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ANNOTATED GAME
Why is the Latvian Gambit Good for Black?
aci_duci (1694) vs. bleddy71 (1482)
Annotated by: bleddy71 (1200)
Chess opening: Latvian counter-gambit (C40)
aci_duci (1694) vs. bleddy71 (1482)
Annotated by: bleddy71 (1200)
Chess opening: Latvian counter-gambit (C40)
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22... Be5 |
Black saves jis bishop from the knight and he further reinforces that weak d6 pawn, thus blunting the scope of white's a3 bishop. | ||||||||||
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23. g3 |
This was not the best as it creates a backward pawn on the half-open h-file and it allows for some tactics that favor Black. Better was to immediately move the knight to f4 where it could have smoked out that troublesome d6 bishop and defended those light squares. | ||||||||||
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23... g5 |
This move was played to prevent the knight from occupying f4, where it would be able to block off the f-file and defend those light squares that Black has dominance over. It would also have threatened Black's light squared bishop, the crown jewel in his position. | ||||||||||
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24. Bb4 |
Now that white can't get his knight to f4, he tries to somehow mobilize his bishop to a better square. | ||||||||||
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24... Kg6 |
This move opens the line for Black's h8 rook, which, although it has not moved once in the game, is as fully "developed" as any piece on the board. | ||||||||||
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25. Nd4 |
White moves the knight to e5 but it does no good from here as there is no time left to avert the following combination. | ||||||||||
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25... Bxg3+ |
The h2 pawn is pinned against the threat of checkmate. | ||||||||||
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26. Kd1 |
only move. | ||||||||||
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26... Nf2+ |
Black delivers a knight fork, returning the favor from earlier in the game. | ||||||||||
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27. Kc1 |
Best move. | ||||||||||
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27... Nxh1 |
Takes the rook. | ||||||||||
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28. hxg3 |
Takes the bishop. | ||||||||||
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28... Nxg3 |
takes the pawn | ||||||||||
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29. Bxd6 |
attacks the knight , but this move allows black to win a valuable pawn... | ||||||||||
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29... Rh1+ |
The exchange of rooks is designed to force the White King into the corner of the board - an endgame disadvantage. | ||||||||||
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30. Kb2 Rxa1 |
Black figures that by forcing the white King all the way back to a1, he will have a king position advantage in the endgame. | ||||||||||
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31. Kxa1 Ne4 |
Forks the bishop and d2 pawn. | ||||||||||
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32. Bb4 Nxd2 |
wins the center pawn of white's central pawn majority. | ||||||||||
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33. Ne6 |
re-mobilizes the knight | ||||||||||
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33... Ne4 |
and here is where Black makes a decisive mistake. He wanted to block the advance of white's e pawn, thus not allowing his Bishop to have access to the queening square, but in mmaking this move he allowed a worse evil: He allows an opposite colored bishops ending which takes away his winning chances. Had he simply advanced his pawn to g4, he would have been on the way to a clearly winning endgame. | ||||||||||
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