Annotated Chess Game 10504603 by Uncle Stosh

French Defense club tournament 2014 pawn race

1. Nb8c6 Bf1b5 2. a6 Bb5xc6
prefer to double pawns
3. dxc6 O-O 4. Bf8c5 d4
black square bishop has few choices on pawn attack
5. Bc5b6 e5 6. Bc8d7 Bc1g5
pawn on e5 adds to problems of black
7. f6 Bg5e3 8. Qd8e7 exf6 9. Ng8xf6 c4 10. c5 d5 11. exd5 cxd5 12. Qe7d6 Nb1c3
distractions delay black
13. O-O-O Nf3g5 14. Qd6f8 Qd1e2 15. h6 Ng5e6
knight fork forces exchange
16. Bd7xe6 dxe6 17. Qf8e7 Be3f4 18. Rh8f8 Bf4d2 19. Rd8d6 Nc3a4 20. Rd6xe6 Na4xb6
check takes priority and derails black trap of white queen
21. cxb6 Bd2e3 22. Nf6d5 Qe2g4 23. Nd5xe3 fxe3 24. Rf8xf1 Ra1xf1 25. Kc8b8 Rf1f8
this is elegant trap that black has to carefully analyze
26. Kb8a7 Qg4f4 27. Qe7d6 Qf4f3 28. Re6f6 Rf8xf6 29. Qd6xf6 Qf3e2 30. Qf6e6 b3
black has pawn advantage with white fighting for pawn advance
31. Qe6f6 g3 32. Qf6g5 Qe2e1 33. Qg5e5 Qe1e2 34. g5 e4 35. Qe5d4 Kg1g2 36. Qd4e5 a4 37. a5 Qe2c2 38. Qe5d4 Kg2f3
this advance was essential to pawn end game
39. h5 Kf3g2 40. g4 h3 41. gxh3 Kg2xh3 42. Qd4e5 Kh3h4
again the king must challenge black queen dominance