[Event "Analyzed Games"]
[Site "ChessDoctor.com"]
[Date "?.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "W27"]
[Black "B27"]
[Result "?"]
[ECO "?"]

{ 00027.5.12 Analyzed by Candidate Master Daniel Waite } 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 { The idea of the opening is to create an imbalance and 
develop around it. 
White needs to capitalize on
Black's dark square weakness and launch a Kingside
attack. Black on the other hand must keep things
"active" on the Queenside. Key to this will be
Black's King Bishop. } 6. Bg5 Be7 { 6. e5 is tempting. To play this move White must
answer two questions: 1.) Can I survive the attack
on the a8 - h1 diagonal? 2.) Can I maintain the pawn
on e5? If there is doubt to either of these questions
then the move should not be played. Black's game
strategy is based on "baiting." The idea of "baiting"
is to set a trap. This game strategy is unsound since
it is based on what the player wants to do and not the
demands of the position. Still a misstep could be
lethal. Unfortunately the constant "baiting" will
eventually turn a winning position into a completely
lost game. White carefully side-steps most of the
pitfalls. } 7. Bc4 b5 { Ouch, White does not understand what the position
demands. 7. Bd3 was necessary. 7. Bc4 is not a good
idea, in fact it walks into Black's basic idea of
launching an early Queenside attack. } 8. Bb3 d6 { Ouch! Black misses the simple 8.... b4. } 9. f4 b4 10. Ba4+ Bd7 11. Bxd7+ Qxd7 { 11.... Nbxd7 gives Black a nice advantage due to the
solid pawn structure, the nice out post on c5 for the
Knight, and half-open c-file for the Rook. Because of
9. f4 Black will also have the e4 square for a solid
post for the King Knight. } 12. Nce2 Nxe4 13. Bxe7 Qxe7 14. Qd3 d5 15. c3 bxc3 { Black can also try ...Qc5 and ...Nd7. Personally ...Qc5 is
tempting. White wisely plays to exchange of the
Knight on e4. Another way to do this is to play Ng3. } 16. Nxc3 Qd8 { One of my High School students stated that Black's
move is "pointless." Stronger is ...Qb4 or ...Nd7. } 17. Nxe4 dxe4 18. Qxe4 O-O { Again Black is "baiting" White to play 19. Qxa8 Qxd4
when the White position begins to fall to pieces. 
Trading positional considerations for material is
risky if you do not know what you are doing. Avoiding
the "bait" is wise. Remember when you opponent plays
this type of game, you are sure a major error will
happen in their game. The question is distinguishing
the error from the "bait." } 19. O-O Nd7 20. Nc6 Qb6+ 21. Rf2 Nf6 { White plays an excellent move. It is flexible in the
sense that it contributes to stacking the Rooks on the
file of your choice. } 22. Qf3 Rac8 { Black simply blunders. 23. Ne7+ picks up the
exchange. } 23. Rc1 Rc7 { Black immediately blunders again! 23....Nd5 wins the
Knight on c6 or the Rook on c1. If White chooses to
complicate the issue then 24. Qxd5 exd5 25. Ne7+ Kh8
 26. Nxc8 Qe6. The passed d-pawn and the trapped
Knight make life interesting for White. } 24. Kh1 Nd5 25. Rfc2 Rfc8 { ...h6 still holds, barely } 26. Ne7+ Kh8 { Black misses a chance at a nice "bating" idea. 26....
Nxe7 27. Rxc7 Qxc7 28. Rxc7 Rxc7. The idea is to
"bait" 29. Qa8+ Rc8. Thus White must give up the
Queen or submit to checkmate. } 27. Nxc8 Qxb2 { Another attempt at a "bating" maneuver. Actually
27.... Rxc2 is better, but black is lost. All that
remains is the quickest way to finish off Black. } 28. Rxc7 Nxc7 29. Qd1 Nd5 { 29. Qc6! finishes the game quicker. } 30. Rc2 Qb7 31. Nd6 Qd7 32. Rc8+ { Ideas for White's improvement: There seems to be a
good feel for traps. However the strongest
continuations were not chosen. Study in pattern
recognition would be useful to see ideas
"automatically." Work on the concept of "imbalances"
more. The idea of planting the Knight on c6 was a
good example of attempting to gain the superior minor
piece. In a sense this made the difference in the
game. Even though both players generally mishandled
it, it was enough to gain the victory. White needs to
consider the possibilities along the diagonals before
moving. Being "diagonally challenged" will lose many
games. Examples of this weakness: Allowing Black the
opportunity to launch a Queen side attack with b4,
missing the Black win of the Knight on c6 by cutting
off the diagonal, missing the final nail of Qc6. Over
all it was a good recovery from a bad position and
good avoidance of the various "bait" that was offered.
 It takes a certain maturity to not grab material. } ?