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0       [Next]	White: Schneider Black: Simchen The Bird's Opening can be tricky.
1       [Next]	The From's Gambit tries to take advantage of White's weakness on the f-file by removing the f pawn.
2       [Next]	fxe5
3       [Next]	d6
4       [Next]	exd6
5       [Next]	Bxd6
6       [Next]	Nf3
7       [Next]	g5
8       [Next]	The alternative is d4 which is in another game on this site.
9       [Next]	g4
10       [Next]	Nh4
11       [Next]	Ne7
12       [Next]	d4
13       [Next]	Ng6
14       [Next]	Nxg6
15       [Next]	QUIZ: What would be wrong with White playing Bg2 here?
16       [Next]	The alternative of 9. Bg2 fails to Rxh2!
17       [Next]	QUIZ: What would be wrong with White playing Bg2 here?
18       [Next]	The alternative of 10. Bg2 fails to Nxd4!
19       [Next]	The database lists alternatives but this is a sharp line.
20       [Next]	e4
21       [Next]	Qe7
22       [Next]	Bg2
23       [Next]	O-O-O
24       [Next]	Be3
25       [Next]	Rde8
26       [Next]	Nd2
27       [Next]	It would seem to me that black has run out of moves. f6 doesn't seem to serve a purpose. I can't understand why White wouldn't just castle queenside here .....
28       [Next]	exf5
29       [Next]	Qxe3
30       [Next]	Qxe3
31       [Next]	Rxe3
32       [Next]	Kf2
33       [Next]	The Zarkov engine liked Ne4 here but the move doesn't make much sense to me.
34       [Next]	Rhe1
35       [Next]	Rxe1
36       [Next]	Rxe1
37       [Next]	Rxe1
38       [Next]	Kxe1
39       [Next]	gxf5
40       [Next]	I question giving up the bishop so easily, even if it is to weaken Black's pawn structure.
41       [Next]	bxc6
42       [Next]	Kf2
43       [Next]	Kd7
44       [Next]	Nc4
45       [Next]	Bf8
46       [Next]	Ne3
47       [Next]	Ke6
48       [Next]	White ends up wasting a couple of critical pawn tempos.
49       [Next]	c5
50       [Next]	d5
51       [Next]	Ke5
52       [Next]	b3
53       [Next]	Bh6
54       [Next]	QUIZ: What should black play here?
55       [Next]	Bxe3
56       [Next]	Kxe3 QUIZ: What should black play here?
57       [Next]	a6
58       [Next]	a3
59       [Next]	a5
60       [Next]	a4
61       [Next]	White resigned here. It seems that if he captures that Black will win the pawn back and have a passed pawn on f6 that can win the game?
62       [Next]	gxf4
63       [Next]	QUIZ: Was the resignation premature? Is there a way for White to fight back?
64       [Next]	The zarkov engine likes b4 here - ranking white as being slightly better. It gives an analysis of cxb4 c5! which looks very unclear to me. I wonder if Schneider was aware of this line when he resigned?
65       [Next]	0-1
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