Test game pdviewer

[Event "?"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2009.08.27"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Greco Liked Bishops"]
[Black "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C53"]
[Annotator "Carl Gorka"]
[PlyCount "39"]
[EventDate "2009.08.27"]
[SourceDate "2009.08.27"]

{BISHOPS: Grandmasters seem to prefer bishops over knights even though they
are both worth 3 points. So why are bishops so much better than knights? 1.
Bishops are long range pieces. Give a bishop an open diagonal and see the
damage it can do. 2. Bishops can do tactics that knights can’t do such as pins,
and skewers. 3. A pair of bishops working together can dominate the board, and
work better together than 2 knights or a knight and bishop combination.} 1. e4
{So one bishop can already get into the game.} e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 {This game was
played nearly 400 years ago in 1620 when the best players in the World were
from Italy. And the best player in Italy was called Greco and he was White in
this game. This position is an opening that many of us have played before and
it is called the Italian Opening. It has been played thousands of times over
the centuries, but when this game was played it was a new opening. And these
great Italian players, including Greco were the ones who invented it, which is
why its called the Italian Opening. We actually don’t know who his opponent
was. The records have been lost over time. It could have been a player called
Leonardo who Greco played some matches against, but that is only a guess.} 3.
Bc4 {Bishops want to be on open diagonals, and this is the most effective
square for the bishop as it attacks 10 different squares: f1, e2, d3, b5, a6,
a2, b3, d5, e6, and f7. Try any other square and see how many squares the
bishop attacks. It also attacks Black’s ‘weak spot’.} Bc5 4. c3 {Rather than
castling, White attacks the centre. He knows that if he controls the centre he
has more chance of starting an attack.} Nf6 5. d4 exd4 6. cxd4 Bb4+ 7. Nc3 {
After this block, the knight is pinned. It cannot move as then it will be
check. So the knight looks as if its defending the e4 pawn, but it can’t move
so it isn’t defending.} Nxe4 8. O-O {Now White’s knight isn’t pinned, so he is
threatening to take black’s knight on e4….but first,} Nxc3 9. bxc3 Bxc3 {
Black hasn’t castled yet, but he is threatening the rook on a1, so when that
moves out of the way, he will be able to get his king to safety.} 10. Qb3 {
White ignores his rook, but why has he moved his queen to b3? Well, he is
obviously attacking the bishop on c3, but look at how the queen backs up the
bishop aiming at which important ‘spot’?} Bxa1 11. Bxf7+ {The ‘weak spot’, and
now Black’s king has to move and won’t be able to castle} Kf8 ({If Black moves
his king to} 11… Ke7 {can you see White’s deadly skewer?} 12. Bg5+ {Knights
can’t do skewers, but bishops are excellent at both pins and skewers. Here,
White’s bishop gives check and when the king moves, the Black queen goes!}) 12.
Bg5 {The bishop moves here anyway! Where can the Black queen safely go to? So
how can he save his queen?} Ne7 {Of course, just like when a king is attacked,
we can protect our queen by take, block or move. Here, Black has to block, but
the knight is now pinned.} 13. Ne5 {Just look at Black’s pieces! Black is
ahead by 6 points, but only has one bishop (3 points) in the game. His queen
can’t move, nor his rooks, the knight is pinned and the king is trapped. White
has 4 of his pieces out and fighting, worth 18 points. So expect White to
finish the game off quickly unless Black can get some more pieces developed.}
Bxd4 {But instead he just takes another pawn.} 14. Bg6 {White wants tomove his
queen to f7 to give checkmate. He is attacking the weak spot with his bishop
on g6 and his knight on e5, so neither can be taken. Instead Black has to
block the queen…can you see how?} d5 {But the White queen still wants to get
to f7.How can it work its way round?} 15. Qf3+ Bf5 16. Bxf5 Bxe5 {Now White
can play a discovered check…..which piece will he move to let another give
check?} 17. Be6+ {This piece could have moved anywhere and it would be safe as
Black has to stop White’s check. But here, the bishop is is attacking all the
light squares around Black’s king. It is also attacking the weak spot.} Bf6 {
This bishop has been a superstar piece! It has, attacked the weak spot, given
check, taken on c3, taken on a1, taken on d4, taken on e5 and then blcked a
check. But you need more than one superstar piece to win a game!} 18. Bxf6 gxf6
{Now it is checkmate in 2 moves. Can you see how?} 19. Qxf6+ Ke8 20. Qf7# (20.
Qxh8+ {isn’t checkmate as Black can block} Ng8) 1-0