[Event "Politiken Cup"]
[Site "Copenhagen DEN"]
[Date "2010.08.02"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Aagaard, J."]
[Black "Stojanovski, Sa"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A37"]
[WhiteElo "2400"]
[Annotator "Doe,John"]
[PlyCount "33"]
[EventDate "2010.??.??"]
[TimeControl "120+6"]

{To benefit from outnumbering in our own games - we must simply practice
counting pieces. Simply counting the number of pieces each side has included
either in the game, or in a section of the board. GM Jacob Aagaard, a well
known expert and author on the subject of attacking chess, gives a text-book
example of how one should 'include all of your pieces in the attack'. He
achieves a lead in developement and then aims to increase this lead by
developing with tempo. It's apparent Stojanovsky has not read Aagaard's book.
By move 20, the number of white pieces in play outnumber the black pieces 5 to
1! Ok, let's start counting.} 1. c4 c5 2. g3 Nc6 3. Bg2 {Each player has one
piece in the game. We don't count pawns (though when we're attacking the king,
we will consider, and count?!, pawns as attacking UNITS).} g6 4. Nc3 Bg7 {
Two pieces for each side.} 5. Nf3 e5 {3 to 2.} 6. a3 a5 7. d4 Nxd4 8. Nxd4 cxd4
9. Nb5 {Two white pieces vs. one black piece. The Nb4 is threatening Nc7+,
forking the king and rook and also threatening Nd6+ followed by c6. The Nd6
would cause havic in the black camp.} d5 {Still 2 piecesagainst 1.} 10. c5 {
Intending Nd6.} Bf8 {Two vs zero! It's already move 10 and Black has all of
his pieces to their starting positions?!} 11. Bxd5 Bxc5 {2 / 1. Qxd5 is not
possible because of Nc7+, forking the king and queen. How should Black
complete his development?} 12. Qb3 {
Developing with tempo! The threat is Bxf7+, winning a pawn.} Qe7 {In very basic
terms, White has more guys in the game than Black. It's 3 against 2. In hockey
they have a word for this advantage, it's called a 'Power Play'. When one side
has an advantagous ratio of fighting forces, we say has a 'lead in
development', or 'force superiority'. Over the next several moves, watch how
the grandmaster increases this ratio.} 13. Bg5 f6 14. Bd2 Kf8 {White has 2x
the number of players as black has. What results would you expect, in any team
sport, where one side has 4 players and the other side just 2} 15. O-O Kg7 16. Rc1 Bh3 {Black is threatening to win the exchange. But, Aagaard has an enormus lead in development and he wants to increase this
lead. How should white play?} 17. Rxc5 {Threatening Rc7, pinning the Queen.
White plans to bring his Rf1 into the game with tempo} Qxc5 {4/2} 18. Rc1
Qf8 {5/1! Death by numbers.} 19. Rc7+ Ne7 20. Be6 Bf5 21. Bxf5 gxf5 22. Qe6
Re8 23. Nd6 Kg6 24. Rxe7 ... {Mate is forced. Black resigns} 1-0