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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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32. b3 |
32. b4 was also playable. | ||||||||
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32... Nc5 |
A place to stay, but not an outpost. But at least it's on a black square. Attacking the b-pawn again. | ||||||||
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33. b4 |
"You are not welcome here! Go away!" | ||||||||
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33... axb4 |
Trading the pawns. | ||||||||
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34. axb4 |
"I said, you are not welcome!" | ||||||||
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34... Nd3 |
"Sure, I'll move..." | ||||||||
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35. Be4 |
"Shoooo!" Stopping the advance of the e-pawn. And forcing the knight to move yet again. | ||||||||
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35... Nf4 |
"Can I stay here?" | ||||||||
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36. Kh2 |
I prepare to say "No way!" as I plan to play g3. This move takes my king farther away from the center, but at the time I thought it more important to remove the knight. | ||||||||
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36... g6 |
Preparing for a f5 pawn push. | ||||||||
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37. g3 |
"I said go away!" | ||||||||
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37... Ne2 |
"There will be no escape for you my friend! Muhahaha" laughs the bishop. The pawns will cover the black escape squares (a5, c5, d4 and g4) and the bishop the white d3 square. Truthfully, the knight can escape, but it will take a lot of moves... | ||||||||
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38. Rc6 |
More or less all the pawns are on the third row, so this is a good place for a rook. I plan to play 39. Bd3 Nc1 and then 40. Bc4 controlling the knight completely as well as pinning the f-pawn to the king. | ||||||||
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38... f5 |
(??) A blunder that White fail to exploit. Better would have been 38...Rd8 seizing the open file. | ||||||||
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39. Bd3 |
I am so preoccupied with my own plans that I only "see" the lower left side of the board at this point. My only thoughts are to trap the knight. With this move I hope to force the knight to c1 and get out of trouble at the same time. It's not a bad move but I miss the first chance to win two pawns. Can you see how? You'll get the answer later so try to figure it out here... | ||||||||
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39... Nc1 |
The only place to go if black doesn't want to sacrifice the knight. ChessMaster suggest 39...Nxc3, but I think that path is a bit to hard to play at our level. | ||||||||
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40. Bc4+ |
(?) A bad move. All I could see was that the bishop now completely controlled the knight. White could have won at least two pawns with 40. Rxg6 and then 41. Bxf5. | ||||||||
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40... Kf8 |
I think 40. Kg7 would have been better. What's white best move here? It's not the one I played... | ||||||||
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41. Bb5 |
41. Rxg6 would have been a much better move. But I was afraid of 41...Rc8 with a skewer on the bishop and the pawn. But that's an imaginary threat as 42. Rg8 wins a the black rook. 41. Bb5 removes the imaginary skewer threat and insures at least winning one pawn for white. It's not as good as the two other opportunities, but better than nothing... It also "wastes" the previous move 40. Bc4 . | ||||||||
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41... Kf7 |
Protecting the more important of the two pawns. If White is allowed to take the g-pawn the h- or f-pawn will fall as well. 41...Rb8? 42. Rxg6 h5 43. Rf6 Kg7 44. Rxf5 or 42...Kf7 34. Rxh6 | ||||||||
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