I was sent this annotated game by moonbus: http://www.redhotpawn.com/annotation/annotationinteractive.php?annotationid=3891 which I played through, and then annotated myself (below) and I recommend you play through as well.
moonbus–Gengistiger RHP 2013-14
1. e4 e5 2. Ng1f3 Ng8f6 3. Nf3xe5 d6 {Black uses this mechanism to regain the pawn. It is inadvisable to take right away because of 4. Qe2, which is difficult for Black to deal with satisfactorily.} 4. Ne5f3 Nf6xe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bf1d3 {The best square for the bishop, pressuring the knight and possibly targeting h7.} Bf8e7 {Paving the way for Black to castle. 6. Bd6 is also OK.} 7. O-O Nb8c6 8. c4 {Hoping to dislodge the knave on e4.} Nc6b4 9. cxd5 Nb4xd3 10. Qd1xd3 Qd8xd5 11. Rf1e1 {White has sacrificed the minor exchange for mild pressure down the e-file.} Bc8f5 12. Nf3e5 Ne4d6 {A misstep. Black should castle queenside, attacking the isolated pawn and safeguarding the king.} 13. Nb1c3 Qd5xe5 14. dxe5 Bf5xd3 15. exd6 cxd6 16. Nc3d5 {After the last practically forced sequence, White is much more active, creating a permanent advantage.} Ke8d8 17. Re1xe7 Bd3c4 {Black gets the piece, but sheds pawns.} 18. Re7xf7 Bc4xd5 19. Bc1g5 Kd8c8 20. Ra1c1 Bd5c6 21. Rf7xg7 a5 22. f4 {22. Bf4 is more accurate, wiping up the pawn on d6.} a4 23. f5 Ra8a5 24. g4 {White pushes the pawns, hoping to promote.} Kc8b8 {30…Rb5! is best, hoping to get counterplay by keeping the White Rc1 stuck to the b2-pawn.} 25. Bg5f4 h5 {This looks active, but simply blunders a pawn.} 26. Bf4xd6 Kb8a8 27. f6 Ra5d5 {Black gets active defense, but White’s pawns are too fast.} 28. f7 Rd5xd6 29. Rc1xc6 {! A nice exchange sacrifice. White displaces the rook, making promotion possible.} bxc6 30. Rg7g8 Rd6d8 31. Rg8xh8 {! The continuation. The pawns now run.} Rd8xh8 32. g5 Rh8f8 33. g6 Ka8a7 34. g7 Rf8xf7 35. g8=Q Rf7b7 36. Qg8e8 Rb7xb2 37. Qe8xc6 {Leaving only an easy mop-up. Black dutifully resigned.} 1-0
What’s the reason I recommend playing through moonbus’s annotation? (Besides the fact that I’m not trying to steal his work.) The difference between our annotations.
moonbus ________________________
HikaruShindo
Opening name _______________Opening move explanations
Players –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––N/A
Important transition points –––––––––Reasons behind important moves
Evaluation at crucial point ––––––––––Minimal evaluation
Explanation of many endgame decisions ––Bad moves–Better moves
Overall, I am more critical of the players involved (which makes sense, moonbus played the game) and I provide less evaluations than explanations of specific moves. Moonbus is also more opening-focused.
Here is the relevant part of an interesting Morphy game:
Paul Morphy–Aureliano Medina Havana 1862
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23.Qd2 {This began as an odds game. White started without the queen’s knight.} Nge7 24.g5 {24. a4! is essentially a free move, threatening to trap the bishop.} f5 {24…exf5 is better, not being quite so squished.} 25.g6 {A little rushed.} Nxg6 26.Ng5 Qg8 27.Bh5 Kf8 {27…Nxd4 is preferable, because it simply wins a pawn.} 28.Rxc6 {White ‘breaks through.’ This is a bit of a bluff, though. Black is fine.} bxc6 29.b5 {White attempts to exploit the weak dark squares.} c5 30.dxc5 Bxc5 31.Rc1 Be7 32.Rc7 {Black, though having had a gigantic advantage all game because of his extra piece, now blows it.} Be8 {After 32…Rd8, Black is still on top by a tremendous amount.} 33.Bxg6 {Exchanging before…} hxg6 34.Rxe7 {! Morphy pounces. The reason why I chose this otherwise uneventful game to showcase.} Rxh4 35.Qb4 Rxh3+ 36.Nxh3 {Black is helpless against the threats and so resigned.} 1-0
Morphy casually sacrifices the exchange to exploit the weakened dark squares. The weak color complex does Black in. An exquisite finish!
HikaruShindo ––––––––––––––––––––––
Chessgames.com People
Explanations of a few moves –––––––––––––Why black is lost
Periodic overall evaluation –––––––––––Pun discussion
Occasional move recommendations ––––––Move recommendations
Aesthetics commentary –––––––––––––––––Aesthetics commentary
The chessgames.com annotations are generally more colorful, but more analytical, with more variations calculated out.
Overall, the difference between annotators is striking in both cases. Interesting, isn’t it?
–HikaruShindo
moonbus
