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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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55. c5 |
The other pawn comes in to apply some pressure, but will it be enough? | ||||||||||
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55... Kd7 |
Black's king shuffles, hoping for a "3-peat" repetition and a drawn game. | ||||||||||
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56. Bg1 |
White shuffles the bishop hoping that the white king will have to give ground when it is Black's turn to move. He now commences a clever maneuver in which he uses lots of endgame trickery- triangulation zugzwang and other nuances to crack Black's defences. | ||||||||||
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56... Kc8 |
But the black king can shuffle back and forth...for now. | ||||||||||
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57. c6 |
The pawn advances. | ||||||||||
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57... Kd8 |
The black king shuffles again, now to d8. | ||||||||||
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58. Kc5 |
The white king re-mobilizes. Here come the endgame skills. | ||||||||||
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58... Kc7 |
Black's king continues shuffling , while it can... | ||||||||||
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59. Bh2+ |
And white continues to net the Black king into a box. | ||||||||||
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59... Kd8 |
Shuffling. | ||||||||||
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60. Kd6 |
The white king takes some of the shuffle squares from Black... | ||||||||||
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60... Kc8 |
Black shuffles with what he has left. | ||||||||||
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61. Bg1 |
Is it almost a zugzwang situation for Black. | ||||||||||
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61... Kd8 |
almost... | ||||||||||
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62. Bf2 |
this move forces the king back to c8 (triangulation). | ||||||||||
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62... Kc8 63. Bb6 |
and now white achieves his final aim: Zugzwang (forcing the other guy to move in an way that is unfavorable for him). Black has the choice of moving either the bishop or the pawn (since the king now has no legal moves left). | ||||||||||
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63... Bb7 |
But Black finds the best solution - sacrifice the bishop for the c6 pawn while still keeping control of a8 with the king. | ||||||||||
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64. cxb7+ |
sacrifice accepted... | ||||||||||
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64... Kxb7 |
and a 8 is still controlled by Black. | ||||||||||
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65. Bg1 |
The Bishop retreats... | ||||||||||
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