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ANNOTATED GAME

League division C3
patriks (1816) vs. bigkev (1795)
Annotated by: patriks (1749)
Chess opening: Bird's opening (A02)
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1. f4
Bird's opening - featuring mate with Bishop and Knight.

 
1... c5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. b3 d6 4. Bb2 e6
Transposition to some closed Sicilian is quite common.

 
5. e3 g6
Both e6 and g6 does not feel right.

 
6. Be2 Bg7 7. O-O O-O 8. Qe1 Nc6 9. a3 a6 10. d3 b5 11. e4 Bb7 12. Nbd2
[12.Kh1 Sg4 13.Lxg7 Kxg7=]

 
12... Qb6
[12...Sxe4!? 13.Lxg7 Sxd2 14.Sxd2 Kxg7]

 
13. Kh1 a5 14. a4 Nb4 15. Bd1 bxa4 16. Rxa4 Bc6 17. Ra1 Bb5
17.- a4!? seem troublesome for white. Definitely =.

 
18. Qh4
[18.e5 Se8±]

 
18... Nh5 19. Bxg7 Nxg7 20. g4 f6 21. Ng1
[21.e5 Se8]

 
21... Qd8 22. Rf3 f5 23. g5 e5
[23...Dc7!?=]

 
24. Rh3 h5
?!

 
25. gxh6 e.p. Qxh4 26. Rxh4 Ne8 27. exf5
[27.fxe5!? fxe4 28.Sxe4±]

 
27... Rxf5 28. fxe5 Rxe5 29. Ngf3 Rf5 30. Rg4 Kh7 31. Nh4 Rf2 32. Ne4 Bc6 33. Kg1 Nf6
? This will lose a piece for a pawn.

 
34. Kxf2 Nxg4+ 35. Bxg4 Nxc2 36. Rc1 Rf8+ 37. Kg3 Nd4 38. Rc3 Nb5 39. Rc2 Nd4 40. Rf2 Rxf2 41. Kxf2 Nxb3 42. Nxd6 Kxh6 43. Nf7+ Kg7 44. Ne5 Be8 45. Be6 Nd4 46. Bd5 Kf6 47. Nc4 a4 48. Na3 Ke5 49. Bc4 Kf4 50. Ng2+ Kg4 51. Bd5 g5 52. Ne3+ Kh3 53. Nf1 Bd7 54. Bg2+ Kg4 55. Ng3 Kh4 56. Ne4 Nb3 57. Nc3 g4 58. Ke3 g3 59. hxg3+ Kxg3 60. Bd5 Kg4 61. Nc4 Kf5 62. Nb6 Be8 63. Ncxa4 Bxa4 64. Nxa4 Nc1 65. Nxc5 Nxd3
The least of two evil things I guess.

 
66. Nxd3
Mate must be done within 50 moves from this position. The aim is do drive the opponent king to the side and toward the corner with the bishops color; h1 or a8 in this case.

 
66... Kf6 67. Kf4 Kg6 68. Nc5 Kf6 69. Ne4+ Kg6 70. Kg4 Kh6 71. Kf5 Kg7 72. Kg5 Kh7 73. Kf6 Kh8 74. Nd6 Kh7 75. Be4+

 
75... Kh8
75. - Kh6 76. Nf7 Kh5 77. Kf5 Kh4 78. Kf4 Kh3 79. Nh6 Kh4 80. Bg6 Kh3 81. Kf3 Kh2 82. Bd3 Kg1 83. Ng4 Kh1 84. Kg3 Kg1 85. Be2 Kh1 86. Nf2 Kg1 87. Nh3 Kh1 88. Bf3#

 
76. Nf7+ Kg8 77. Ne5 Kh8
77.- Kf8 78. Bc6 Kg8 79. Ng6 Kh7 80. Bd5 Kh6 81. Bg8 Kh5 82. Ne5 Kh4 83. Kf5 Kg3 84. Bc4 Kf2 85. Kf4 Ke1 86. Ke3 Kd1 87. Bd3 etc.

 
78. Bd5 Kh7 79. Ng6 Kh6
Opposition important to achieve the aim.

 
80. Bg8 Kh5 81. Ne5 Kh6 82. Ng4+ Kh5 83. Kf5 Kh4 84. Kf4 Kh3 85. Ne3 Kh4
85. - Kh2 86. Be6 Kg1 87. Kg3 Kh1 88. Ng4 Kg1 89. Bc4 Kh1 90. Nf2 Kg1 91. Nh3 Kh1 92. Bd5#

 
86. Bf7 Kh3 87. Nf5
[87.Le6 Kh4 88.Sf5 Kh3 (88.- Kh5 89.Bf7#) 89.Kf3 Kh2 90.Se3 Kg1 91.Kg3 Kh1 92.Kf2 Kh2 93.Sf1 Kh1 94.Ld5#]

 

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