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ANNOTATED GAME
Winning the bishop vs. knight endgame
claespiper (1650) vs. tag1153 (1496)
Annotated by: claespiper (1724)
Chess opening: Scandinavian defence, Lasker variation (B01)
claespiper (1650) vs. tag1153 (1496)
Annotated by: claespiper (1724)
Chess opening: Scandinavian defence, Lasker variation (B01)
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11. a3 |
All I think is: "Yeah he is trading his second bishop for my knight, sweet!". This is a wasted move as Black wants to trade. | ||||||||
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11... Bxc3 |
Chop! | ||||||||
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12. Bxc3 |
I don't want to ruin my pawn structure with 12. bxc3 so I take with my bishop. This is what black wants... My message to tag1153 said "You're trading away your second bishop for my knight?" | ||||||||
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12... Nd5 |
"Yeah, so I can remove your two bishop advantage!" Throwing me the fork that Black was planning all along! Nice combination tag1153! | ||||||||
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13. Qd2 |
Moving away and as well as saving the pawn structure. | ||||||||
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13... Nxc3 |
The advantage of the two bishops are gone... | ||||||||
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14. Qxc3 |
And my queen has been all over the board... but she'll do plenty more running later, don't you worry. :-) | ||||||||
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14... Nd7 |
Developing the last knight. | ||||||||
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15. Qd2 |
I get the chance to change defender of the d4 pawn as I don't want my queen as the primary defender. I seriously regret not playing 10. Ne2 | ||||||||
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15... Nf6 |
Moving the knight to a good square with tempo as the queen attacks d4 yet again. | ||||||||
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16. c3 |
The proper defender of d4. All queenside pawns are now on black squares, which is good as I have a white bishop. | ||||||||
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16... O-O |
Castle to safety. | ||||||||
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17. O-O |
Ditto. | ||||||||
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17... Re8 |
Centralizing the rook. | ||||||||
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18. Rfe1 |
I do as well. | ||||||||
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18... Qc7 |
Connecting the rooks as well as lining up on the h2-b8 diagonal targeting the castled kings position. | ||||||||
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19. Qc2 |
Forming a queen-bishop battery. | ||||||||
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19... h6 |
Weakening the defense of the white squares, but freeing the knight from the defense of the h7-pawn. | ||||||||
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20. Qe2 |
My thought at the time was to stop e5. | ||||||||
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20... a6 |
When played I didn't see the reason for this move. But it might make sense later. | ||||||||
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