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11. a3
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So that the bishop can drop back to a2. |
 
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11... O-O
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I finally castle. |
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12. Qc2
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Continuing with her development. |
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12... b6
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Planning on developing my Bc8 |
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13. Ba2
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The bishop drops back. |
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13... Bb7
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I develop my bishop. |
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14. Rad1
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And her rook comes into play. Gameknot put her advantage as plus 0.84 now. |
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14... Rc8
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Good development, I may be able to use the fact that her queen and my rook are on the same file at some point. |
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15. Bb1
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Threatening mate on h7! |
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15... g6
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So I stop that. |
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16. e4
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And she seizes control of the centre. |
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16... c5
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I try and fight back against the centre. |
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17. d5
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And she pushes on, creating a pawn structure similar to a Benoni.I dare not take, inviting her knight to come to d5 or she could also take back with the pawn, opening up the b1-h7 diagonal again, and I dare not allow her to play d5xe6, opening up the d file against my queen. That left only one option, attempt to block everything up with this move |
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17... e5 18. Nb5
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So having struck against my king-side and then in the centre, she now strikes on the queen-side. But surely if her knight wanders into a7 then it is trapped there? |
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18... a6
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So I tried this, which Gameknot gives as an inaccuracy, and says that Ba6 would have restricted her lead to just 1.3 where now her lead is about 2.
Gameknot says the best continuation for both sides is Ba6 19. Nxa7 Bxf1 20. Kxf1 b5 21. Qd2 Kg7 22. d6 Bf6 23. Nxc8 Qxc8 24. h4 h5 25. g3 Qa6 26. Bd3 c4 27. Be2 Rc8 28. Kg1 Qc6 29. Qd5 Qxd5 30. Rxd5 Rc5 31. Rd1 Kf8 32. Ne1 Ke8 33. Nc2 Bg7 34. Ne3 Bf8 35. a4 bxa4 36. Bxc4 Rc6 37. Bb5 Rxd6 |
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19. Na7
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She jumps in. Now if Ra8 then Nc6 and I can't take it, as after she takes back with the pawn my knight is pinned against my queen with her rook. |
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19... Rc7
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So this is the better move. |
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20. d6
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But she has this clever fork of bishop and rook. |
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20... Bxd6
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So I take. I lose bishop for pawn, but what of it, isn't she losing her knight on a7 for a pawn also? |
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21. Rxd6
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She takes back. |
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