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ANNOTATED GAME
2007 Alabama State Championship (rd #5)
Jerome H. (1331) vs. Thomas G. (1419)
Annotated by: tag1153
(1700)
Chess opening: Nimzo-Indian (E30), Leningrad variation
Jerome H. (1331) vs. Thomas G. (1419)
Annotated by: tag1153
(1700)
Chess opening: Nimzo-Indian (E30), Leningrad variation
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15... Nd7 |
Offering up an exchange of knights. | ||||
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16. Nb3 |
Rebuffing the offer, white retreats to safety. Again, white forgets his clock, and another 10 minutes or so is lost. This time, I just sit and analyze on his time. He finally comes to his senses, and I hear some interesting four letter words mumbled as he hits his clock. | ||||
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16... a5 |
Threatening a4, but more importantly allowing an avenue to exchange bishops. | ||||
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17. a4 |
Stopping the threat against his knight. | ||||
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17... Ba6 |
At a minimum, the bishops come off. At the maximum, I win the exchange. | ||||
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18. Bxa6 |
?! White assists my cause, and hits first. Perhaps better was Qe7. | ||||
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18... Rxa6 19. Qd3 |
Hitting my rook. | ||||
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19... Rb6 20. Nc5 |
White keeps helping me out here. He should probably play to keep all of his pieces on the board. | ||||
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20... Nxc5 21. dxc5 |
And believe it or not, he forgets his clock again. He is down to about 10 minutes now, and I still have close to an hour. As the seconds tick away, I stay focused on the board and decide Rb2 is my play. When he finally hits his clock at around 3 minutes, I snap off a very quick......... | ||||
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21... Rb2 |
......and white resigns in disgust. I felt kind of bad for the guy, and we shook hands with smiles. I could tell, though, that this fellow was furious with himself. He whipped out a piece of paper, wrote a message to the TD, and promptly left the site. Sorry Jerome - I'm sorry you struggled. But I'm not sorry at all about winning - that's 3/5 and I still have a little hope of cashing in on some runner up money. See you in the last round:) | ||||
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