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ANNOTATED GAME
Lapland 1945
braveart (1387) vs. elegy (1176)
Annotated by: elegy (1200)
Chess opening: French (C11), Steinitz, Bradford attack
braveart (1387) vs. elegy (1176)
Annotated by: elegy (1200)
Chess opening: French (C11), Steinitz, Bradford attack
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21. Rxc7 O-O 22. Nc5 |
Forking my e- and b- pawns. My mission is to protect the center pawns at all costs, and after giving up a knight for them, I'm not about to lose them now. | ||||
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22... e5 23. Rxb7 Rac8 24. b4 Rf7 25. Rd7 Rxd7 26. Nxd7 Rc3 |
The rook belongs on c2, c3, or c4, in an active position in front of the pawn chain, and must not let its only open avenue be closed down with Nc5. I liked Rc3 at the time, but craft tells me Rc2 was best, followed by Rc4, with Rc3 as the third choice. Rc4 would have had the advantage of stopping the impending queenside pawn advance. | ||||
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27. a4 e4 28. Rd1 d4 29. Kf1 d3 30. Nc5 f5 |
30. ...Rc4 was probably better, but at the time I was trying to prevent white from giving back his knight advantage with 31. Nxe4, stopping my center pawns cold. I've nursed these pawns along this far, I don't want his lousy knight - I want a damn queen! | ||||
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31. f3 |
White ends up getting his way in the end, however - I probably started forward with my pawns a few moves too early, and I can't push them to the 1st rank. | ||||
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31... Rc4 32. fxe4 fxe4 |
White is finally gives back that knight advantage in order to stop my pawns. I'm still a little angry at this exchange - I should have gotten more for those pawns! But it should illustrate why the center pawns are the most important feature of the French, and keeping them intact is worth a piece, especially later in the game. | ||||
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33. Nxe4 Rxe4 34. Rxd3 Rxb4 35. Ra3 |
The game now reduces to a 3-pawn and rook endgame, exactly the sort I'm terrible at. | ||||
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35... Rb2 |
35. ...a5 was best. | ||||
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36. a5 |
To be continued..... | ||||
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36... Kf7 37. h3 h6 38. Kg1 Ke6 39. a6 Kd6 40. Kh2 g5 41. Kg3 h5 42. Ra5 h4+ 43. Kh2 g4 44. Ra3 g3+ |
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