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11. Nc3
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I attack the pawn on e4 and prepare tp develop Bf1. |
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11... Nc6
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But what is this? Just gifting the pawn on e4? |
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12. Nxe4
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So I take. |
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12... b6
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He prepares to fianchetto his Bc8. |
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13. Bd3
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I develop mine, protecting the Ne4. |
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13... Bb7
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He continues to fianchetto. |
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14. O-O
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I castle. |
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14... Rd7
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Preparing to double rooks on the d file. |
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15. a3
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Ruling out his knight or queen coming to b4 and also preparing to grab territory on the queen side. |
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15... Na5
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Hoping for a knight fork on b3. |
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16. Qc3
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Which I prevent. |
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16... Rad8
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He completes his doubling manoeuvre on the d file. |
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17. b4
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So I attack his knight. |
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17... Nc6
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Knight drops back. Fritz outs white as plus .97 now. |
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18. f3
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This seemed sensible at the time, giving more protection to my Ne4, but I soon realised it is a mistake. He could now cause problems with 18......f7-f5, forcing my knight away and then continue with 19....f5-f4 undermining my pawn on d4 which is holding everything together. |
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18... Nb8
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Fritz agrees with me - f5 followed by f4 and white's advantage is down to plus 0.81 This move seems far too passive. I think his plan was c7-c5 |
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19. b5
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Which I decide to stop. I am planning on meeting c7-c5 with bxc6 e.p. |
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19... a6
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He tries to lure my pawn away. |
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20. a4
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But I simply protect it. Fritz prefers f3-f4 here. |
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20... c6
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He attacks b5 again, but this leaves his pawn on b6 very weak. I was rather afraid of him playing c6-c5 next move, hence my reply. |
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