ANNOTATED GAME

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belacqua17 (1273) vs. boyko (1305)
Annotated by: belacqua17 (1200)
Chess opening: French defence (C00)
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1. e4 e6 2. Nf3
my favorite line against what I thought would be the french...

 
2... f6
??
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3. d4
staking a claim to the center

 
3... d6
??
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4. e5
maybe not the best move, but an aggressive one nonetheless

 
4... dxe5 5. dxe5 Qxd1+
eliminates the option of castling
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6. Kxd1 f5 7. Bc4 Be7 8. Bf4 h6 9. Nc3 c6 10. Ke2
brings the king into the game, connects the rooks

 
10... b5 11. Bb3 Bb4 12. Nd4 Bxc3
opens the b file for later attacks...

 
13. bxc3 g5 14. Bd2 Ke7 15. c4
clearing out the b file completely
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15... bxc4 16. Bxc4 a5 17. Rhb1
threatens Rxb8 followed by Rxb8 and Nxb8 , forking the king and rook

 
17... f4
he misses the attack and...

 
18. Rxb8
boom!

 
18... Rxb8 19. Nxc6+ Kf7 20. Nxb8
all of a sudden the game has been busted wide open

 
20... Bb7 21. Bxa5 Bxg2 22. Rd1 f3+
last ditch checking attempt inadvertently traps his bishop

 
23. Ke3 Ne7
attacks my knight prepares for a last ditch check

 
24. Na6 Nf5+ 25. Ke4 Rc8 26. Bb3 Ne7 27. Rd7
pins the knight

 
27... Ke8
bad way to remove the pin, allows me to take e6

 
28. Bxe6 Nc6
attacks the bishop on a5

 
29. Nc7+ Kf8
moves his king away from his other pieces

 
30. Rf7+
continues the attack

 

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