Annotated chess game: 37th GK tournament

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ANNOTATED GAME

37th GK tournament
persicum (1121) vs. fattouh (943)
Annotated by: fattouh (1200)
Chess opening: Scotch game (C45)

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1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 d5 5. exd5 Qxd5 6. Nxc6 Qxc6 7. Qe2+ Be7 8. Bf4 Bd7 9. Nc3 Nf6 10. O-O-O Be6 11. Qe3 O-O 12. Qg3 Nh5	12. Nh5!, good move, eliminating the threat on the Black's king side
	2 comments ruachessnut2 (1200) on 11-Aug-07: Good move, getting the 2 bishop advantage. archduke_piccolo (2355) on 18-Sep-07: True: and Black is well set up for an attack on the Q-side.


13. Qe3 Nxf4 14. Qxf4 h6 15. Bd3	15. Bd3?, lack of concentration from the white, loses his queen for free
	1 comment archduke_piccolo (2355) on 18-Sep-07: 14...h6 is unnecessary and slightly weakens the Black K-side, though the planned skewer might gain some time. I prefer 14...a6, planning ...b4 and a pawn storm against White's castled king. Naturally, 15.Kb1 or 15.Qg3, say, would have preserved the material balance.


15... Bg5 16. Be4 Qb6 17. Na4 Bxf4+ 18. Kb1 Qa5 19. b3 Rad8	Now beginning the exchange
	2 comments ruachessnut2 (1200) on 11-Aug-07: 16... Bxf4+ Why is your move Qb3 better than taking his queen, with check, for free? archduke_piccolo (2355) on 18-Sep-07: The fact is, Black wins the Queen for nothing anyhow. White was better advised - assuming he wanted to keep playing - to have got what he could in exchange, to wit: the bishop (16.Qxg5).


20. Rxd8 Rxd8 21. Bxb7 Rb8 22. Bc6	22. Bc6, the only move, anything else loses a piece because Qxa4! cannot be answered because of the pin of the white pawn at a3



22... Qa6	22. ... Qa6!, chasing for the free piece



23. Nc5 Qc4	23. ... Qc6?, loses the chance of winning a piece because the lack of concentration too
	1 comment ruachessnut2 (1200) on 11-Aug-07: 23...Qxc6 Why not take the bishop? How does winning a piece lose the chance of winning a piece? If 24. Nxe6 Qxe6 & blacks Q, R, B, & 5 p should beat whites R & 6 p


24. Nxe6 Qxe6 25. Bf3 Rd8 26. g3 Be5 27. Re1 Re8 28. Re3 Rd8 29. c4 Rd2 30. Bd5 Qe7 31. a4 Qb4	31. Qb4!, the trap is set for mate here and the will coordinated forces of the black make it difficult to get away
	1 comment archduke_piccolo (2355) on 18-Sep-07: Better still is 31...Qa3, threatening mates at b2 and a1. White can delay the inevitable for precise one move: 32.Bxf7ch Kh8 33.Rxe5 (prevents the ...Qa1#) 33...Qb2#.


32. Rxe5 Qxb3+ 33. Kc1 Qb2#
	1 comment archduke_piccolo (2355) on 18-Sep-07: Pity White blew away his own queen: this was shaping to be an exciting opposite side castling game...