Annotated Chess Game 12532578 by vandervelde

Annotated Chess Game 12532578 by vandervelde

Annotated Games
  • 1. e4 e5 2. Ng1f3 Nb8c6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nf3xd4 Ng8f6 5. Nd4xc6 bxc6 6. e5
    6.Nc3 BB4 7, Bd3 was popular in eighties and Gligoric unfortunately was victim many times in this classical line. Classical, because it was almost identical with the position from last Reykjavik-game and very first game of Steinitz-Zuckertort match!
    • 6... Nf6d5
      !? Everyone plays 6. ...Qe7, but I wanted to explore road less traveled. Without ...Ba6!
      • 7. c4 Bf8b4
        !? It looks patzerish "never miss a chance for check" but in fact it forces White to put his pieces in awkward places.
        • 8. Nb1d2 Nd5f4
          !? Funny and unorthodox way to prevent white Bishop from developing!
          • 9. a3 Bb4e7 10. Nd2f3 Nf4e6
            ?! Maybe field g6 was better, since I would get opportunity to put my white-coloured Bishop on g4.
            • 11. Bc1e3 O-O 12. Bf1d3 Be7c5 13. Qd1c2
              ?! Too ambitious. I believed to my opponent and played ...g6, but I should have ruined his pawns with ...Bxe3
              • 13... g6
                ? Mistake
                • 14. Be3h6 Rf8e8 15. O-O-O Ne6d4 16. Nf3xd4 Bc5xd4 17. Bd3xg6 Bd4xb2 18. Qc2xb2 hxg6
                  ?? Actually I didn't devote much time to this position, and I should have. It was good preparation for an OTB game in Scotch game. I reasoned schematicaly that borh diagonals of mine would be "woulnerable" if I played 18. ...fxg6. But 18. ...fxg6 was only good move and my King would have been safe. I only needed to spend a bit time to this position. White King is also exposed! After 18. ...fxg6 19. h4 isn't dangerous because I play simple 19...Qe7 and white Pe5 is under attack and I can move ...Qf7 and put white Pc4 in jeopardy. I was afraid of e6 and Rhae1 but if you look at the position, you would find that Black can calmly play ...Qf7 and everything is okay. Never succumb to optical illusions!
                  • 19. e6
                    This threatens check-mate. I oversaw it! Too many games. But 19. ...f6 gives defense albeit in difficult position. Optically, black is under dangerous attack, but in fact White must find move Qc2 and then Rd3 with an idea Rh3 to continue attack. Nothing would have been over yet!
                      Game started
                      31 Dec '17
                      Last move
                      12 Jan '18
                      Game Lost
                      Created
                      12 Jan '18
                      Updated
                      12 Jan '18
                      Comments
                      0
                      Annotation Id
                      5239

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