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11. f4
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After the game Danny told me that he thought this was the best move for white. He once again played his next move very quickly, and I sunk into thought again. |
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11... Bg4
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What now? Eventually I moved and it was not what he had expected..... |
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12. Qa4+
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It was this! I half expected the game to end in a quick draw now! 12....Bd7 13. Qd1 Bg4 14. Qa4+ etc. After the game Danny thought this wasn't very good, but I see now that it has been played before. White lost quickly in Bopp Thomas (2187) vs. Renner Christoph (2448) after 12. Qa4+ b5
13. Qxb5+ c6
14. Qb7 O-O
15. fxe5 Qe8
16. Bxd5+ cxd5
17. Qxd5+ Be6
18. Qa5 Qc6 |
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12... Qd7
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But Danny played this, which perhaps lets me off the hook. As well as 12.....b5!? Fritz likes 12....Nc6, another move I was thinking he may play. |
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13. Qxd7+
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I take. |
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13... Nxd7
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He has to take this way, otherwise he just loses the knight. Now the question is - take the pawn or not take the pawn. |
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14. Bxd5
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At the time I thought "well queens are off the board now, it is going to be hard to whip up a winning attack with the queens off" - but I was wrong! Fritz suggests 14. Be3 with slight edge to white. |
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14... O-O-O
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Fritz likes this move. |
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15. Be3
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Fritz prefers 15. Bf3 |
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15... Rhe8
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Fritz likes this move too. |
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16. Kf2
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Virtually forced, in order the save the bishop. |
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16... Nf6
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I like this move, I think it is good, and it lays a trap into which I fall. Fritz thinks Nc5 is better. Ok so where should white retreat the bishop to? |
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17. Bf3
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This seemed to be a mistake, but afterwards we played some variations, and white does have a tough position to play, so I am not 100% sure there is anything better. OK what did Danny play now? |
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17... Bxf3
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Is that what you would have done? |
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18. Kxf3
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If I had taken back with the knight he has Nf6-g4+ winning a piece. |
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18... Rd3
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But now he has a winning pin. Only one way to defend the bishop.... |
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19. Re1
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Like so. |
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19... Nd5
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And now I can't protect it again and it is lost. I played it out, but move-by-move account is no longer necessary. |
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20. Nh3 Nxe3 21. Ke2 Rd7 22. Kf3 Rde7 23. Re2 Nc4 24. Rf2 Re7e3+ 25. Kg2 Re3e2 26. Rb1 h6 27. Ng1 Re2e1 28. Rxe1 Rxe1 29. Nf3 Re7 30. Nh4 Re6 31. b3 Ne3+ 32. Kf3 Nf5 33. Nxf5 gxf5 34. c4 Bd4 35. Rd2 c5 36. b4 b6 37. bxc5 bxc5 38. h3 h5 39. Rc2 Kc7
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And I finally resigned. Many thanks for reading, hope you would it entertaining and educational! Please leave a comment or two and rate the annotation on the star system, to let me know how I am doing. Until next time dear reader! |
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