Annotated Chess Game 12088400 by 64squaresofpain
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Difficult pawn calculation
1. e4 e5 2. Ng1f3 Nb8c6 3. Bf1c4 Bf8e7 4. O-O d6 5. c3 Bc8g4 6. d3 Nc6a5 7. Bc4b5 c6
This Bishop is going to be tucked away, with Black gaining a lot of space
8. Bb5a4 b5
However in many situations such pawn advances can be considered weakening in the long term
9. Ba4c2 c5 10. b4
My Bishop wants to go back on b3
10... Na5c6 11. h3
Perhaps bad timing, now after trades Black could win a pawn on b4 if he wanted
11... Bg4xf3 12. Qd1xf3 cxb4 13. cxb4 Nc6d4
Black instead uses the more strategic option, placing a Knight on a strong central square
14. Qf3d1 Ra8c8 15. Nb1a3 Qd8c7
? Here Bb2 can be played, as Nxc2 would then be met with Rc1
16... Nd4xb3
Black gives up the Knight and helps White's development of the Queen, developing with Nf6 was better
17. Qd1xb3 Qc7c3 18. Ra1b1
? Nxb5 was actually playable, as Qxa1 would simply be met with Bb2
18... a6 19. Bc1e3 Qc3xb3 20. Rb1xb3 Ng8f6 21. Rf1c1
Contesting the open file... after trades, the position is maybe slightly better for Black
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