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About three weeks ago, I made a video that demonstrated the strategy of opposite side castling and then launching a pawn storm. Yesterday, I played another game where I made use of this strategy to good effect. As I play and review a game, I often imagine what some of the moves represent. As per the title of the video, the poor opponent’s king met his demise in the centre of the board after losing his coccoon of defenders.

On move 9, my opponent made the decision to castle kingside, which was actually the best move according to Stockfish. At this point, I had already made two very committal pawn moves on that side, f3 and g4. So, it became logical for me to castle queenside, and to continue to push forward those pawns. In the end, my opponent’s attempt to counterattack on my queenside with knight and queen was simply not fast or coordinated enough, and I was successful in the win. I hope you found this video interesting, and thanks for watching!

Game on chess.com: https://www.chess.com/game/live/39400746245

[Event "Live Chess"]
[Site "Chess.com"]
[Date "2022.02.23"]
[Round "?"]
[White "vitualis"]
[Black "remyb2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B15"]
[WhiteElo "1309"]
[BlackElo "1160"]
[TimeControl "1800"]
[EndTime "16:38:22 PST"]
[Termination "vitualis won by checkmate"]

1. e4 c6 2. Nc3 d5 3. d4 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nf6 5. f3 Bf5 6. Nxf6+ exf6 7. g4 Bg6 8. Nh3 Bd6 9. Bf4 O-O 10. Qd2 Bxf4 11. Nxf4 Qb6 12. O-O-O Na6 13. Nxg6 fxg6 14. Bc4+ Kh8 15. h4 Nb4 16. c3 Nd5 17. Bd3 a5 18. g5 a4 19. a3 Qb3 20. h5 gxh5 21. Rxh5 g6 22. Bxg6 Kg7 23. Rxh7+ Kxg6 24. Qd3+ Kxg5 25. Rg1+ Kf4 26. Rg4# 1-0