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ANNOTATED GAME
Rooks, pawns, discovered attacks and stalemate
luckylarry (1639) vs. casmith_789 (1679)
Annotated by: casmith_789 (1200)
Chess opening: French (C07), Tarrasch, open variation
luckylarry (1639) vs. casmith_789 (1679)
Annotated by: casmith_789 (1200)
Chess opening: French (C07), Tarrasch, open variation
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1. e4 |
e4. Standard King's Pawn opening move. |
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1... e6 |
e6. The French Defense - my usual opening. |
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2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 |
Nd2. The Tarrasch variation, most commonly played by Grandmasters nowadays to this line. |
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3... c5 4. c3 Nc6 5. Ngf3 Qb6 6. exd5 exd5 7. dxc5 Bxc5 |
Quite a lot of pressure on the f2 pawn. In fact, Bxf2 , Ke2, Qe3 is mate! |
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8. Qe2+ |
Qe2 ; a good way to gain a tempo and stop the threats. |
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8... Be6 9. b4 Bd6 10. Ng5 Nd8 11. Ndf3 |
Good pressure from White; Black's playing defensively. |
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11... h6 12. Nxe6 Nxe6 13. Be3 Qc7 14. Qd2 Nf6 15. Bb5+ Ke7 |
I deemed it safe to move the king. This is because if I blocked the B with the N, the pawn on d5 would drop. Also, a form of by hand castling can also be done after Rd8 and Kf8. |
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16. Rc1 a6 17. Ba4 b5 18. Bb3 Qc6 19. O-O Rhd8 20. Rfe1 Ne4 21. Qc2 Rac8 22. Bd4 Kf8 |
The 'castling' manoever is complete. |
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23. Bxd5 |
Obviously, the N is regained shortly afterwards. |
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23... Qxd5 24. Rxe4 Ng5 25. Nxg5 Qxg5 26. Rce1 Bxb4 |
Same trick back! |
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27. Bxg7+ |
Thus regaining the pawn for a bit, and splitting my pawns. |
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27... Qxg7 28. Rxb4 Qxc3 29. Qxc3 Rxc3 30. a4 bxa4 31. Rxa4 Rc6 32. g3 Kg7 33. Re7 Ra8 34. Kg2 |
Black now has very passive play, otherwise the a6 pawn can be taken. If the rook moves off the a file, then the White rook on e7 will come to a7 to win the pawn. |
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34... Rf6 35. f3 Kf8 36. Rb7 Kg7 37. g4 Rc6 38. h4 Rg6 39. Kg3 Kf8 40. f4 f5 41. g5 hxg5 42. fxg5 |
Black wants to force a swap off of the dangerous passed pawns - but they are now connected passed pawns! |
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42... Rc6 43. Kf4 Rc5 44. h5 a5 45. h6 Kg8 46. Kg3 Rc3+ 47. Kh4 Rc1 48. g6 Rc5 |
To prevent Rxa5, and if RxR, Rb8 Rc8 Rxc8 mate. |
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49. Kg5 Rd5 50. h7+ Kh8 |
The king is now trapped! All White has to do is defend the h7 pawn and play g7#. |
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51. Kh6 Rd6 52. Rf7 Re8 53. Rxa5 Rc8 |
Black is doomed while his pawns fall. However, all of this leads to stalemate. |
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54. Raxf5 |
Taking the pawn, and threatening Rf8 Rxf8 Rxf8#. |
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54... Rxg6+ |
Rxg6 ! The only hope. This still does not draw by itself, however. |
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55. Kxg6 Rc6+ 56. Kg5 |
Kg5?? The game is now drawn (I think). R5f6 would also have been a draw, as after RxR RxR or KxR it is drawn. R7f6 wins for White, I think. |
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56... Rg6+ 57. Kf4 Rg4+ 58. Ke3 Re4+ |
The rook can now keep on the fourth rank whatever White does. A drawn position, and if White ever takes the rook it is stalemate. Well done to White for getting the won endgame, but always be wary of stalemate! |
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