggie
(2192)
Chess opening:
Nimzo-Indian (E48), 4.e3 O-O, 5.Bd3 d5
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41. Bd4
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I restrict its possibilities. |
 
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41... Nb6
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I was very tempted to take the knight off here, with Bd4xb6, but then I thought "If I move my other bishop, he can't move his knight without losing his a7 pawn, and he can't move his a7 pawn without losing the knight. So, if he does nothing, I just wander over to the queen-side with my king, using the black squares and eventually take twice on b6." |
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42. Be6
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So I played this instead. |
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42... gxf5
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He takes. |
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43. gxf5
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I take back. |
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43... Nc4
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I knew this was losing a piece for him, but as I said, if he doesn't try something like this, my king just wanders into his position and wins. |
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44. Bxa7
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I take. |
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44... Nxa3
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He takes. |
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45. d6
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This pawn can only be stopped by losing a piece. |
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45... Nc2
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He decides to lose the bishop rather than the knight. |
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46. d7
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So I push again. |
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46... Bxd7
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He takes. |
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47. Bxd7
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I take back. |
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47... Nb4
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I just have to be careful, I need to mobilize my king without losing anything to a knight fork! |
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48. Kf2
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So the king comes up. |
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48... Nd3+
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He checks. |
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49. Ke3
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King comes up. |
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49... Ne5
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His knight takes up a good central position, threatening a knight ofrk on g4. |
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50. Bb5
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Played so that if he does play Ng4+ after Kf4, Nxh2, Kg3 wins the knight, as the Bb5 covers f1. |
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50... h6
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A rather random move! |
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