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ANNOTATED GAME
"Compromised Defense" is a BAD thing!
ethansiegel (1734) vs. dewars (1646)
Annotated by: ethansiegel
(1986)
Chess opening: Evans gambit (C52), compromised defence, Paulsen variation
ethansiegel (1734) vs. dewars (1646)
Annotated by: ethansiegel
(1986)
Chess opening: Evans gambit (C52), compromised defence, Paulsen variation
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24... Kh8 |
I know he's thinking "don't get mated in the corner, don't get mated in the corner" | |||||||
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25. Rd7 |
"I'm going to mate you in the corner, dewars" | |||||||
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25... Nf8 |
"Not if I fork your queen and rook!" | |||||||
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26. Bxf8 |
"What were you saying?" | |||||||
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26... Rcxf8 |
"I've successfully parried all of your threats! Unsound? No way!" | |||||||
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27. Qe7 |
"Hey, look, if you don't defend g7, I'm going to checkmate you in the corner!" | |||||||
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27... Rfg8 |
Qg6 or Qh7 are also playable, but not Rf7, which loses immediately to Rd8 with mate to follow. | |||||||
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28. Rxa7 |
Is this a mistake? Black has Nc6, and will I be forced to drop the exchange? | |||||||
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28... Nc6 |
No, there's a trick... there's got to be! | |||||||
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29. Qf7 |
;-) Of course. Black's hanging queen. So after all the dust settles, white will be in an endgame up an outside passed pawn after Qxf7 Rxf7, and yes, it would've been nice to get a knight to f7 for the smothered mate, but I figure that the way I've played it will lead to a winning endgame for me, and I'll take that. | |||||||
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29... Nxa7 |
??? Could I have missed something? Does he not just see that I'm going to play Qxh5? | |||||||
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30. Qxh5 |
"Did I overlook something? Or did you?" | |||||||
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30... Nc6 |
"Well, there was a lot of pressure on me the whole game! It finally caught up with me; let's see how quickly and elegantly you can finish it." | |||||||
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31. g4 |
"Coming for you down the g-file!" (Also, the back rank is the only place he can probably mate me, so better protect against that!) | |||||||
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31... Ne7 |
"Consolidating my forces" (I know this is his way of saying "bring it on") | |||||||
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32. g5 |
"Come on, pawn-grabber! Play fxg5; it's harmless, riiiight?" | |||||||
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32... Rgf8 |
"No, I think I'm done taking pawns for now. And stop thinking about a smothered mate with Nf7!" | |||||||
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33. Re1 |
"How about giving me a free knight?" (I would love to play g6, but that's impossible for the immediate moment because of Nxg6. Nh4 was a move I also considered, but then fxg5 looks like a substantial improvement in position for black.) | |||||||
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33... Ng6 |
"No dice, buddy." At this point, I realize that if I can exchange off my rook for his knight to play g6, I'm going to have some excellent threats with the pawn and queen and knight in his corner. Sometimes knights are better than rooks! | |||||||
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34. Re4 |
My first very inefficient move of the game. I fully admit to playing lazy here, and though I didn't realize until later, it could've cost me! | |||||||
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