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This game lasted only some 45 min. I had the white pieces and felt pretty confident, having checked out some previous games of my opponent. (when your rating is 1200, obviously most higher rated people don't take your challenge.) |
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1. d4
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My favorite first move as white, as I'm more familiar with Queen's Gambit type situations. |
 
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1... d5 2. c4 dxc4
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Queen's gambit accepted. |
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3. e4
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3.e3 or 3.Nf3 are often played also. |
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3... c6
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Ofcourse 3...Nf6 or 3...b5 are options here. |
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4. Bxc4
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Taking back the pawn. |
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4... e6 5. Nc3 h6
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?? This move weakens the kingside pawn structure for no reason. At this point I allready saw a potential bishop sacrifice on h6. |
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6. Nf3 Nf6 7. O-O
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Developing and bringing my king to a safer spot. |
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7... b5 8. Bd3
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This bishop needs to go to d3 anyway, now it's like an x-ray aim on h7 and soon I'll play e5 to unleash it's full potential. |
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8... Be7 9. Bf4
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I want to double up on this diagonal with my queen, so I have to move my bishop first. |
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9... Nbd7 10. Qd2
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Voila.. |
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10... O-O
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Ok, here it comes... |
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11. e5
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First get the knight out of the way and simultaneously clear the diagonal for my light squared bishop! |
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11... Nh5 12. Bxh6
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! Nice move! It's also nice to see how all the white pieces are active in the attack. (the knight on c3 will jump to e4 in some lines to assist.) |
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12... gxh6
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It might be better not to take the bishop here...but white is obviously better. |
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13. Qxh6
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Threatening mate on h7 ofcourse. |
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13... Ndf6
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13...f5 14.exf6 Ndxf6 also looks good for white. |
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14. Rae1
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I like this move..I've been reading this book called 'Excelling at Chess calculation' by Jacob Aagaard, a great book by the way, where he speaks of finding 'candidate moves'. Ofcourse taking the knight wins back material, but I decided to look a bit further and found this move! It doesn't threaten anything for now, but black should really feel the pressure on the kingside building up. |
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14... Re8
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? This move loses instantly, but it's hard to find good moves for black. |
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15. exf6
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Mate is inevitable now! |
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15... Nxf6
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15...Bxf6 leads to forced mate after 16.Bh7 Kh8 17.Bg6 Kg8 18.Qh7 Kf8 19.Qxf7# |
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