Annotated chess game

I wonder what the consequences of 11.Nxe5 would be? 11...Bxe5 12.Bxh5; 11...Rxe5 12.f4... I would have found it hard to pass up.

And it also threatens the aggressive Bh6! I can't see Nxe5 working, don't worry ionadowman, white's miles ahead in development, he doesn't need to go gung-ho right away, as long as he patiently presses his advantage he should win

Playing for ...Ng7 when the break ...f5 will be playable. ...Bh8 doesn't really weaken Black's K position much: indeed it is a standard retreat once White has played Bh6 and provided (as here) the rook as moved off f8.

this is also bad, the only logical follow up to ...Nh5 would be ...f5. black probably noticed that after 11...f5 white can just play 12.exf5 winning a pawn as 12...gxf5 loses to 13.Nxe5 (h5 knight en prise) and 12...Bxf5 loses to the fork 13.g4. --------------- it appears to me that this plan is bad, black is spending a lot of time, and misplacing alot of pieces (e8 rook, g7 knight which also blocks blacks only good piece the dark square bishop), on trying to arrange an advance that won't be especially good for him. 'before you look for anything with black, first you must equalise' black is clearly nowhere near equal so should not be trying to attack, but instead realise he is worse and start solving the problems of his position, breaking up the white centre is quite low on the list of problems when compared with the b8 knight.

Agree with ionadowman this time... i think black would have had a reasomable game if he'd played f5, it would have finally given black some room to breathe. would have been even better if he'd left his rook on the f file... how bad is that move looking now? That's why it's crucial to get the development right.

?! maybe this is premature, i can see why white wants to take drastic action after the way black has played, but it seems more prudent to assault the queenside, as the structure suggests, with b4 when whites queenside attack will be in full swing before black can even begin to think about counterplay on the kingside.

I dont think this is too bad, black has to play Ng7 now to avoid the unpleasant Bxh5, then white can play f4 before black can play f5.

yes it appears black is trying to play ...f5 he had spent 3 moves now trying to prepare this advance and in doing so has misplaced his pieces. just out of curiosity what did you have planned on 12...f6?

12...f6 13.Bxh5 maybe...

a good strong move, whites sticks to his plan of kingside attack ripping open lines for his rooks. however this move is quite comprimising, whites kingside structure is now quite weak, but i feel blacks lack of development and un co-ordinated pieces are good reason to open lines at the expence of long term weakness as your attacks chance of sucess is very high, so the price is very small.

! Taking advantage of the undeveloped black pieces. It is important to note though for further use that f4 is usually dubious in the KID because after exf4 it gives black the e5 square for his knight while opening the line for the black bishop. However, the fact that this position demands to be opened and the e5 square cannot yet be used compensates.

at first sight ...f5 looks best just because it complicates, not to sure about ...exf4 as its not even like black is opening up the diagonal for the bishop. ...f6 looks wrong even if the knight did have to retreat after 14.Nf3 blacks position is a wreck

This is the kind of move that is very satisfying to play, white passively sacs a knight to open lines toward the black king. very nice  

Aggressive and, at first sight, not easy to meet. I have to admit, though, that my first thought here was 14.fxe5, with the idea 14...fxg5 15.Bxg5 Qc8 and then either pushing the e-pawn on (16.e6) or 16.exd6 cxd6 17.Qf4 ...

15...Rf8 16.Bxg5(what else?) Qe8 is similar to below. and if 15...Nf5, can white not throw in f7 to get the king on the open file which could be quite dangerous. also 17.fxg6 can be delayed and white could instead play 17.Ne4! getting another piece into the attack on a very nice central square, simarlarly in the line with ...Bxf6 i'm not sure what you mean by 18.Bh6 as there is a pawn on g5 but white can again instead play 18.Ne4 threatening the bishop and bringing another piece into the attack.

Could Black have taken the knight and hung on, possibly by returning it at the right moment? 14...fxg5 15.Bxg5 Qc8 16.f6 Nf5 17.exf5 gxf5 18.Bh5 Rf8(?) 19.f7ch Kg7(?) 20.Bh6ch Kf6 21.Qg5# Black would probably have to play ...Rf8 at move 16 or 17 to have any chance of survival...

It's worth investigating this further. 15...fxg5 16.Bxg5 Qc8 17.f6 Rf8 and now what? Try 18.Bh6!? Nf5 19.Bxf8, hoping for 19...Qxf8?? 20.Qg5ch Kf7?? 21.Bh5#; 20...Ng7? 21.f7ch; 20...Bg7(!) 21.fxg7 Qxg7 22.Qd8ch Qf8 23.Qxf8ch Kxf8 24.g4 etc. But Black has 19...Kf8, which may offer prospects of holding out. 20.g4!? Ng3!? leads to some really exciting stuff I've not got to the bottom of yet. Here's a sample line: 21.Qh6ch Kf7 22.Ne4 Nxe4 23.g5 Bf5 24.Rxf5 Qxf5 25.Bh5ch Kg8 26.f7ch Qxf7 27.Bxf7ch Kxf7 28.Rf1 etc. [All this is based on moving pieces about whilst I sit here at the keyboard. A more thorough look will likely be needed, as there are lots of lines I haven't looked at yet]

if black captures the knight here the f pawn get rammed down his thoat after the obligitory 16.Bxg5 Qc8 which seems to me to lead to material equality but white will have an overwhelming position due to blacks exposed king and horribly underdeveloped queenside ------------------- i think the simplest way would be to grab back the material with 18.fxg7 Bxg7 19.Rxf8 Bxf8 20.Rf1 when the white attack is still going, although nowhere near as ferociously, and white has regained his material.

both captures of the pawn seem bad, 15...Bxf5 16.Nce4! looks very powerful, and leaving the pawn loses to 16.Ne6 cutting deep into the enemy position.

I suspect 15...Bxf5 might be the better choice, bringing a piece closer to the beleaguered K-side, and freeing up the QN. After 15...Bxf5 16.Nce4 Bxe4 17.Nxe4 Nd7 say might hold out hopes of hanging on.

I like this move as well. Without threatening anything really concrete, it piles on the pressure, giving Black all sorts of problems. Suppose he bites the bullet: 16...fxg5. Then comes 17.Bxg5 and if 17...Ne7 18.Bxh7ch Kxh7 19.Rf7ch Kg8 20.Bxe7 Rxe7 21.Qg4ch Kxf7 22.Rf1ch Bf6 23.Rxf6ch with a swift quietus. If instead of 20...Rxe7 Black tries 20...Kxf7, White can bale out with 21.Bxd8 or go for it with 21.Rf1ch Bf6 22.Bxf6; or 22.Rxf6ch Kxe7 23.Qg5 with threats of 24.Qg7ch and 24.Re6ch. The alternative 17th move ...Qc8 seems to be met by an equally strong attack after 18.g4 Nd4 (say) 19.Bh6 with a view to 20.Qg5ch.

i think on 16...fxg5 17.Bxf5 is very strong winning back the sacrificed pawn

Black could have tried 16...Qc8 here, to try and maintain the knight's blocking position. But White has a promising continuation in 17.Nxh7 Kxh7 18.Qe2 with 19.Qh5ch or 19.Qg4(ch) in mind.

very nice, afer 18...fxg5? 19.Qe4 theres no good way to defend g6.

maybe 19...Qe8 is a better defencive try, simply defending the g6 square. however 20.Ne6 looks good after 20...Bxe6 21.dxe6 the e pawn keeps the king on the exposed king side and so a simple rook lift should finish the job... e.g. 21...Nc6 (finally) 22.Rf3 f5 23.Rxf5 and the black king has nowhere left to hide