ANNOTATED GAME

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bottlenose (1378) vs. johnb221 (1470)
Annotated by: johnb221 (1200)
Chess opening: Sicilian (B30), Nimzovich-Rossolimo attack (without ...d6)
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13. Nce2
now I'm confused... he itentionally moves both knights to squares where they are "stuck"

 
13... Rad8
I plot a discovered attack on his Queen
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14. f4
he doesn't seem to notice..

 
14... Bg4
so I test the waters
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15. f5
he must not be paying attention!

 
15... Rxd1
the Queen is done!

 
16. Rxd1
the rook was an acceptable loss

 
16... Qb6+
I check him (just because)

 
17. Kf1
he moves away from the corner

 
17... Qb5
I pin the knight
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18. h3
he tries to drive away the bishop..

 
18... Bxe2+
so I take the knight/bishop trade

 
19. Nxe2
he completes the trade

 
19... Nxe4
I pick off a free pawn and plan Ng3 next to pick off the pinned knight

 
20. Ke1
he breaks the pin, ruining my plan

 
20... Qb4+
so I check him again

 
21. c3
as I expected...

 
21... Qe7
my Queen backs off

 
22. g3
he saw where I was headed (h4)

 
22... Qc5
c5 will work just as well

 

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