Annotated Chess Game 8227540

1. Nb1c3

Controlling d5 & e4

1... Ng8f6

Battling for the same squares

2. Ng1f3

Controlling d4 & e5

2... e6

More control of d5

3. a3

? To avert B-b4 pin?

3... d5

Controlling c4, d5, and e4

4. d4

Controlling c5, d4, and e5

4... a6

? Don't know why this was played.

5. Bc1g5

Pinning N

5... Nb8d7

Defending the knight

6. g3

Preparing for fianchetto

6... Bf8d6 7. Bf1g2 O-O 8. O-O b6

Developing reverse Colle system

9. Qd1d3 h6

Pushing back the Bishop

10. Bg5e3 Bc8b7

Colle is set

11. Be3xh6

? Opening the king wall with a sacrifice. Threatening N-g5 ... Q-h7#.

11... gxh6 12. Bg2h3 Nf6e4 13. Nc3d1 f5 14. Qd3e3 Kg8g7

Knight is controlling a lot of White's territory. White's bishop and Queen are locked in.

15. b4 b5 16. Nf3h4 Nd7b6 17. Nd1b2 Qd8e7 18. f3 Ne4g5 19. f4

? Now there are no attackers and the knight can return to e5

19... Ng5e4 20. Nb2d1

Preparing N-f2 to attack the advanced black knight?

20... Nb6c4

! Now there are two advanced knights with anchors!

21. Qe3d3

The Queen is really blocked in!

21... Nc4d2

Attacking the rook

22. Rf1e1 Bd6xf4

! Removing the guard for Qxh4

23. gxf4 Qe7xh4

The rook has nowhere to go.

24. Nd1b2 Qh4xf4

Why didn't I take the Rook? Because of Q-g3+, forcing Qxg3, h2xg3?

25. Kg1h1 Ne4f2

!! Triple fork!

26. Kh1g1 Nf2xd3 27. Nb2xd3 Qf4e3

The knight and bishop are both undefended.

28. Nd3f2

! Blocking the check and defending the bishop.

28... Kg7h7

Preparing R-g8+

29. Bh3g2

Walling in the king

29... Rf8g8

Pin

30. a4

? trying to make room for the rooks? Maybe hoping for a4xb5 a6xb5 Rxa8 Rxa8 relieving the pin?

30... Nd2e4

Doubling the attack on the knight.

31. Re1f1

Defending again. The King is in a small box.

31... Ne4xf2

Reducing material

32. Rf1xf2 Qe3xd4 33. Ra1f1 Qd4xb4 34. axb5 a5 35. e3 Qb4xb5 36. Kg1h1 d4

Clearing the long diagonal

37. Bg2xb7 Qb5xb7 38. Rf2f3

The box is open, and the rook is pinned.

38... dxe3 39. h4 e2

Resigns. If R-f2, then e1 - Queen; if R-e1, then Qxf3