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ANNOTATED GAME
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bchacanac (1397) vs. sevenarts (1347)
Annotated by: sevenarts (1534)
Chess opening: Bishop's opening (C23)
bchacanac (1397) vs. sevenarts (1347)
Annotated by: sevenarts (1534)
Chess opening: Bishop's opening (C23)
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11. Qxd4 |
so now his queen wakes up and, delayed, takes the bishop | ||||
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11... O-O |
time to get my king to relative safety before it's too late, but white has a massive position of power at this point and it's starting to look like i'm screwed | ||||
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12. Bxe3 |
yup, there goes that floating, lonely pawn, and white's position is looking better and better, while almost all my living pieces are trapped back row | ||||
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12... b6 |
my first step to correct that, creating an alley for the bishop to attack through | ||||
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13. Rf3 |
he's clearly moving the rook out for the mate, while i'm still mostly trapped. i can't even move my knight anywhere without getting him killed | ||||
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13... Bb7 |
seemingly innocuous, but this is the crucial move as it turns out. protects my rook, attacks his rook, and sets up future assaults on the white king | ||||
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14. Rg3 |
there's the mate attempt, of course | ||||
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14... Nf5 |
fortunately, this move frees up my knight, finally, attacking simultaneously all 4 points of interest on the enemy side -- the three attackers and the spot they're all gunning for. | ||||
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15. Rxg7+ |
white decides to sacrifice his rook in the interest of clearly up the opening | ||||
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15... Nxg7 |
and there's nothing i can do but grab him, although things are still looking pretty grim for poor old black | ||||
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16. Bh6 |
and even more so now - move and he's got my rook, stay and he's got mate | ||||
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16... Nf5 |
so of course i move, basically the only viable option there or it would've all been over | ||||
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17. Qg4+ |
but he's got a great move, really devastating | ||||
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17... Kh8 |
my only option is to tuck up in the corner and hide, and i'm feeling really penned in now | ||||
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18. Bxf8 |
he grabs the rook as predicted, and there's not much to do but take his bishop and sacrifice the knight. if i move the knight instead, he's got mate, and this is a very precarious balance | ||||
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18... Qxf8 |
so there's my only real option, eliminating the mate threat for the moment | ||||
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19. Qxf5 |
but the exchange wasn't too fair and i say goodbye to my knight, which served me well. still, his attack seems to have faltered at this point - he drove on aggressively, boldly, sacrificing a lot, but things have wound up pretty even. he seems to have given up a massive positional advantage here and we're back to an even fight | ||||
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19... Qg7 |
it looks to him, i assume, like i'm setting up to attack that b2 pawn and make a play on his second rook, but does anybody else remember that little bishop hiding out at b7? i do, but obviously he doesn't | ||||
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20. Bd3 |
even if he missed the obvious mate, this is puzzling, the best he could hope for here is to exchange his queen and bishop for my queen, thus turning his former advantage into a disadvantage -- i guess he figured i'd be stupid enough to go off chasing his b2 pawn and the rook in the back, and leave him to mate me on the next turn | ||||
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20... Qxg2# |
no such luck, though, and the bishop tucked in the corner proves its decisive power, as i pull out a rough victory from what seemed like certain defeat | ||||
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