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0 [Next]	White: Roman(2635) Black: DogStar(2433) Note that all Annotations are by Chess Master 4000. This was a speed game on the internet Chess Club. The King's Pawn opening move is both popular and logical. It controls the center, opens lines for both the Queen and the Bishop, and usually leads to an open game in which tactics, rather than slow maneuvering, predominates.
1 [Next]	The Sicilian Defense has an ancient lineage. It creates an unbalanced position in which both sides have full rein for play, and allows Black to call the shots at least to some extent.
2 [Next]	The Alapin Variation, sometimes called the c3-Sicilian. Unlike Open Sicilian positions, White wants to maintain two center pawns, playing d2-d4 and recapturing with the c-pawn after c5xd4.
3 [Next]	Sicilian Defense / Alapin Variation
4 [Next]	Sicilian Defense / Alapin Variation
5 [Next]	Sicilian Defense / Alapin Variation
6 [Next]	Sicilian Defense / Alapin Variation
7 [Next]	Out of Opening Book.
8 [Next]	d5
9 [Next]	Attacks White's bishop at d3.
10 [Next]	Moves it out of take.
11 [Next]	e6
12 [Next]	Threatens Black's pawn at c4.
13 [Next]	Protects Black's pawn at c4.
14 [Next]	Enables the short castle.
15 [Next]	Slightly better is exd5.
16 [Next]	Forks Black's queen and Black's bishop at e7.
17 [Next]	Removes the threat on Black's bishop at e7.
18 [Next]	Forks Black's queen and Black's knight at f6.
19 [Next]	Partially pins White's pawn at g2, forks White's pawn at g2 and White's queen, and blocks White's pawn at f2.
20 [Next]	Protects White's queen.
21 [Next]	Moves it out of take and removes the threat on Black's pawn at c4.
22 [Next]	Forks Black's bishop and Black's pawn at g7.
23 [Next]	Protects Black's pawn at g7. White wins a bishop and a knight for a knight and two pawns.
24 [Next]	Nd2
25 [Next]	d5
26 [Next]	f4
27 [Next]	O-O
28 [Next]	Removes the threat on White's pawn at f4.
29 [Next]	Nd7
30 [Next]	Rg1
31 [Next]	b5
32 [Next]	Ng5
33 [Next]	Slightly better is Bxg5. Quiz *What should White* *play here?*
34 [Next]	Threatens Black's rook at f8.
35 [Next]	Much better is Rfe8. Kxh7 leads to 19 Qh5+ Kg8 20 Bxg6 Bxc3+ 21 bxc3 Kg7 22 Be4+ Kf6 23 Qh4++ and checkmate.
36 [Next]	Checks Black's king. Leads to 19 ... Kg8 20 Bxg6 Bxc3+ 21 bxc3 Kg7 22 Be4+ Kf6 23 Qh4++ and checkmate.
37 [Next]	Moves it out of check.
38 [Next]	Threatens checkmate (h5-h7), removes the threat on White's queen, and creates a passed pawn on h2. Leads to 20 ... Bxc3+ 21 bxc3 Kg7 22 Bd3+ Kf6 23 Qh4++ and mate.
39 [Next]	1-0
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