[Event "Cov A vs Rug B"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2011.10.18"]
[Round "?"]
[White "N Kadodwala"]
[Black "M Page"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteELO "158"]
[BlackELO "185"]
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1. c4 Nf6 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. Nc3 d6 5. d3 {The normal move would be 5.d4
and would take the game into King's Indian territory but since Mark has played
this defence since forever I make it clear that I want to stay away from those
lines and play a more 'English Opening' line.} 5... O-O 6. Rb1?! {A waiting
move to see how black deploys his pieces but this is too elaborate. The simple
Bg5 would have been better.} 6... e5 7. e4 {Now that black has committed to
..e5 white can play a botvinnik setup.} 7... Nc6 8. Nge2 Nh5!? {Mark makes it
clear that he wants to attack but white is well prepared to meet this so maybe
..Be6 would have been more flexible.} 9. O-O {White seems to be 'castling into
it' but the attack should not be damgerous for white.} 9... f5 10. exf5
gxf5?! {I didn't expect Mark to take with the pawn. The idea behind 10.exf5
was to gain the square e4 for a knight and I guess Mark didn't want that to
happen. However, after the move played white has a strong reply.} 11. f4!
{This move is crucial to stop the black attack. If this was not played then
black himself would play ..f4 with a very strong attack. This is what white
had to calculate before he castled.} 11... h6 12. Be3 {Notice that white is
the one with the only important pawn break now (d4) but has to prepare it
first before rushing into it.} 12... Nf6 13. Kh1 {A necessary move so that the
threat of ..Ng4 can be met with Bg1 still keeping an eye on d4.} 13... Be6
14. b3 {played to protect c4 after an eventual d4.} 14... Qe7 15. d4 {At last
the move comes but not without a lot a calculation. Black does not have any
tricks based on ..Bxc4 and uncovering the Queen along the e file. Fortunately
my computer agrees with me (a rare occurance).} 15... Ng4 16. Bg1 {We see the
useful square for the bishop being used.} 16... exd4 17. Nxd4 Nxd4 18. Bxd4
c6 19. Bxg7 Kxg7?! {I think taking with the Queen is slightly better and what
I expected. } 20. Qf3!? {Not sure about this. Maybe the simple Qd2 is best.}
20... Rad8 {Mark offers me a draw here. White is definitely better here with
easy pressure down the center files and easily the better minor pieces.
However, I'm not the most consistant of players and would have probably let
black back into the game somewhere along the line plus the fact that Mark is
rated somewhat higher than myself. I chickened out and accepted.} 1/2-1/2
[Site "?"]
[Date "2011.10.18"]
[Round "?"]
[White "N Kadodwala"]
[Black "M Page"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteELO "158"]
[BlackELO "185"]
%Created by Caissa's Web PGN Editor
1. c4 Nf6 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. Nc3 d6 5. d3 {The normal move would be 5.d4
and would take the game into King's Indian territory but since Mark has played
this defence since forever I make it clear that I want to stay away from those
lines and play a more 'English Opening' line.} 5... O-O 6. Rb1?! {A waiting
move to see how black deploys his pieces but this is too elaborate. The simple
Bg5 would have been better.} 6... e5 7. e4 {Now that black has committed to
..e5 white can play a botvinnik setup.} 7... Nc6 8. Nge2 Nh5!? {Mark makes it
clear that he wants to attack but white is well prepared to meet this so maybe
..Be6 would have been more flexible.} 9. O-O {White seems to be 'castling into
it' but the attack should not be damgerous for white.} 9... f5 10. exf5
gxf5?! {I didn't expect Mark to take with the pawn. The idea behind 10.exf5
was to gain the square e4 for a knight and I guess Mark didn't want that to
happen. However, after the move played white has a strong reply.} 11. f4!
{This move is crucial to stop the black attack. If this was not played then
black himself would play ..f4 with a very strong attack. This is what white
had to calculate before he castled.} 11... h6 12. Be3 {Notice that white is
the one with the only important pawn break now (d4) but has to prepare it
first before rushing into it.} 12... Nf6 13. Kh1 {A necessary move so that the
threat of ..Ng4 can be met with Bg1 still keeping an eye on d4.} 13... Be6
14. b3 {played to protect c4 after an eventual d4.} 14... Qe7 15. d4 {At last
the move comes but not without a lot a calculation. Black does not have any
tricks based on ..Bxc4 and uncovering the Queen along the e file. Fortunately
my computer agrees with me (a rare occurance).} 15... Ng4 16. Bg1 {We see the
useful square for the bishop being used.} 16... exd4 17. Nxd4 Nxd4 18. Bxd4
c6 19. Bxg7 Kxg7?! {I think taking with the Queen is slightly better and what
I expected. } 20. Qf3!? {Not sure about this. Maybe the simple Qd2 is best.}
20... Rad8 {Mark offers me a draw here. White is definitely better here with
easy pressure down the center files and easily the better minor pieces.
However, I'm not the most consistant of players and would have probably let
black back into the game somewhere along the line plus the fact that Mark is
rated somewhat higher than myself. I chickened out and accepted.} 1/2-1/2
I was very pleased with the way I played in this game as the last time we played (again I had the white pieces) I got demolished in about 15 or so moves.
Please feel free to post comments on what you think. Criticism welcomed.
