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ANNOTATED GAME
2007 Alabama State Championship (rd #1)
Ronnie B. (1329) vs. Thomas G. (1419)
Annotated by: tag1153
(1700)
Chess opening: Queen's pawn game (A46)
Ronnie B. (1329) vs. Thomas G. (1419)
Annotated by: tag1153
(1700)
Chess opening: Queen's pawn game (A46)
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37... Rxa5 38. Rc1 |
Much better than Qb2 IMHO. Qb2 is met with Qa4. | ||||||||
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38... Bb3 |
All right then.....step one of the plan accomplished. I've won the pawn. Now for some exchanges. And if I may, let me just give a quick shout out to my own queen. Look at everything she is doing and holding together:) | ||||||||
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39. Bd1 |
White desperately tries to untangle himself by offering up his bad bishop for my good one. | ||||||||
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39... Ra2+ |
Of course I don't take the bishop yet. Time for some tempo. | ||||||||
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40. Kf3 Bxd1+ |
Now I take with a check tempo. | ||||||||
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41. Rxd1 Ra5 |
?? Huge mistake on my part. I failed to see the upcoming tactic. | ||||||||
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42. Qxc4+ |
! Great move. White regains the pawn, throws a check, and dares black to take his queen. White's best move of the game. | ||||||||
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42... Rb5 |
Recoiling in horror at my last mistake, I try to regain my focus. I can still do this. My plan may still have a good chance to work. This move does pin me, but I can still safely evade. | ||||||||
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43. Ra1+ |
Naturally. | ||||||||
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43... Kb6 44. Qd4+ Rc5 |
Carefully plotting my kings escape route. | ||||||||
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45. Rb1+ Kc6 46. Qa4+ |
Oh geez.....have I really screwed up this pretty game? Black now threatens to go a pawn up. | ||||||||
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46... Kc7 |
Forced. | ||||||||
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47. Qxa7+ |
I'm completely suicidal now. Forget about the pawn deficit, I now have a rook hanging. | ||||||||
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47... Kd8 48. Rb8+ |
?? Incredibly, white misses the free rook. I will say in my opponents defense, however, that he was very low on time. Perhaps his idea was to quickly exchange off the pieces and press his own pawn advantage. I dodged a howitzer here............... | ||||||||
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48... Rc8 |
Being given the reprieve, this rook returns home to defend, most likely to die on c8. | ||||||||
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49. Rxc8+ |
White's plan is clear to me. His problem is his clock. He's under 3 minutes. | ||||||||
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49... Qxc8 |
Threatening my queen to c3 then d4! | ||||||||
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50. Qxf7 |
White is clearly winning, but is taking a whole lot of time. He's now under 30 seconds or so. I would obviously love a draw right here, but I may be able to run out his clock. He doesn't seem to perform well under pressure, so I keep piling it on by playing extremely fast myself. Even though I have something like 22 minutes left, I play the rest my moves in appproximately 10 seconds. | ||||||||
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50... Qd7 |
Confusing the issue for white, and eating up valuable time. My opponent is fairly out of seat with hand poised over the board, plainly stressed. | ||||||||
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51. Qg8+ |
?! QxQ KxQ e4 and it's all over for black. White is panic stricken for more time. | ||||||||
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