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ANNOTATED GAME
Boxing Day Revenge
nemesis1010 (1444) vs. blackbaron (1459)
Annotated by: nemesis1010
(1730)
Chess opening: Queen's pawn game (E10)
nemesis1010 (1444) vs. blackbaron (1459)
Annotated by: nemesis1010
(1730)
Chess opening: Queen's pawn game (E10)
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22. Qc2 |
Electing not to take the knight to at least try and retain a better position | ||||||
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22... Nxb1 23. Rxb1 g6 |
So two points down, not many options to attack available, things are not looking good. | ||||||
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24. a4 Ra8 |
Really on the backfoot now as Blackbaron starts to move in for the kill.... | ||||||
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25. Nb5 |
......when in doubt attack the queen | ||||||
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25... Qd7 26. b3 |
I try and stick to the rule of not swapping when down on points.... | ||||||
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26... cxb3 27. Qxb3 |
....but at least here it gives a bit of room for manouvre. And lines up my queen and rook | ||||||
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27... Rc8 28. a5 |
Just trying to advance a little | ||||||
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28... Ra6 29. Qb4 Rc4 30. Qa3 |
Pegged back but trying to keep the pawn defended | ||||||
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30... Qd8 |
Now with black having two pieces attacking the pawn, the natural response would be Ra1. But this would then tie up my two remaining major pieces, and probably result in a pawn-fight on the kingside. As I would only have a knight to backup the pawns and Blackbaron would have a rook, it's a fight I'd lose. | ||||||
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31. Nd4 |
So I elect to sac the pawn and free up the b file | ||||||
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31... Qxa5 |
A Queen-swap would be great for black here - not so for me. But it appears in going forward a gap has been left in defence.... | ||||||
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32. Rb8+ |
Speculative check.... | ||||||
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32... Kg7 33. Qf8+ |
And in just two moves the whole momentum of the game reverses... | ||||||
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33... Kf6 |
I'm 3 points down now - black has 3 major pieces ready to attack my king. All I can do now is go for repetitive checks and hope. | ||||||
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34. Qh8+ Ke7 35. Qf8+ |
After a lot of analysis I decided on this as the move that limits black's options the most. Any other check would have allowed an escape to d6. | ||||||
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35... Kf6 |
Kd7 might have been better for black. With both the queen and a rook attacking c7, continuous checks might have been more difficult. | ||||||
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36. Qh8+ |
So I repeat the check from move 34. And at this point would have gladly accepted a threefold repetition draw. | ||||||
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36... Kg5 |
Moving into dangerous territory now - black's pawn structure is very weak on the black diagonals. If I can get a good pawn structure then I have a chance. But doing so could also leave me facing certain defeat should I fail to check black at any point. | ||||||
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37. f4+ Kh6 |
The only safe move for black. Kh5 would have resulted in Qxh7# | ||||||
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38. Qf8+ Kh5 39. Qh8 |
Now I knew I could get away with one check-free move, thanks to the g2 pawn | ||||||
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