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ANNOTATED GAME
38th GK tournament
justinjkropf (1593) vs. gcasanova (1502)
Annotated by: justinjkropf (1998)
Chess opening: Nimzo-Indian (E32), classical, Adorjan gambit
justinjkropf (1593) vs. gcasanova (1502)
Annotated by: justinjkropf (1998)
Chess opening: Nimzo-Indian (E32), classical, Adorjan gambit
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21... Rxa3 |
Again, I somehow overlooked this and was really beginning to sweat. How was I letting this game get away? A passed pawn 2 squares from promotion? Well, better than any alternative I guess... | ||||
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22. Rxa3 bxa3 |
Would love to find a way to gobble up the black pawn, but realize the importance of my own c-pawn. Thus, the only good way to protect it. I could use the rook, but 1) I like it on the h-file (still want to attack that king) and 2) it probably will have to go to the a file anyway to block the pawn and eventually help capture it. So... | ||||
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23. Nb3 b6 |
As frustrated as I was getting with black thwarting my plans and turning this into a queen-side game rather than allowing me to use my advantage on the king-side, I now realize he was pretty frustrated too in that he didn't have many productive things to do. Such is life when something like a bishop is pinned in and a rook is inactive. It limits the effectiveness of all other pieces. | ||||
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24. cxb6 |
Now I was beginning to see some daylight and good tactical chances. Still, I didn't like the realization that the black queen was now connected to his advanced passed pawn and the knights were not too far away. I would have to be careful... | ||||
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24... Nxb6 25. Qc6 |
It took me a while to find this move, but once I did, I was pretty sure I was going to win. I expected ...Qb4 as a response, which looks very good and had me worried. But in response, I had found a winner, which made this game seem really cool to me - a rook sacrifice. It somehow seems so much cooler to sacrifice a rook than just a pawn or minor piece. Anyway, here's the line I saw: 25. ... Qb4 26. Rxh6! Kxh6 27. Qxf6 ... and black has his choice of where he wants to be mated. A combination of white pawns and the white bishop leads to a quick mate in either case, unless black decides to sacrifice his queen for a pawn. So I was pretty confident here, but still wondering whether I had overlooked something. | ||||
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25... Nc4 |
Hmm... could be trouble. I thought about Bxc4 dxc4 Qxc4, with a better position and pawn structure, but thought there must be something better. Of course...! | ||||
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26. Nxd5 |
Now black is in trouble and about to lose his knight at the least. Finally, my Rook on h1 that I never wanted to move pays off. He finally is decisive... | ||||
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26... Nxd5 |
The final losing move...at least he went down swinging. | ||||
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27. Qxh6+ |
Kg8 Qh8# A very different sort of game, but thoroughly enjoyable. This game was all the more important, because a win meant 3 of us were going to the next round. A loss or draw meant only gcasanova was. Didn't spend a lot of time in post-analysis on this and I'm sure I missed a lot. My goal is not to give a detailed right move, wrong move, but rather just to give my thoughts on a complex situation. Overall, I think 9...g5 was the big mistake of the game. It was just too dangerous in that situation to expose the king like that. Of course, it very well could have worked, who knows? I'm sure someone will play the same move against me someday and thoroughly whoop me. Any comments on the game, I would love to hear from you. Thanks for reading, Justin | ||||
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