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ANNOTATED GAME
Slow Ladder
lesmondo (1513) vs. lord_shiva (1888)
Annotated by: lord_shiva
(1925)
Chess opening: KGA (C39), Kieseritsky, Berlin defence
lesmondo (1513) vs. lord_shiva (1888)
Annotated by: lord_shiva
(1925)
Chess opening: KGA (C39), Kieseritsky, Berlin defence
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1. e4 |
I challenged Lesmondo, who (as I write) is still above me on the Slow Ladder. This victory DID finally get me onto the first page, however. My strategy was to challenge the highest player on the ladder below my rating, and to keep five ladder games in play to avoid challenges. After this win the only higher open challenge was a 2500 rated player (66), and at 1888 I was unlikely to move up. A 1600 player filled my fifth spot. I will have to keep an eye on the ladder to see if any rung becomes available. My team mate, Id=Bear57, inspired me to climb the slow ladder. He had made it to 21. | ||||
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1... e5 2. f4 |
King’s Gambit. Black seems to do ok accepting. | ||||
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2... exf4 3. Nf3 g5 |
Quaade Gambit. Ne7 and h6 also seem like decent plays for black, but I anticipated pushing the knight, | ||||
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4. h4 g4 |
Push. Allgaier Gambit. | ||||
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5. Ne5 |
Kieseritsky, Paulsen Defense. Interesting each of these moves has its own moniker. The g4 pawn has two pieces focused on it, and nothing providing cover. | ||||
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5... Nf6 |
Kieseritsky, Berlin Defense. | ||||
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6. Nxf7 |
Nxg4 is the Rivière Variation, which is what I was expecting. Nxf7 is off book, but is the reason I chose to annotate this game. It was a bold and unusual move. I’m not sacrificing queen or rook, so the king must act. | ||||
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6... Kxf7 7. Bc4+ |
I’m up three points. By shedding a pawn I can stymie white’s advance with my black bishop while doubling his pawns. That bishop makes no further move the rest of the game. | ||||
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7... d5 8. exd5 |
Discovered check with the d pawn threatens mayhem, later on, and I don’t wish to waste time moving the king around. Hence the aforementioned bishop block, which also protects f4. | ||||
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8... Bd6 9. O-O Bf5 |
My thought here was if the queen moves I get a pawn. | ||||
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10. Nc3 a6 |
I was concerned about Nb5. Nxc7, Bxc7, d6+ and I lose the bishop. Even though the queen is also covering c7, she might have more important tasks soon. | ||||
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11. d4 Nh5 |
The d4 move brought white’s black bishop to bear down on f4. I hated fling the knight to the edge of the field, but it worked hard there the rest of the game. | ||||
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12. Bd3 Qf6 13. Bxf5 Qxf5 14. Ne2 f3 |
It is a hollow threat. I cannot take knight or pawn without pinning my own queen. But a pawn will remain in the road if white exchanges. | ||||
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15. Bg5 |
The h4 pawn has been undefended, but I could see no easy way to acquire it. Here a pawn push drives off the villainous bishop. | ||||
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15... h6 16. Bd2 |
King and queen must both vacate the f file to gain black momentum. | ||||
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16... Qxd5 |
I had to doublecheck that the white bishop was gone before placing king and queen on a shared diagonal. | ||||
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17. c3 |
White can force a queen trade while opening his “a” rank. Up 3 points that doesn’t worry me—all even trades work to my inexorable mathematical advantage now. | ||||
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17... Kg7 |
This frees f3 for action. | ||||
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18. c4 |
I played out different scenarios, but picking up the knight was the most rewarding. | ||||
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18... fxe2 19. Qxe2 Qxd4+ |
The king and queen share a diagonal black could attack, save for the check. | ||||
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