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ANNOTATED GAME

Interesting game
Crafty 20.14 w32 vs. Fritz11
Annotated by: e4e5pf3d6 (1286)
Chess opening: King's Indian (A49), fianchetto without c4
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1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. c4 c6 5. Bg2 d5 6. cxd5 cxd5 7. Nc3 O-O 8. O-O Ne4 9. Nxe4 dxe4 10. Ne5 Qd5 11. b3 Nc6 12. Nxc6 Qxc6 13. Ba3 Rd8 14. Rc1 Qa6 15. Bc5 Bf5 16. e3 Qe6 17. Qd2 Bf6 18. Rc2 b6 19. Bb4 Qd5 20. Rfc1 a5 21. Bc3 Rac8 22. Bf1 e5 23. Bc4 Qd7
If white takes the pawn at e5, black wins it back with 24. ... Qxd2 25. Rxd2 Rxd2 26. Bxd2 Bxe5 and black doesn't have a double pawn anymore so d5 is better.

 
24. d5 b5 25. Bxa5 bxc4 26. Bxd8 Rxd8 27. bxc4
Now white has got a connected free-pawn in the centre

 
27... Bg4 28. Rb1
There the rook is more active.

 
28... Kg7 29. Qe1 Rc8 30. Rb6 h5 31. Qb1 h4
If white takes the pawn the king isn't so safe anymore and white has got 2 weak pawns.

 
32. Rb7
There the rook is strong because he makes the king a little bit less active.

 
32... Qf5
There the queen is better than at another square it can go because it can attack the king the easiest from there.

 
33. Qf1
This is to defend the king.

 
33... Bg5
This will help black winning too like you will see.

 
34. Rc3 Bh3
Here the bishop makes the kings less active.

 
35. Qe2 hxg3 36. fxg3
White can also take with the h-pawn but then the h-line is difficult to defend so the king is weaker.

 
36... Rxc4
I find this the most interesting move of the game, black wins by this move.

 
37. Qxc4
If white takes with the rook he loses by 37. ... Bxe3 38. Qxe3 Qf1#.

 
37... Qf3
From there the queen attacks g2 and the king can't move anymore.

 
38. Rb2
If white doesn't do this the queen goes to g2 with mate.

 
38... Bxe3+ 39. Rxe3 Qxe3+ 40. Rf2
If white plays 40. kh1 black wins with 40. ... Qe1 41. Qf1 Qxf1#.

 
40... Qe1+ 41. Rf1 Bxf1 42. Qxf1 Qd2 43. d6 f5 44. d7 Qxd7 45. Qf2 Qd3 46. Qb2 Kf6 47. Qb8 e3 48. Qh8+ Ke6 49. Qe8+ Kd5 50. Qd7+ Kc4
If white takes the queen the pawn can go to e8.

 
51. Qe6+ Kc3 52. Qxe5+ Kc2 53. Qc5+ Kd1 54. Qe5 Qd2 55. Qb5 Qf2+
And white resigns because of 56. Kh1 Qe1 57. Kg2 Qe2 58.Qxe2 Kxe2 and the pawn at e3 can go to e1.