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Copyright 1991,1996, 1997, 1998 John Richard Coffey.
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0 [Next]	This was a blitz game between 2 class A players. Black wants to play the Center Counter Defense. White to Move
1 [Next]	Black wants to play the Center Counter Gambit. He makes a questionable sacrifice of pawn in the hope of speeding his developement. White to Move
2 [Next]	White to Move
3 [Next]	For some strange reason white played h3 here ...
4 [Next]	White to Move
5 [Next]	White to Move
6 [Next]	This is an interesting move. Black decides that he would rather not defend nor move his bishop, so instead puts his knight on an advance square. There is no doubt that the knight will come under attack by the white pieces. White to Move
7 [Next]	White to Move
8 [Next]	This is where Black goes seriously wrong. He should try to keep the knight on the advanced post. By retreating he allows White to play Nxd5 and he loses a tempo. Instead much better is Bb4 developing a piece and pinning the knight on c3 to the rook on e1. White chose to not take the pawn right away...
9 [Next]	By threatening to take the knight on d6, White also threatens to take the bishop on f5 afterwards. Note that the pawn on e6 is pinned. Seeing only the threat to his bishop, Black retreats it. Better is Bxd3, Qxd3 Be7 so as to gain time to block the e file. White to Move
10 [Next]	Black needs to prepare castling, which is over-due. White to Move
11 [Next]	White wants to open lines to the enemy king, so does so by getting rid of a defending piece. Black goes wrong here again. He was hesitant to put his Queen on the e file because of the pin onthe e6 pawn. But he neglects that he is exposed on the a4 to e8 diagonal. White to Move
12 [Next]	Not much choice for black. White to Move
13 [Next]	Nc6 is a miscalculation that loses the game. White to Move
14 [Next]	When attacked it sometimes helps to attack something else. In this case it isn't going to work. White to Move
15 [Next]	White to Move
16 [Next]	Rather than recapture the Queen immediately, White creates an additional threat with check. Black won't have time to recapture the bishop on b5 as he will be too busy defending his rook. If now Ke7 then either Rxd1 or bxa8=Q wins. Black resigned here.
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