[Event "?"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2002.12.08"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Arne_Tumyr"]
[Black "Trond_Tumyr"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B20"]
[Annotator "TrindTumyr, kdl"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "2002.??.??"]

{FICS handle: TrondTumyr Hello, I have already sent this game, but it was sent
back, since I had not annotated it. Now I have annotated it whith the toughts
I had when I played the game. Hopefully this is sufficient to forward the game
to stronger players, who can give me guidelines in my play. I have no ELO
rating, but my FICS rating is around 1200 blitz and 1500P in standard (only
played 3-4 above 15 min. online) I believe however that I would play at a
rating somewhat higher than this in a 40/120 game, but I am not able to give
an approximate rating. However, sine it is strategies and long term planning I
feel I need most help with, I hope that someone rated above 2000, can help me
with this. This game is by no means any masterpiece with either flashy
combinations or deep strategy involved. Nevertheless, I think that black is
better after just a few moves. What I'm looking for when I ask for a
third-party analyzis is especially (if the annotator is stronger and more
experienced than myself) to point out strategical errors made in the game
which I couldn't see for myself.} 1. e4 {00:00} 1... c5 {00:04 I usually
choose the Sicilian defence when faced with e4, because I like the tactical
battles that often occurs.} 2. Bb5 {00:12 I don't think that this is a good
2nd move for White, since I can drive the bishop back, and in the bargain get
a6 (the najdorf move) without spending tempo on it. Thats why I played a6.}
2... a6 {00:09 kdl: a6 looks to be the correct move here. Nc6 would just put
your knight in a position that justifies his dubious bishop move. Bb5 is a
move that works when the knight is already on c6 or in systems where the black
d pawn has already moved. Here you are correct, it is a wasted tempo, and your
move is quite correct. } 3. Bc4 {00:28 Now, this is a position I have
met a LOT by FICS players. That is, that they play 1. e4 followed by 2. Bc4. I
do not know why this is used so commonly, since it is not a book move in the
sicilian. Does this move have any value? In my opinion it looses foothold in
the centre. kdl: The reason most people play Bc4 on the second move is that they
started playing chess by playing Qh5 on the third move trying to mate quickly
with the queen raid, and are so used to playing the Bishop to that square that
they do not know any better. These players are not familair with sicilian or
other non head-pawn systems (i.e. e4, e5) that they just play the move by rote.
} 3... e6 {00:17 kdl: Preparing a strike at d5. In the sicilian, if black
can effect an early d5 without loss of material, all other things being equal,
black has equalized. White has done nothing to prevent this so far other than
let you have free moves. } 4. Nc3 {00:37 kdl: Nf3 would have been a slight
improvement here. Nc3 stops whites c pawn from advancing, which is a key pawn
to help contest the center. Black can now play just about any pawn move at
will here. White has given up the first move initiative. } 4... b5 {00:32
} 5. Be2 {00:53 I have trapped several bishops in blitz games by this set-up,
but my plan here is to kick the bishop away from the diagonal, and thus
control the d5 square. kdl: It's a good idea to assume that your opponent will
play the best move and plan accordingly. When you played b5, Bb3 should have
not even entered your mind. It only costs you needless thought processing on a
move that just loses that you could spend on strategy on what happens on the
only reply which is Be2. Not saying that you did spend that much time on that
move, but it is good advice nonetheless. } 5... Bb7 {00:51 A normal
developing move. Please make comments if you find soemething wrong with the
move order, or suggest better plans of delevopement than what is done here. kdl: 
Bb7 is probably best. Nc6 is also a fine move. It is still early in the
opening, and black needs to start developing, so either move is fine. Black
has to keep in consideration the d4 break for white. White wants to get his
Knight to f3 and play d4 as soon as possible, freeing his game. White has not
played the best moves so far and black has responded nicely. } 6. Bf3 {
01:10 kdl:  I don't mean to be negative but this move is just terrible. He has
moved the bishop now for the 4th time! From b5-c4-e2-f3. The knight belongs on
that square. Strategically speaking, he has given up the square he needs for
the knight, where it will control the important e5 square, and now the bishop
is just "biting on granite" so to speak. White's play is not impressive. Black
can now mobilize quickly and at will, since white has presented no problems
for the black player whatsoever. White had the first move but is already
defending! } 6... d6 {00:56 kdl:  This is the first move that I do not
like for black. This pawn wants to go to d5 to equalize as discussed before...
thus it has made a move already. Now to play d5, it will have to move again,
wasting a tempo, when if it is held back, it can be played in one move later
on. Also, Black should develop pieces, and take advantage of whites lack of
development and play Nge7. (Nf6 would be hairy because of e5.) } 7. d3 {
01:52 kdl:  White needs to develop here. The pawn needs to go to d4 eventually,
so reccommended is Nge2 to facilitate castling before his king gets stuck in
the center. } 7... Nc6 {01:51 kdl: I might have developed the king knight
here instead to speed up castling. } 8. a3 {02:09 kdl:  Again, another
wasted move that could be used on development. White is in great danger of
getting stuck in the center. Black needs to develop his kingside pieces
quickly and break the center open to punish white for his lazy play. }
8... Nf6 {01:59} 9. Bg5 {02:51} 9... g6 {02:52 Here is a change in what I
usually play. I usually puts the bishop on e7, which is normal in many
sicilian systems, but here I wanted to exploit the fact that the dark long
diagonal is wide open, AND that I control the dark central squares. Is this
correct judgement, or would it be better with Be7? kdl:  Be7! I would like to
say a few things about g6 (which is a mistake in my view). First, if you
notice, there are squares at h6, and f6 that have suddenly become weak.
Granted yes, the bishop can protect it, but white can quickly remove the
bishop by Qd2 and Black will find it quite difficult to castle. Even if black
plays h6, the bishop will have abandoned d6 and when white plays Bf4, that
pawn will be under attack, and there will be dark squared weaknesses all
around blacks kingside. Second, the Bishop already had a way to get out via e7,
which would allow black to castle on the next move. With g6, black has to play
Bg7 next, instead of castling, and spend an extra move to castle. Third, the
d6 pawn is currently a little backward. It is not yet by definition, but as
soon as white plays d4 it will be. Thus it will be a weakness later on. Since
Black has played c5, e6, AND Bg7, that pawn is left with only one defender,
the queen. The bishop will be left with double duty, to protect the weakened
dark squares, and to help protect the d6 pawn (since the queen will be unable
to do it by itself, even with one rook under it.) White will be able to pile
up his rooks on that file and win the pawn easily. Regarding the control of
the long diagonal. This is normally a very good strategy. This particular
position though you are mixing two strategies. You mentioned before that it is
a Najdorf move to play a6, but now you have adopted a dragon system. First The
two systems do not work well together. You should stick with the original plan
that you embarked upon which was working quite well for you. Second, the
dragon system is effective when white castles queenside and you have an open c
file, neither of which you have. So the bishop will have control of that
diagonal, yes... but all by itself. It needs to be part of an overall plan,
which in a Najdorf it is not if it is on g7. Also as an additional note, there
is an interesting tactical idea here that white can try as a retort which is a
temporary pawn sac. White can play 10 e5!? right away. The variation would be .
..dxe5 11 Ne4 Be7 12 Bxf6 Bxf6 13 Nxc5 and white will have messed up blacks
pawn structure a little, and provided an outpost for his knight on c5. }
10. Qd2 {05:09 This response I saw on forehand, as it was an obvious reply,
whith thre threat of exchanging the darksquared bishops. kdl: This is a good
move by White. } (10. e5 dxe5 (10... Nxe5 11. Bxb7) 11. Ne4 Be7 12. Bxf6
Bxf6 13. Nxc5) 10... h6 {03:53 I think that this was the best way to remove
the threat of bishop exchange, as well as giving me control over the long
diagonal.} 11. Bh4 {06:03 kdl: Bf4 was probably a little better, beginning to
pressure the d6 pawn. } 11... Bg7 {
03:56 Now, as I have the diagonal, I begin to form attacking plans.} 12. Nge2 {
06:15} 12... O-O {06:06 This was done, to put more pressure and thrust in the
centre, not to safe the king. kdl:  There was an interesting move order here...
the White squared bishop has so little mobility that a two pawn thrust by the
g pawn could cause some havoc. Look at the following variation, 12...g5 13.
Bg3 g4 14.e5 gxf3 15.exf6 fxg2 (fxe2?? fxg7) 16.Rg1 Bxf6) and Black is up a
pawn. -kl kdl: } (12... g5 13. Bg3 g4 14. e5 gxf3 15. exf6 fxg2 (15... fxe2 16.
fxg7 Rg8) 16. Rg1 Bxf6 17. Rxg2 $2 Nd4 18. Nxd4 (18. Rg1 $4 Nf3+) 18... Bxg2)
13. Rb1 {06:33 This looked very passive to me. I don't see anything of value
whith this move, at this point in the game. kdl:  It is always of value to try
to find the idea of your opponent. The move is most likely a dubious one, but
it may be based on a cheapo or a trap, and if you dismiss it, you may miss his
cheapo and lose a piece or even the game! Always ask yourself, what is my
opponents plan when he makes a move, even if it looks like a ridiculous move.
As players and competitors we have a tendency to criticize our opponents moves
but not realize that they are making moves that they think make sense and that
they think have a perfectly good reason to play. My assessment of this move is
that he wants to play b4, to strike at your imposing queenside pawns, and he
could not do this with his rook on a1. After Rb1, he can play b4, then cxb4,
axb4, and now he can play d4 with out any challenge from your c pawn. I am not
saying that this is the BEST plan, but my guess is that is what his move was
meant for. } 13... Kh7 {06:49 Here is the beginning of a build up. This
move is obvious, since it frees the bishop on g7 for more active duties.} 14.
Rg1 {07:09 This second rook move seems to me worse than the first. Not only
one more waste of good tempo, but also the loss of casteling options. The king
is stuck in the centre, and I feel like I have an advantage in the centre at
this point. In my opinion White is worse. kdl:  This rook move seems to begin a
g pawn thrust, though it seems unneccesary since the pawn can go on its own.
Center control is about even with Black having an ever so slight edge. The
thing you should take note of here though is very evident. Whites last move
was a gross error. Black has also made an error in not capitolizing on it.
There are many factors that contribute to that assessment. Let me explain.
White with his last move can now never castle. That is obvious. But the reason
that is such an error is that the center is fluid! Blacks move here is not Kh7,
but g5 followed by d5! ripping open the center. White's king is hopelessly
lost in the center and will never get out, trapped in by his own pieces and
pawns. Black has all the fire power he needs available to go right down the d
and e files and piledrive the king into oblivion. 14. O-O was definitely
called for here. } 14... Qc7 {07:21 Frees the knight.} (14... g5 15. Bg3
d5) 15. Bg3 {08:07 An attempt to undermine my centre perhaps. kdl:  Maybe your
opponent finally saw d5! and decided to pin the d pawn to your queen. Since the
bishop is no longer doing much on h4, this is a respectable move. } 15...
Rfd8 {kdl:  I might have placed the a8 rook on this file to leave the f8 rook
for the e file, lining up your rooks with both his queen and king, since one
of these two files are the most likely to open up in the near future but that
may just be personal preference. } 16. h3 {09:36 Here I wanted to launch
my bishop to c3, and take the white queen. I found no clear ways to do so, but
that was my plan, so I started to reroute my knight to a4, with the plan of
removing the b2 defender. kdl:  Here is the first major error in judgement that
I think you have made in this game. You mentioned that when you castled you
wanted to thrust in the center, and now you are talking about taking whites
queen, which seems to be diverting from that plan. If white were going to be
gracious enough to leave his king on e1 long enough to allow you to set up a
very long term plan to do this, this would not be a very good game to analyze.
The analysis from what I can see is you are trying to provoke a b3 advance so
you can play b4, and hope that he plays axb or something else, and then you
can play Bxc3 winning the queen. Coming up with a "dream position" as IM
Silman calls it is a very good thing to do, but the second thing he mentions
is, "can you realize that plan?". Here, I do not believe you can, since all
white has to do is move his King to f1 and the whole tactic falls apart, and
you have to figure out what to do with all the moves you made. Do they serve
any other additional purpose? If this tactic is a nice side effect of a long
term plan, i.e. "I am trying to get an outpost for my knight on c4, and white
cannot play b3 because he will lose his knight and queen to my bishop." That
would be different. But here the moves will all be for naught when white moves
his king off the diagonal. The moves you use toward this tactic would be
better used to continue with your original plan (which was quite a good idea)
which was after you said you wanted to castle, you wanted to thrust in the
center. } 16... Nd7 17. Bh2 {11:02 I still don't get the plans of White.
kdl:  White seems that he wants to play g4 and start an attack on the kingside.
Not a bad idea since you have removed one of your last defenders of that side
of the board. } 17... Nd4 {15:20 This is just to remove the e2
defender.
kdl: I understand the reason for your move here based on your comments. I
would reccommend Nde5 here. Your knight would be well placed and if white
plays Bxe5, you play Nxe5 replacing the knight, and you have a very well
placed piece and have frozen the white e pawn, thus allowing you to start to
open the d file with the thrust d5. } 18. Nxd4 {kdl:  Did you look at cxd4
here? 18...cxd4 19.Ne2 Rdc8 piling up on the newly opened c file with a very
nice position for Black. } 18... Bxd4 (18... cxd4 19. Ne2 Rac8) 19. Ne2 {
15:42 This seems very logical, to drive away my bishop, and to protect the c3
square once more.} 19... Bg7 20. g4 Nb6 {19:17 I still try to provoke some
weakness in the queenside, and I want this done by putting the knight on a4. kdl: Indirectly this is a good move, not because of Na4 but because it controls
d5 and will help in the d5 push. I would not be aiming for a4 so much as c4
which is a terrific square if you can win it. } 21. c3 Na4 22. Kf1 {
17:32 Now, as the king has moved off from behind the queen, I want to open the
centre. kdl:  The center needed to be opened when the king was still on the e
file, now the king has a little more safety and if need be can escape to g2.
} 22... Qe7 23. Bg3 {kdl:  To prepare h4. } 23... Rac8 24. h4 {
kdl:  Kingside storm, but maybe a little late. } 24... d5 {!} 25. e5 {
21:25 Since the pawn will not get support from the d-pawn, I think that this
was a slight error. kdl:  On the contrary, opening the center with his king in
the middle would have been more of an error. } 25... d4 26. Bxb7 {
kdl:  Forced. } 26... Qxb7 27. b3 {
24:07 And here my opponent does a severe error, and I can make my breakthrough.
} 27... Nxc3 28. Nxc3 dxc3 29. Qxc3 Qf3 {kdl:  Good move. Taking advantage of
the pin on the d pawn and penetrating into the king position. White is lost
here and should resign. } 30. Qe1 Rxd3 {33:27 In my opinion this was
better than Qxd3+ in several aspects. I now threatens to capture the b3 pawn,
and I can double my rooks on the d-file.} 31. Qe2 {Rxb3!} 31... Qd5 32. Qc2 {
29:57 Another error. This defense does not seem to fend off the black attacks.
After this move, there are many lines to consider, but I have found none that
can save white's game. kdl:  This game was over moves ago. } 32... Rd8 {
34:21 I can see no proper defence here. I would certainly appreciate if a
strong player can find any reasonable escape for white. kdl:  White has dug
himself such a hole that not even Kasparov could defend this position unless
black starts to play silly moves. } 33. f4 {
30:54 And by doing this, the White Queen is lost.} 33... Qf3+ {35:53 Here my
opponent sees what's coming, and resigns. Now, at the end, I wonder how this
game looked like for a stronger player. How would you have played to give
black more trouble? Or even more interesting, how would you have played as
black? kdl:  Overall I think you played fairly well and had some good ideas. I
think you strayed a little with the Na4 idea and I think the Bg7 idea was
inconsistent with a Najdorf setup. Your opponent did not give you much of a
fight, thus I think you should submit a game that you lost and do not know why
rather than a game that you beat an opponent who did not give you much trouble.
You will learn much more from analyzing your mistakes and losses then you will
from your wins. } 0-1

