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ANNOTATED GAME
Remove the defender
Sc-uk (1614) vs. Birchi (1710)
Annotated by: sacmjr (1200)
Chess opening: Sicilian (B32), Labourdonnais-Loewenthal variation
Sc-uk (1614) vs. Birchi (1710)
Annotated by: sacmjr (1200)
Chess opening: Sicilian (B32), Labourdonnais-Loewenthal variation
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This is my first annotated game, not a brilliant performance from White, but a pleasing conclusion | |
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1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e5 5. Nf3 |
Not overly familiar with the Sicilian, not keen on this move as it breaks the rule of moving the same piece twice in the opening. |
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5... Nf6 6. Bd3 |
Protects, but is this where bishops belong? No! |
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6... d5 7. Bb5 |
exd5 would be better, this move could lead to Qa5 , Nc3 d4 |
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7... Qd6 8. Bxc6+ bxc6 9. O-O |
King to safety |
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9... Nxe4 10. Re1 |
Hoping to get some kind of pin, however I was fealing very undeveloped at this stage, space count, white = 4 black = 12!! |
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10... Be7 11. Nxe5 |
Ok, I took over a minute on this move, sure that I could win the knight on e4 with a pin (Qxe5, f3). It turns out I did win it, but Fritz found a way for it to be saved! So this move got a '?' in analysis, at least it wasn't '??' |
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11... Qxe5 12. f3 |
Attacking the pinned piece |
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12... Bc5+ 13. Be3 Bxe3+ 14. Rxe3 O-O 15. Qc1 |
I think that fxe4 could be played immediately here, however at the time I thought that b2 and a1 might fall, however I don't think this is the case, fxe4 Qxb2, Nc3 d4, Rb1 Qe3, Qxd4 might be one way around this |
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15... f5 16. fxe4 fxe4 17. c3 |
releases the pin on b2 |
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17... Ba6 |
threatening a royal fork, Rf1 |
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18. Nd2 Qf4 19. Qe1 Bd3 20. Qg3 Rab8 21. b3 Rbe8 22. Rae1 |
Now here I was expecting a trade of queens (or Fritz's g5 seems even stronger), to which I think black would have won, however I was pleased to see the next move which enabled me to execute my plan and the game swings into white as the favourite |
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22... c5 |
Poor! g5 'nails it down' (Fritz) |
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23. Qxf4 |
Only reply is to capture back, isn't it? The defender to e8 IS f8! |
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23... Rxf4 |
Which now means that d3 can be munched by the rook on e3. the pawn on e4 is then pinned. My palms were less sweaty by this stage ;) |
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24. Rxd3 |
! |
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24... exd3 25. Rxe8+ Kf7 26. Ra8 |
Black resigns as pawns will fall and his passed pawn on d3 poses no real threat. Hope you enjoyed my annotation. |
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