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ANNOTATED GAME
2 devastating pawn storms
Lecce_Wulf (2285) vs. gm_dursley (2188)
Annotated by: lecce-wulf (1200)
Chess opening: English (A11), Caro-Kann defensive system
Lecce_Wulf (2285) vs. gm_dursley (2188)
Annotated by: lecce-wulf (1200)
Chess opening: English (A11), Caro-Kann defensive system
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18. Rfb1 |
Already the position is looking bad for Black. There is no way for him to find counter play now, either in the centre or on the king side. | ||||
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18... b6 19. bxc6 |
And finally..... the first piece is taken, after 19 moves! Most unusual in modern chess. | ||||
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19... Qxc6 20. a5 |
Another possible push was d5 here, but I didn't want to touch the centre in case gm_dursley found a way to gain some initiative. | ||||
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20... fxg3 |
This move serves no purpose. The only possible reply was e5, looking to break open the centre. | ||||
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21. hxg3 Bd8 |
Another move without purpose, but what else was possible? Maybe Nf6, or Rb7, looking to double his own rooks. Another good choice is Qb7, making White's d5 push less threatening. | ||||
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22. d5 exd5 |
I would have left it alone and played the queen to d7 or e8. | ||||
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23. cxd5 Qd7 24. Nd4 |
Bringing another piece into the attack. The same can be achieved by playing Be3, but that outpost on c6 just looked too good to resist. | ||||
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24... Bf6 25. Nc6 |
The knight cannot be easily dislodged. In fact it remains here for the remainder of the game. | ||||
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25... Rba8 |
Retreating into the corner is not ideal here. Rbe8 looks better and offers some hope of countering. | ||||
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26. axb6 axb6 27. Rb2xb6 Qf7 |
I would have played Ra3, pinning the knight to the queen, hoping to complicate things slightly. | ||||
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28. f4 |
Playing Qf7 brought my eyes back to the queen side where I noticed Black's knight and bishops all short of space. I realised that I could take advantage of this by playing f4, f5 and g4! | ||||
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28... Qd7 |
Serves no purpose. h6 was probably needed, or once again Ra3. | ||||
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29. f5 Bf7 30. g4 Bxc3 31. Qxc3 Nf6 32. g5 |
It seemed natural at this stage to continue pushing the pawn. Bringing the bishop into play via Bg5 was another option. | ||||
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32... Nh5 |
Black's position is now hopeless. | ||||
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33. Rb6b7 |
My opponent went off-line at this stage and I'd entered 33.f6 as my conditional move. However, as I had no other moves to make in other games I remained on this board and played on to find that 33.f6 gxf6 34.gxf6 Qg4! was maybe not as clear. So I decided to keep things simple and I switched my attentions to Rb7, pinning the knight. In fact, this is the winning move as the knight is now lost. The queen can't retreat to d8 and e7, which are covered by the knight, and she can't go to c8 due to Ne7 . If she retreats to e8, the only other available square, the knight falls immediately. | ||||
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33... Ra2 34. Bh3 |
Putting the queen under more pressure. | ||||
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34... Rxd2 35. Qxd2 |
And gm_dursley resigned. A possible continuation is 35. ... Re8 36.Qa5 Rc8 37.Rf1 Be8 38.Na7 Rd8 39.Rxc7 and black is 6 points down. And so, very interesting opening developments and the slow smothering of my opponent by 2 pawn storms well supported by all my pieces. | ||||
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