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ANNOTATED GAME
Who needs a queen!
vehake (1416) vs. agentsparrow (1487)
Annotated by: agentsparrow (1200)
Chess opening: Benko's opening (A00)
vehake (1416) vs. agentsparrow (1487)
Annotated by: agentsparrow (1200)
Chess opening: Benko's opening (A00)
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30... Re8 |
Blocking the check and forcing the white queen to move. | |||||
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31. Qd7 |
Now the trade is over and it's my move. | |||||
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31... Re7 |
Threatening the queen as well as protecting the a7 pawn. | |||||
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32. Qc8+ Re8 33. Qc7 Ra8 |
Could have gone Re7 again but I don't want a draw. I want to win! | |||||
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34. h4 h5 35. Qd7 Be6 |
I planned to put the bishop at the g4 square to protect the f3 pawn and be protected by the h5 pawn. Seemed like a good place. | |||||
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36. Qd6+ Kg8 37. Qe7 |
Not sure what the plan for this move was. I probably would have taken the pawn at f3, but this move lets me continue my plan. | |||||
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37... Bg4 |
There we go. | |||||
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38. Qe4 |
Another check threat. | |||||
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38... Kf8 |
Denied. | |||||
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39. b4 |
I knew this was going to show up at some point and it worried me. But I didn't think about what to do until I was now forced to. As you can see my knight hasn't moved since I put it on the wall. Again, weak spot for a knight, they don't have many squares to move. And if the battle is at the other end of the board, it takes at least 2 moves to get them somewhat close to the action. | |||||
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39... Re8 |
Nb7 was probably a better move, losing the pawn at c6 to the queen and using another move to protect the knight again. But I had started visualizing a checkmate with my bishop on d4 and I needed the rook on the E file to do it. I decided that the knight might be expendable so I respond with a counter-attack. I could only hope things would work out since I gave up so much with my queen and I needed all the minor pieces I could keep. | |||||
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40. Qf4 Be5 |
Thought that if I could move the queen a little that maybe I could save my knight afterall. | |||||
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41. Qh6+ Bg7 42. Qd6+ |
Hmm. A nice check, with no block that threatens the queen. | |||||
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42... Kg8 43. bxa5 |
We'll see just how expendable that knight was. | |||||
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43... Bxc3 |
Time to see if my checkmate could materialize. It would require my opponent not to see it though. Two bishops and a rook is a tough checkmate with a queen hanging around, but with a well placed pawn sometimes good things can happen. I needed the pawn at c3 gone so that was first. Creating the threat on the a5 pawn was my diversion. My goal was to get the bishop on d4 with the queen unable to touch it. | |||||
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44. axb6 axb6 |
The trap is set. Encouraging the queen to take the c6 pawn which would also threaten my c3 bishop AND rook without my ability to protect them both! | |||||
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45. Qxc6 |
Seems like a killer move! But it actually unleashes a mate in 2! | |||||
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45... Bd4+ |
Check... | |||||
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46. Kf1 |
And... | |||||
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46... Bh3# |
Mate!! | |||||
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