ANNOTATED GAME

charleshiggie's Christmas/New Year Tournament 2016
knight_nite (1358) vs. charleshiggie (2030)
Annotated by: charleshiggie (2222)
Chess opening: Sicilian (B30), Nimzovich-Rossolimo attack (without ...d6)
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11. Ne1
The move was played on move 10 in Semenova, Lidia K (2271) vs. Kernazhitsky, Leonid (2355) followed by f2-f4, but my opponent has another plan.

 
11... a5
Played to get my bC8 into play.

 
12. Ndf3
I'm not sure why my opponent did this knight manoeuvre. It doesn't seem to have achieved anything.
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12... f6
Gameknot gives this as a mistake, and suggests … cxd4 13. Bxd4 Nxd4 14. Nxd4 Qc7 15. Nd3 a4 16. Qd2 Ba6 17. Rfe1 a3 18. b3 Rac8 19. Rac1 Qd7 20. Rcd1 b5 as best for both sides, but I am not convinced. Maybe 12....Ba6 was best, as planned.

 
13. Nd3
He re-enforced e5.

 
13... Ba6
Bishop finally reaches a6

 
14. Re1
The logical square for the rook.

 
14... Bxd3
Getting rid of my "bad" bishop, and removing a protector of e5.

 
15. Qxd3
He takes back.

 
15... Qc7
Threatening his pawn on e5.

 
16. Bf4
He protects it, threatening e5xf6 with a discovered attack on my queen in some variations.

 
16... f5
So I stop that. With my white-squared bishop gone, I am not afraid of putting pawns on white squares.

 
17. Rac1
Logical to put his rook on the same file as my queen.

 
17... c4
So I block up the c file.

 
18. Qd2
His queen drops back.

 
18... h6
Stopping his knight from coming to g5.

 
19. h4
He is clearly going to attack on the king-side.

 
19... b5
And my on the queen-side!

 
20. a3
He tries to slow my attack.

 
20... b4
But I advance any way.

 

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