Annotated Chess Game 12051749

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. dxc5 Bf8xc5

This is not a position I often reach. I love it.

5. c3 Nb8c6 6. f4

White has played all of his useful pawn breaks towards the center - as supporting cast.

6... Ng8e7 7. b4 Bc5b6 8. Ng1f3 Ne7f5 9. Bf1d3 Nf5e3

Gains a pawn.

10. Bc1xe3 Bb6xe3 11. Qd1e2 Be3xf4

The dark squared bishop is now supreme.

12. g3 Bf4g5 13. a4 Bg5e7 14. a5 a6 15. Nb1d2 b5

White worked hard to reduce the value of the dark squared bishop - but his c3 pawn weakness is on an open file. Being able to point my rooks at c3 and have Be7 pointing at b4 makes some tactics to gain a pawn on that strong chain.

16. Nd2b3 Qd8c7 17. Ra1c1 Bc8b7

a6 is the queenside pawn weakness, if I break the queensides pawns, and get a rook behind whites pawn structure, I will need to be able to defend a6 or else I'll lose a pawn trying to save the dark squared bishop after Bxb4, Bxa5 Ra1 and a6 falls. This square is best - and right now I need to do some rearranging to get my rooks on the c file.

18. O-O Ra8c8 19. Rf1e1 Bb7a8

To allow me to play Qa7. Bb7 is still the best square, but this is allowable as long as the queen stays on a7

20. h4 Qc7a7 21. Qe2f2 Qa7xf2 22. Kg1xf2 O-O 23. Rc1c2 Rc8c7 24. g4

I have firm control of the pawn breaks. White has to push all of his defense and energy to c3. I'm looking to catch either a rook out of place, or his king too many moves from his pawns.

24... Rf8c8 25. Re1c1 g6 26. g5 Be7f8

Allowing attacks on e5 and b4 - with hopes of drawing the king away and allowing a pawn break with a tempo to play a rook to the h file. - any response to the h file rook opens up the c files tactics.

27. Kf2g3 Ba8b7

supporting a6 once again.

28. Nb3d4 Nc6xd4 29. Nf3xd4

whites knight no longer defends e5, the time to break the pawn structure is now. he will be forced to play Nf3 if I play Bg7, giving me a single tempi.

29... h6 30. Nd4f3 Bf8g7 31. Kg3f4

well played by white.

31... hxg5 32. hxg5 Kg8f8 33. Kf4g4 Kf8e8 34. Kg4f4 Ke8e7

White cannot respond - and yet has to.

35. Rc1h1 Rc7xc3 36. Rh1c1 d4

Nxd4 is detrimental, d4 is a checking square for the rook and thus loses material.

37. Rc2xc3 dxc3 38. Kf4e3 Ke7d7

Bf8 breaks everything - the passed pawn cannot be ignored - but giving that pawn a connected passed pawn, is incontrovertible.

39. Bd3c2 Bg7f8 40. Rc1b1 Rc8c4 41. Rb1d1 Kd7e8

all weaknesses are defended and white cant stop the b4 tactic. Bb7 and Bf8 break the pawns.