Annotated Chess Game 12293214 by 64squaresofpain
Annotated Games
Power of the Bishop pair endgame
1. e4 e5 2. Ng1f3 Nb8c6 3. Bf1c4 Ng8f6 4. d3 h6 5. O-O Bf8c5
Pianissimo
6. c3 a6
? d6 is the correct move here
7. d4 exd4 8. cxd4 Bc5a7 9. Nb1c3
? e4-e5 immediately would have been better, taking advantage of Black having no pawn on d6
9... d6 10. h3 b5 11. Bc4b3 O-O 12. Rf1e1 Bc8b7 13. a3
? again e5 was best, Black's passive treatment of the centre should be punished
13... Rf8e8 14. Bc1f4 Nc6a5 15. Bb3c2 Re8e7
Preparing further support of e5
16. Qd1d3
Looking at h7 ideas for later
16... Qd8e8 17. Nf3d2 Na5c4
Black offers a pawn on c4 in order to take on e4
18... Nc4xd2 19. Bf4xd2 Qe8c6 20. d5
Black has tempted this pawn forward, opening up the dark square diagonal and reducing White's grip on e5
20... Qc6d7 21. Bd2f4
White re-establishes the e5 grip
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