Annotated Chess Game 10933769

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Bc1f4 Bc8d7

? This is not good. White now forks two pawns, and Black must move the bishop again to defend them.

4. Qd1b3

White attacks the b- and d-pawns, and forces Black to make the only move he can to protect both.

4... Bd7c6 5. Nb1c3 Qd8f6

? Dangerous. While Black is in a bad way, I think he is compelled to deploy the knight to f6. Sooner or later, though, he should take on c4 to give his bishop some play.

6. Bf4e5

Surprise! I save both the bishop and the d-pawn, plus attack the queen, with one move! If Black wants to hold his d-pawn, he should now move the queen back to d8. Instead, he gets unduly aggressive and material begins coming off the board.

6... Qf6h4

Just what does he intend to do with that queen? It can do nothing alone, and is vulnerable to attack by the White forces. First, though, I take the d-pawn.

7. cxd5 Bf8d6

?? I have no idea why he played this. Obviously he overlooks that he has unguarded g7, and that the c6-bishop is hanging, I now win huge material.

8. dxc6

This gives Black an ugly choice: take on c6 (or advance the b-pawn) and lose the rook on h8, or take the bishop and lose the rook on a8 plus letting me get another queen! He chooses to fight on in a hopeless struggle.

8... b6

The lesser of the evils, but now he is down almost the value of a queen, and his pieces have nowhere to go so I am up essentially a whole army!

9. Be5xg7 a5 10. Bg7xh8 Nb8xc6 11. Ng1f3 Qh4h5 12. d5 exd5 13. Nc3xd5 O-O-O

It is debatable as to whether the king is less exposed on e8 than here. Either way, it will become nasty.

14. e3

Since he has castled into Swiss cheese, I decided to deploy more forces to occupy the holes and chase the king back to e8.

14... Nc6e5 15. Bf1a6 Kc8d7

The king flees, and attempts to avoid being caught like a quarterback who is flushed out of the pocket trying to elude a sack.

16. Bh8xe5

Since this bishop has done its duty, it now exchanges itself for a strong defensive piece.

16... Bd6xe5 17. O-O-O

Ordinarily, I would not even think of castling onto an open file, and would have gone to the other side and then played a rook to d1. Considering the enormous material and deployment advantage I enjoy, plus the fragile position of the Black king, I considered it justifiable. Of course, I plan to finish him off quickly, before he can muster an attack against my king, which can run to b1 and a1 if my assault is repulsed.

17... Kd7e8

Did I not say a few moves ago that the king might have to return to e8? ;) Naturally he could not leave it on the d-file, allowing Nf4+ winning his queen!

18. g4

! Forcing the queen to relinquish protection of the bishop. The loss of that piece causes complete annihilation.

18... Qh5xg4

I thought he might move to h6, so as to keep his queen in better position to defend. It matters little though, as Black cannot hold out for long with nearly all of the White forces in action against him.

19. Nf3xe5 Qg4h4

Had Black gone to h6, he now could have played 19. ...Qd6 to hold for a few more moves. I have the feeling, though, he was so shell-shocked he had no idea of what was happening. Did you see the threatened mate?

20. Nd5xc7

Mate in two!

20... Ke8e7

The result is the same if he moves to f8.

21. Qb3xf7

Game ovah. Note the overwhelming material advantage I have, and that none of his remaining forces can do anything. Essentially, then, I was playing with all my pieces but one, and never moved the h-rook! I consider this person to be of less than D-strength. I would place his actual rating around 1050 at most.