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ANNOTATED GAME
Ivory Rook!
Sarasani (-) vs. Rampersad, W. (1549)
Annotated by: sarasani (1868)
Chess opening: QGD (D06), symmetrical (Austrian) defence
Sarasani (-) vs. Rampersad, W. (1549)
Annotated by: sarasani (1868)
Chess opening: QGD (D06), symmetrical (Austrian) defence
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1. d4 |
Hi everyone! Here is an instructive game I played at my local chessclub RSR Ivoren Toren in Rotterdam, the Netherlands (hence the name of this game). I needed this win to be able to qualify for promotion to the next group and quite coincidentally I got the white pieces against Rampersad. A couple of weeks ago I was present when he was analyzing one of his games where he also had the black pieces and they had played the QGD, symmetrical variation, wich ended in a draw. But I had checked out the opening at home and found a small improvement for white, so now it was a good opportunity to show it! Enjoy... | |||||
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1... d5 2. c4 |
At this point ofcourse I was wondering:''Will he play 2...c5?''. I remember the adrenaline pumping trough my body.... | |||||
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2... c5 |
Yes...ofcourse, like I said, the last game he played with this variation ended in a draw ( against the leading player in our group ), so why not try it again... | |||||
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3. cxd5 |
The best move here. | |||||
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3... Qxd5 |
Going for the same line he played against Fung*. *( M. Fung was the leading player at the moment in our group with a current KNSB rating of 1816. The game I played against him ended in a quick draw.) | |||||
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4. Nf3 |
! Though not really worthy of an exclamation mark, this move is my first improvement. Fung had played 4.Nc3 when the game continued with 4...Qxd4 5.Qxd4 (5.Nf3!) 5....cxd4 6.Nb5 Kd8 6.Nxd4 | |||||
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4... cxd4 |
The most common continuation. | |||||
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5. Nc3 |
This is all known theory ofcourse. Black has two common responses, 5...Qa5 and 5...Qd8. But allready white has won a tempo, since the queen must retreat. | |||||
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5... Qd8 |
White has developed both knights, while black has yet to develop a piece! | |||||
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6. Nxd4 |
It's more common to take with the queen here, but I decided I didn't want to swap queens, going for sharp play and avoiding a draw. | |||||
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6... Nf6 |
Black has to start bringing his pieces into action. | |||||
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7. Bg5 e6 8. e3 Be7 |
Both sides developing their pieces... | |||||
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9. Bd3 Bd7 10. O-O Nc6 11. a3 |
Perhaps 11.Nf3 is slightly better here, but I wanted to stop the c6-knight from jumping to b4, since I was planning to move my queen to c2. | |||||
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11... Nxd4 12. exd4 Qb6 |
The queen attacks both pawns on b2 and d4. | |||||
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13. Qc2 Rc8 |
Pinning the knight on c3. | |||||
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14. Rad1 |
!? This pawn sacrifice is just too tempting. | |||||
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14... Qxd4 |
To say this is a blunder goes too far, but I would have considered another move here. Actually 14...h6!? is the best chance for black here; 15.Be3 O-O with a more or less equal position. | |||||
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15. Bb5 |
Now white has a clear edge, because the black king is in a vulnerable position, for example 15...Qg4 16.Bxd7 Nxd7 17.Bxe7 Kxe7. | |||||
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15... Qc5 |
Ok...what now? I'm still a pawn down... | |||||
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16. Bxd7+ |
? Computer analysis shows a better alternative here: 16.Bxf6 Bxb5 17.Bxg7 Bxf1 18.Bxh8 wich is winning for white. But hey, my name is not Fritz, so I came up with another plan... | |||||
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