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ANNOTATED GAME
So, how do you win a "won game"?
hollcana (1302) vs. andydufresne (1667)
Annotated by: andydufresne (1696)
Chess opening: Bird's opening (A03)
hollcana (1302) vs. andydufresne (1667)
Annotated by: andydufresne (1696)
Chess opening: Bird's opening (A03)
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1. f4 |
Suppose you win a pawn by move 13. How do you convert a full pawn into a full point? This is what I've been trying to do in this game. | |||||
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1... d5 2. d4 Bf5 3. e3 |
Apparently, there's a first for everything, even "Bird's opening with 1..d5". Never played this before. | |||||
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3... Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. Bd3 Bb4 |
They say it's not wise to move the same piece twice in the opening, so I chose to develop the other bishop instead of trading the light-coloured bishops. | |||||
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6. Bd2 O-O |
Safety first | |||||
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7. Nf3 |
White is not going to castle very soon. | |||||
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7... Nc6 8. Ne5 |
Perhaps 8. 0-0 would have been a more solid move. | |||||
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8... Nxe5 9. fxe5 Bg4 |
I'm not sure this intermediary move is good. | |||||
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10. Be2 |
I decided to trade the light-coloured bishops, because mine wasn't doing much. | |||||
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10... Bxe2 11. Qxe2 Bxc3 |
Intending to place the knight at e4 after white retakes with 12. Bxc3; it's a well-placed spot for a knight, and it cannot be chased away easily | |||||
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12. exf6 |
he believes that my knight's place is outside the table. Everybody has the right to an opinion, after all | |||||
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12... Bxd2+ 13. Qxd2 Qxf6 |
I exchanged bishop for bishop, he exchanged pawn for knight, so I came a pawn up after all the minor pieces have left the table. Being a pawn up, I thought "well, if only I could exchange the rest of the pieces, I would have a very good chance to win this". With all the pieces gone, I would have essentially a won game. But how do you win a "won game"? | |||||
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14. Rf1 |
taking possession of the half-open file | |||||
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14... Qh6 |
Fritz likes 14..Qh4 better, but I preferred to keep an eye on e3, hoping that maybe he would leave it unguarded someday. | |||||
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15. O-O-O |
Finally, he castles. I believe the theory recommends an attack on queen's flank in this position, but that never happened. | |||||
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15... Qxh2 |
I decided to go for the material, grab a (perhaps poisoned) pawn and hope to survive the attack that was to follow on the kingside. | |||||
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16. Qf2 Qh6 |
I intend to place the queen at g6, so that it can survey the weak point h7 after white takes control of the h file | |||||
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17. Rfh1 |
he takes control of the h file, a very sensible move. I am now 2 pawns up, but an attack will certainly follow on the king's flank. Perhaps it really was a poisoned pawn. | |||||
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17... Qg5 |
Between g6 and g5, I chose the latter because it sort of forces the white queen to keep guarding e3, which is now his weak point. Of course, I only use a piece for the attack, so he can easily attack me and guard e3 at the same time | |||||
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18. Rh3 |
which he does; obviously, Rdh1 is to follow | |||||
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18... f5 |
I must try to bring the rooks into play, otherwise I don't really stand a chance. | |||||
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