Game Submitted By:
Philip M Chase
[Event "Arcadia Club Championship"]
[Site "Arcadia, CA"]
[Date "2010.03.29"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Denton Anderson"]
[Black "Phillip Chase"]
[WhiteElo "1833"]
[BlackElo "1926"]
[PlyCount "60"]
{Notes by Phil Chase.} 1.e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. c3 e6 4. d4 d5 {Turned into a French Defense.} 5. exd5 exd5 6. Be2 {6. dxc5 can lead to situation with isolated pawn for black but more active pieces.} cxd4 {This can lead to a symmetrical position, probably drawish with good play.} 7. Nxd4 Bc5 {7. ... Bd6 is good.} 8. Be3 {OK if point is to trade into drawish position. 8. 0-0 and trying to develop fast to take advantage of black's bare kingside seems reasonable.} Qb6 {Looks aggressive, but probably =} 9. Qd2 Nf6 10. f3 {Weakening. Keeps N from e4, but 10. 0-0 is still good, or 10. b4 Bxd4 11. Bxd4 Nxd4 12. Qxd4 Qxd4 13. cxd4 =} 0-0 11. Kf2 Ne5 {Trying to exploit position of white's king and queen, threatening Ng4 for example, but now d4 is not covered, so...} 12. b4 Be7 {Bd6 ends up the same} 13. Nf5 Qe6 {13. ... Bxf5 14. Bxb6 axb6 does lead to an imbalanced position, with two pieces for a queen, but I didn't see a specific plan to i. attack the king, or ii. keep white from developing his pieces. I was looking at 15. Qc1, which vacates d2 for the knight, ends forking threats on e4, and really forces black to sac another piece for an attack.} 14. Nxe7+ Qxe7 15. Bc5 Qe6 16. Bxf8 Kxf8 17. Re1 Qd6 18. Na3 Ng4+ 19. Kf1 Qh2 20. Qd4 Ne5 21. Kf2 {Connecting rooks, threatening Rh1, maybe hoping to escape to the queenside.} Bh3 {Developing last pieces, setting up possible combinations on f3.} 22. Rg1 Re8 23. Kf1 {Now bishop is hanging but there is time to retreat since white's pieces are uncoordinated.} Bd7 24. Kf2 {Perhaps trying to repeat position in time trouble.} Neg4+ 25. fxg4 Ne4+ 26. Ke1 Qg3+ 27. Kf1 Qf4+ 28. Ke1 Bxg4 29. Bxg4 Nxc3+ 30. Be2 Rxe2+ 0-1
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