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ANNOTATED GAME
Vizzini's Sicilian Tournament of Death
doc3170 (1431) vs. jongraft (1478)
Annotated by: doc3170 (1248)
Chess opening: Sicilian (B33), Pelikan (Lasker/Sveshnikov) variation
doc3170 (1431) vs. jongraft (1478)
Annotated by: doc3170 (1248)
Chess opening: Sicilian (B33), Pelikan (Lasker/Sveshnikov) variation
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1. e4 |
This game was played in a Thematic MT hosted by Jongraft. The initial position starts after 4. Nxd4 | ||||
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1... c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 |
I'm sure this game may prove to have errors & missed opportunities for both sides. However, it was fun to play & has a dramatic ending. | ||||
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4... Nf6 |
So Black opens with 4...Nf6 | ||||
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5. Nc3 e5 6. Nf3 Bb4 7. Bc4 |
I ignore the threat to my e pawn | ||||
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7... Bxc3+ 8. bxc3 Nxe4 |
Beware the hanging pawn! | ||||
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9. Qd5 |
Threatens mate at f7 & the hanging Knight. | ||||
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9... O-O 10. Qxe4 Re8 11. O-O Qa5 12. Bd2 Rd8 |
Black wants to fork my Queen & Bishop | ||||
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13. Bd3 g6 14. Rfe1 d6 15. c4 Qb6 16. Bh6 |
Starting the attack. | ||||
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16... Bf5 17. Qh4 |
After Qh4 I saw 17 ...f6 18.Qxf6 Qc7 !9. Bxf5 gxf5 20.Qxf5 | ||||
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17... f6 18. Qxf6 Rd7 |
Rd7? I believe this to be Black's key error in the game. | ||||
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19. Bxf5 gxf5 20. Qxf5 |
Qe6 is probably better here. I figured he would play Rf7 & then I could play Qe6. | ||||
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20... Rf7 |
Well I guessed right, but 20.Qe6 might have been better. | ||||
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21. Qe6 |
Pinning the Rook with the idea of Ng5 | ||||
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21... Nb4 |
I was pleased to see this move. It told me that Black was overconfident in his position & wanted to counter-attack my Queen-side. Not until analysis did I see 21...Nd4 leading to 22.Qg4 Kh8 23.Nxd4 Qxd4 24.Qxd4 exd4 The material comes off, I'm up a Bishop & a pawn; but the win is far from clear. | ||||
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22. Rab1 |
Pinning his Knight & giving him trouble in hope that he will further commit to the Queen-side attack. | ||||
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22... Qa5 |
It worked. Now when I play Ng5 & the Queen comes to c7 in defense, I can trade off. So now my plan is... Ng5 Qc7 Qxf7 Qxf7 Nxf7 Kxf7 Rxb4 I'll be up a Rook, Bishop, & a pawn. The win might be several moves away, but it's clear. I just force trades until I'm the only one who has material left. | ||||
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23. Ng5 |
Attacking the pinned Rook as planned. | ||||
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23... Raf8 |
At this point alarm bells start ringing in my head. Black is in trouble. Both of his Rooks are attacked, 1 of them is pinned. There might be a mating attack here, but I can't quite see it. | ||||
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24. Nxf7 |
I figure I'll take his Rook; let Black re-capture, pinning his other Rook. Then maybe I can bring one of my Rooks into the attack. | ||||
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24... Nxc2 |
Well I wanted to bring a Rook in, now I can do it with tempo. Nxd6 Kh8 Rxe5 | ||||
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