your blog came on the spot: just today i used the knitted set...poor bishop...
wheeeee...
i spent all easter saturday on that game, and because of the coincidence i just have to post it... is a nice example how a fianchettoed bishop can work and how powerful knights are beyond the pawns, plus a small sac at the end 🙂
[Event "Challenge"] [Site "http://www.timeforchess.com"] [Date "2011.04.23"] [EndDate "2011.04.24"] [Round "?"] [White "miroslav miro"] [Black "tharkesh"] [WhiteRating "1535"] [BlackRating "1725"] [WhiteELO "1535"] [BlackELO "1725"] [Result "0-1"] [GameId "8369015"]
1. d4 Ng8f6 {this move gives rise to a universe of openings, among them the kings indian defense...nice name, reminds me on ilja trojanows 'collector of the worlds', beautiful written pictures, plays in india mostly} 2. Bc1f4 {? not really opening theory} g6 3. c3 Bf8g7 {they say, fianchettoed bishops can be very strong. with an opponent making dubious moves, i felt curageous enough to "fianchetto". whoa...} 4. h3 d5 5. e3 O-O 6. Qd1b3 b6 7. Ng1f3 e6 8. Nf3e5 c5 9. Bf1e2 Nb8d7 {?? blacks position felt kind of cramped, so: this was meant as a developing move, if you followed so far, the opening is rather strange, but it was for pure practice. so this move is supposed to develop... buhuu...what a crappy move} 10. Ne5c6 {!nicely seen. attack the queen and squeeze in the rook...} Qd8e8 11. Bf4d6 {basically a blunder of black: a rook for a bishop... now, that it is gone anyways, one should play its resources: increase the threat! and try to capture the knight, too! it has very few spots to run to...so how to cut its escape routes?} c4 {resource: attack the queen...in worst case he puts it to safety...} 12. Qb3a3 {? keeps the queen unnecessarily in the danger} Nf6e4 13. Bd6xf8 Bg7xf8 14. Qa3a4 Nd7f6 {what a nice pin: the knight is mine: if it moves, the queen falls, if she moves, the knight falls!} 15. Be2d1 Bc8d7 16. Qa4c2 Bd7xc6 17. f3 Ne4g3 {those knight can be really annoying, especially in the center...} 18. Rh1h2 Bf8d6 19. f4 Ra8c8 20. Qc2f2 Bc6a4 {wheeeeeee...i meant to first play Nf6e4...i just misclicked the move order... } 21. Qf2xg3 Ba4xd1 22. Ke1xd1 Qe8a4 23. Kd1c1 Nf6e4 {back on e4. the winning square...} 24. Qg3f3 b5 25. g4 b4 26. Qf3d1 b3 27. a3 {that was not calculated! all methods of taking that pawn lead to a sure death, but just walking it by...damn...} Qa4a5 {waiting and hoping...the fenced in knight holds it all together! look at whites pieces: rook, knight, king: any move is lethal!} 28. Nb1d2 {? now you see why the knight was supposed to stand still...} Ne4xc3 29. bxc3 Qa5xc3 30. Kc1b1 Qc3d3 31. Kb1b2 c3 32. Kb2xb3 Rc8b8 *
edit 13: finally.... small hint: dont put brackets inside annotations...