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ANNOTATED GAME
Deadly Pawn Storms!
romanlegionary (1553) vs. yanchisin (1505)
Annotated by: romanlegionary (1200)
Chess opening: Philidor (C41), exchange variation
romanlegionary (1553) vs. yanchisin (1505)
Annotated by: romanlegionary (1200)
Chess opening: Philidor (C41), exchange variation
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This is my serious annotation. This game comes from Philidor's Defense and reveals the power of opposite-side castling with a pawn storm. | |||||
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1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 d6 |
Philidor's Defense | ||||
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3. d4 exd4 |
Exchange Variation | ||||
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4. Nxd4 |
An interesting fact about this move is that in GK's database, after this move white wins most games continued from this opening. Must say something about it. | ||||
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4... Be7 |
Black is the first to break main line in this opening. On move 4! Maybe he should have learned his opening better if he wished to not get in trouble. | ||||
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5. Nc3 c6 |
Another strange move out of an unusual defense. What is the point of c6? White appears to have an advantage here with more development and space. He has also created a backwards pawn on d6 unless he plans to push with d5, but this wastes time. | ||||
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6. Bc4 Nf6 7. Bb3 |
I did not want to lose some of my center with 7...Nxe4 8 Nxe4 d5, and I wanted to keep pressure on f7. | ||||
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7... Bg4 |
This is a pointless move as f3 is already part of white's development in Philidor's Defense and this gives white tempo. | ||||
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8. f3 Bd7 9. Be3 Na6 10. a3 |
I thought that black's plan was to hit my bishop on b3 with his knight so I provided an escape square, but a better plan for black is 10...Nc7 with ...d5 to remove his weakness. | ||||
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10... Nc5 |
My prediction comes through as black is not noticing the fact that he has a weakness on d6. | ||||
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11. Ba2 Qc8 |
An odd place to develop the queen. It now only has three spaces to move to an none of them attack. The only benefit from this move is putting a useless battery on the c8-h3 diagonal. | ||||
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12. Qd2 b6 |
What IS black doing with his pawns? He now has weaknesses on d6 AND c6 and his c pawn cannot move because of his knight. | ||||
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13. O-O-O O-O 14. g4 |
Pawn storm! this move has been waiting to happen for a while once the king castles kingside right into an onslaught. Notice that I am completely developed, I have a battery on the c1-h6 diagonal, my rooks are connected, and my light-squared bishop points directly at black's king. | ||||
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14... Ne8 |
Maybe black was trying to open up his dark-squared bishop to attack the storm, but it doesn't help. | ||||
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15. Rdg1 Bf6 16. f4 |
An interesting move. Pushing my f-pawn removes a defender from g4 but is there a reason? | ||||
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16... Bxg4 |
Black takes the bait. | ||||
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17. f5 |
Cutting the string that connected the queen and bishop in half! The bishop is now going to be stuck on the wrong side of the pawn chain. | ||||
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17... Bh5 18. h4 Qd7 19. Bg5 |
The bishop is the only defender of the kingside that is doing anything, and it seems logical to remove it. | ||||
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19... Kh8 20. Bxf6 Nxf6 21. Rxg7 |
Exclam! A brilliant sacrifice! If 21...Kxg7, then 22 Qg5 Kh8 23 Qxf6 Kg8 24 Rg1 Bg6 25 fxg6 and forced mate is coming after 26 gxh7 Kxh7 27 Qg7#, or 22...Bg6 23 fxg6 and forced mate follows. A quicker death is 25...hxg6 26 Rxg6# all thanks to the bishop in the corner pinning the pawn. | ||||
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21... Rfg8 |
Since capure is bad, this is the only move that can stop the looming pressure on g7. | ||||
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22. Rgg1 |
Not yielding the file. | ||||
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