Annotated chess game: Don't play for Cheapos!

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ANNOTATED GAME

Don't play for Cheapos!
jstevens1 (1778) vs. easy19 (2191)
Annotated by: jotheblackqueen (1200)
Chess opening: Dunst (Sleipner, Heinrichsen) opening (A00)

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Hi everybody! Just to say that Freddy gave me the perfect opportunity to attack him and guess what, I muffed it big time! I started off with the Dunst Opening and it transposed into a Sicilian Dragon Yugoslav Attack which according to the World Database is favourable to white - so I shouldn't have lost this game should I?! Just to say I dared to try a speculative unsound exchange sac on the Master Mater which he rebuffed big time. Had he accepted the sac immediately he would have walked into a mating net. It just shows though that it is very dangerous to rely on your opponent falling into your trap because if he doesn't and you are in trouble this is called "Playing for Cheapos". Well, here goes!

1. Nc3 g6 2. e4 c5 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4	5. Nxc4 - Voila - un Sicilian Dragon!



5... Nc6 6. Be3 Nf6 7. Bc4 O-O	7........ 0-0 black tucks his king away - I will castle queenside and this will be a race to mate!



8. Bb3 d6 9. f3 Na5 10. Qd2	10. Qd2 - these moves are the beginning of a Yugoslav Attack. One spur of it is to try to remove the black dsb and home in on the weak squares the exchange leaves behind. The next thing is to try to open up the g and h files to the white heavy pieces so that the black king can come under a blistering mating attack.



10... Bd7 11. O-O-O Rb8 12. Kb1 b5 13. h4	13. h4 - the start of a kingside pawn storm.
	1 comment rjacobs (1699) on 11-Mar-09: Black is already ahead on his attack though...


13... Nc4 14. Bxc4 bxc4 15. Ka1 h5	15. h5 - all database moves, black tries to keep the g and h files closed.



16. Rdb1 Re8 17. Bh6 Bh8 18. g4 hxg4 19. h5 Nxh5	19. ......... Nxh5 - taking me out of the database. I now play for cheapos as follows:-



20. Rxh5	20. Rxd5 - OK if it is someone at or below your rating. If Freddy takes then this could happen:- Variation A 20. Rxh5 gxh5 21. Qg5+ Kh7 22. Qxh5 Bg7 23. Qxf7 Kxh6 24. Rh1+ Kg5 25. Qxg7+ Kf4 26. Qf7+ Ke5 27. Qd5+ Kf6 28. Rh6+ Kg7 29. Qg5+ Kf7 30. Rh7+ Kf8 31. Qg7# Variation B 20. Rxh5 gxh5 21. Qg5+ Kh7 22. Qxh5 Bxd4 23. Qxf7+ Kxh6 24. Rh1+ Kg5 25. Rh5# Variation C 20. Rxh5 gxh5 21. Qg5+ Kh7 22. Qxh5 Bf5 23. Qxf7+ Kxh6 24. Rh1+ Kg5 25. Rh5+ Kf4 26. Qxf5+ Ke3 27. Qg5+ Kf2 28. Rh2+ Kg3 29. Qh4+ Kf4 30. Qxg4+ Ke3 31. Nf5# Freddy also has this solution:- "easy19: This should be the best solution. 22. Qg5+ Kh7 23.Qxh5 Be6 24.Nxe6 Kg8 25.Qg5+ Kh7 26.Rh1 Qa5 27.Bd2+ Qh5 28. Rxh5#." Beware though it can come unstuck if your opponent is the Master Mater. Freddy finds an excellent in between move as you will see.
	1 comment southview (2211) on 11-Mar-09: 20...gxh5 succumbs to an attractive mate. 21.Qg5+,Kh7 22.Qxh5,e5 23.Qxf7+,Kxh6 24.Rh1+,Qh4 25.Rxh4+, Kg5 and 26. Rh5 mate


20... Bxd4 21. Qxd4 e5	21. ........ e5 - blocks off the a1-h8 diagonal.
	1 comment dmaestro (1634) on 11-Mar-09: !


22. Qf2 gxh5 23. Nd5	23. Nd5 - to try to prevent the Wicked Witch of the West settling in on b6 and virtually forcing a queen trade.
	5 comments ruachessnut2 (1200) on 10-Mar-09: Please ask Expert Freddy his opinion of your non-serious notion. Also don't play to win. Play to learn. " I never lost a karate match." said Chuck Norris. When several losses were mentioned he replied, " I learned & if you learn it's not a loss." Last I heard 2000-2199 was an expert. Master starts 2200. blake84120 (1200) on 10-Mar-09: You know, I kinda like Joanne's non-serious notation (note, there is an "at" in the middle of "notation". It's her uniquely creative style - chess could use more right-brain creativity. You're right about Freddy though. He seems to have had an unfortunate turn of events recently, and has slid down to Expert. I'm betting he finds his way back to Master some day. Probably soon. jotheblackqueen (1200) on 11-Mar-09: I guess I still think of Freddy as the Master Mater because all those 5 checkmates I incurred from him WERE when his rating was 2200+. Not only that, some of them were awesome because he announced mating sequences which were 10 moves or so away! Please also bear in mind that Freddy is not that far below the 2200+ threshold and it only needs 1 or 2 good results to get him above it! easy19 (1200) on 11-Mar-09: I like any game that is annotated with me playing I think i am just a expert chess player Aldo my rating was for some time above 2200 I do not feel as the master playing. I am good in Orthodox openings, end games and chess puzzles. This because i teach the stuff to the juniors ( in my opinion the teacher learns faster then the students) And ruachessnut you have 1 very good point >> do not play to win. << that is exactly what i always say. rjacobs (1699) on 11-Mar-09: So, Freddy, do you just play to survive? I always get the feeling that you're out to crush us! Oh, and on the "master" point, most master titles are gained after the player achieves certain criteria (eg won some tournaments and achieves a grading). Any "title" based solely on Gameknot rating is meaningless. But once a player has achieved the threshold and we start thinking of him as a Master, we shouldn't stop thinking of him that way if his rating dips below that. His expertise still outstrips ours.


23... c3 24. b3	24. b3 - would Nxc3 have been an improvement, jury?
	2 comments rjacobs (1699) on 11-Mar-09: A difficult judgement to make without detailed analysis (for which I have neither the skill nor motivation at present).... but some general observations: the N is dominating the board from d5, so retreating it seems sad. On the other hand, the pawn controls your King's only available square after the text move, so it needed to be blotted out first. On balance, I think 24. Nxc3 would have been better. southview (2211) on 11-Mar-09: 23...c3! the death sentence


24... Re6 25. Be3	25. Be3 - retreat forced, if Glenda tries to back him up with Qe3 then Kh7 could be problematical for Fou Lenoir!
	1 comment rjacobs (1699) on 11-Mar-09: after 25. Qe3 Kh7 26. Bg5 threatens Black's Q. The B also has the retreat square of h4 if 26... f6, so I don't see your problem...


25... Rg6 26. Rg1 gxf3 27. Rxg6+ fxg6 28. Qxf3	28. Qxf3 - I start to think about redressing the material deficit but ....



28... Qh4	28. ........ Qh4!! - the Wicked Witch is threatening a nasty check on e1.



29. Nxc3 Qe1+ 30. Nb1 Rf8 31. Qg2	31. Qg2 - hoping for a perpetual. If QxB then Qxg6, but .......



31... Bg4 32. Bxa7 Rf1	32. ....... Rf1 - here I wave the white flag because the only way I can stop Old Matey from striking on b1 is for Glenda to give up her life for the f1 rook. I am already the exchange down so I have had enough. Well played Freddy! Joanne