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11... Be7
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I defend against it and prepare to castle. |
 
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12. b3
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I'm assuming that my teamate is preparing to finachetto, although with my strong two pawns there, I don't think finachetto is going to help much. It will allow for queen side castle, but very little mobility for the black bishop. I still think he should castle and attack the king side. Or perhaps I would play d3, which allows for more mobility for the black bishop and he could still queen side castle if he wants. |
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12... Nxd5
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Since I see him wanting to finachetto, I decide to interrupt his plans by attacking both the f4 pawn or b4 which threatens Nxc2 . |
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13. Rf1
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I still think that casting is better here. Serves the same purpose by protecting the f4 pawn, and at the same time protects the king from the possible Nb4, Nc2 threat. |
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13... O-O
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I decide to take my own advice and protect my king before I do anything dumb (which I've been know to do on many occasion!) |
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14. d3
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Not much mobility for the bishop now, but I do agree that this is better than finachettoing. |
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14... Nc6
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Time to get my other knight into play and make him make a decision. |
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15. g3
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Looks like he's finally coming for a king-side attack... |
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15... Rfe8
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I'm now looking at a revealed queen-pin-check myself... |
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16. Qh5
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Here comes his queen for the king attack. I feel like I can defend though. |
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16... g6 17. Qh6 Bf8 18. Qg5 f6
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Here I'm thinking I have him without any problem... |
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19. Qh4 fxe5 20. f5
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this move worries me. I assumed that he would fxe5 and I would Rxe5 and have him on the run... |
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20... gxf5
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I almost played N6-b4 to take the pressure off with the formentioned Nc2 possibility, but I realized that leaving him with a passed pawn queen rook bishop that he could bring into the fray would not be wise, so I decided to get rid of the pawn, which I think was the right decision... |
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21. Rxf5
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I'm a little concerned about how exposed my king is... |
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21... Nde7
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...but I think I can defend with this knight... |
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22. Rg5+ Ng6 23. Bd2
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Again, I think if he had castled earlier, he would be able to activate the other rook sooner and really put me in a bind here...however, I see something... |
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23... Be7
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...this tasty pin... |
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24. Rxg6+
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at this point I think I just have too much material... |
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24... Qxg6 25. Qh3
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Just a matter of time now I think... |
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25... Rad8 26. O-O-O
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turn 26 far too late for castle, in my opinion. I would say that of all my teamate's mistakes, this hurt him the most... |
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