My opponent played the Sicilian, Accelerated Dragon of which I only know that black targets an early d5 brake. If he succeeds he has an equal game.
after 8.Qd2
With my 8th move I allowed d5 seeing that I could mess up the black pawn structure on the queens side with Bf3 and trading on c6.
after 11. Bf3
I comletely missed how opening up the black pawn structure activates all black pieces aiming at my queen side!
after 12. ... bxc
This confirmed black is equal after d5. In fact here black is slightly ahead by about half a pawn. For white the game plan was clear:
- solidify my queen side pawn structure,
- trade pieces and enter into a better endgame.
For black the game plan should have been activate all pieces hitting the queenside and try to win material or mess up whites queen side. In the game black drifted between king side expansion (the wrong side of the board to play on if all your pieces hit the queen side!) and gaining center control. Not having a clear game plan allowed white to achieve the objective.
after 26 Qd2
After having traded rooks the resulting endgame is about even (computer) slight edge for white by now. However all practical advantages lie with white because black has to permanently look out for his isolated pawns. Here the game in its entirty.
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