Annotated Chess Game 7048220

1. d4 e6 2. c4 d5 3. Ng1f3 Bc8d7

Leaving typical french play - but not out of theory, the french favors queenside expansionism.

4. cxd5 exd5 5. Nb1c3 Ng8f6 6. Bc1g5

Pressures the d pawn. Skewers the Knight to the queen.

6... h6

loses a pawn as it does not defend the d5 pawn after the exchange.

7. Bg5xf6 Qd8xf6 8. Nc3xd5 Qf6d6 9. e4 Nb8c6 10. Nd5c3

I can castle along with white if Be7 on the kingside, but in a traditional face masher white center will be very influential. More risky is the queenside castle, but black has more force facing whites kingside... if I can just shove some pawns at whites kingside later on, whites center may be completely negated...

10... O-O-O 11. Bf1e2 Kc8b8

Typical - greatly enhances king safety.

12. O-O g5

Vying for space in blacks new playground.

13. d5

White gets antsy, probably better would have been e5. A pawn push does tickle the gut.

13... Nc6e5 14. Nf3xe5

White allows me to centralize my queen, which increases her value. The black knight was of little threat initially, better probably would have been to play Nd4 and centralize behind his powerful pawns.

14... Qd6xe5 15. Ra1c1 f5

More space, more force, more influence, more threats, more possibilities. *It may also undermine whites center.

16. f3

? Out of respect I won't say blunder... but exf5 is better here.

16... Bf8g7

This would seem a mistake. Bd6 is almost irresistably strong. I however want to trade OFF the queens, and let the board open up-I've succeeded in undermining whites center and opening space in front of the King (or at least will have upon the pull of the trigger)

17. Rf1e1 h5

Space. Space. Time. Time. Space.

18. Qd1d2

Bb5 might unravel some of blacks plans.

18... g4 19. f4 Qe5d4 20. Qd2xd4 Bg7xd4 21. Kg1h1

White is now more time away from safety - this greatly effects the king safety...Blacks pawns are more dangerous as they gain more space.

21... fxe4 22. Be2c4

Rcd1 is the more froogle move.

22... e3

This pawn's value is greatly enhanced once on the 6th rank. Any pawn is increased in value here if it is well defended. Also effects the king safety...

23. Nc3d1

The rook seems to belong on d1, but things are perilous here.

23... Rh8f8 24. Nd1xe3 Rf8xf4

...I can feel it coming in the air tonight!

25. Ne3d1 h4

It seems quiet - but now the king is truly in the corner.

26. Rc1c2

Things are hard to forsee here, there are alot of possibilities...but Whites Knight would be out of the way on c3, and may even be valuable there.

26... Rd8e8 27. Re1xe8 Bd7xe8 28. Nd1c3

Its too late for this - White needs to respond to the kingside pawns... Be2 seems called for

28... Bd4e3 29. Nc3d1 Be8g6 30. Rc2c3

Nxe3 would delay the trigger pull.