Annotated chess game: 85th GK tournament

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ANNOTATED GAME

85th GK tournament
spepo (1701) vs. eduard352 (1701)
Annotated by: eduard352 (1664)
Chess opening: Giuoco piano (C55), Rosentreter variation

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1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. O-O Bc5 5. Nc3 d6 6. h3	White had better continue with his development. This achieves nothing, except for weaking the pprotectetion of of kings side,.
	2 comments blake78613 (1200) on 04-Oct-11: It keeps the Black Knight or Bishop off of g4 so that the White bishop can be developed to e3 and prevents the f3 knight from being pinned. It also allows the maneuver Ktf3-h2-g4. White often plays h3 in the Italian game and it is much safer than ...h6 is for Black. One could question whether the weakening of the White kingside is worth the price, but to say the move achieves nothing is flat wrong. paulmorphy91 (1200) on 04-Oct-11: 4.O-O isn't the best. It loses a pawn after 4...Nxe4. Best is 4.d4, 4.Ng5or 4.d3.


6... Be6 7. Bxe6 fxe6	Black now has an open f-file, and a stronger centre
	1 comment paulmorphy91 (1200) on 04-Oct-11: 7.Bxe6? is a mistake. Best is 7.Bb3!


8. d3 Qe7	Of course black wants to castle to the Queens side. Also this move protect e5 in case of a future d6-d5.



9. Bg5 h6 10. Bh4	Bxf6 was better, now black get to expand on the kings side. White his King shoud be gettng nervous by now.



10... g5 11. Bg3 O-O-O 12. a3 Rdg8 13. b4	Too little too late.
	1 comment paulmorphy91 (1200) on 04-Oct-11: 11...O-O-O is very good, however i would have played 11...Kd7! instead, followed by Rag8.


13... Bb6 14. Na4 h5 15. Nxb6+ axb6	After b5, Na5 blacks King is safe.
	1 comment paulmorphy91 (1200) on 04-Oct-11: 15...cxb6 is also good, to prevent white from doing any attack through the a-file.


16. c4	White should have played h4, to protect his King



16... h4 17. Bh2 g4 18. hxg4 Nxg4 19. Qd2 Qg7	A storm is gathering, Nxh2 is an immediate threat.



20. Ne1 Nd4	Threatening a fantastic combination: 21.a4?, Nxh2; 22.Kxh2, Nf3+ !; winning the Queen. If 23.gxf3, then h3!. and there is not way to prevent checkmate: 24...Qg2+; 25.Nxg2, hxg2; 26.Kg1, Rh1#;



21. f3	Qd1 might have been better



21... Nxh2 22. Kxh2 Qg3+ 23. Kg1 h3	Checkmate is on the horizon



24. Rf2 Qh2+	Of course black could have played 24..., hxg2; 25.Rxg2, Qh2+; But the Queen sacrifice is faster.



25. Kf1	Kxh2 is also followed by checkmate: 25.Kxh2, hxg2+; 26.Kg1, Rh1#



25... Qh1#