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ANNOTATED GAME
Team match
dafool (1516) vs. james1471 (1597)
Annotated by: dafool
(1754)
Chess opening: Sicilian (B23), closed, 2...Nc6
dafool (1516) vs. james1471 (1597)
Annotated by: dafool
(1754)
Chess opening: Sicilian (B23), closed, 2...Nc6
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25. Qc5 a5 |
There is no place for the knight to go, so black sacrifices a pawn to make room at a6 for him. | ||||
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26. Qxa5 Na6 27. Bb5 Rba8 28. Bxa6+ Rxa6 29. Qb4 |
For me the most crucial thing is to know when I am capable of making moves. This was not one of those times. Qc5 would have saved the pawn. Had black captured it knight would have gone to d5 threatening both rook at b5 and queen on d5. If the bishop had captured the knight my queen would have captured the rook at b6 with check. After that moving king to a8 would have been checkmate with Ra1 and Kc8 would have lead for pawn capturing bishop at d5. After that it would have taken a couple of moves for victory. Black's rook at d8 effectively blocked with his king. Queen blocked by my rook and d-pawn. My second rook free to move for the kill thru a1 and finally a8. | ||||
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29... Rxb6 30. Qa3 |
Another dubious move? What would have happened if black had played 30. .. Ra8? 31. Rxd7 Bxd7 32. Qxe7 [threatens both bishops at d7 and g8. Black would have been left with two rooks, one bishop against queen, rook, knight and bishop with worse position. ] What if black had continued to harass the queen with Ra6? | ||||
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30... Qf7 |
If black just could use his queen a bit more effectively the game could still be saved. But now there is not enough time. | ||||
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31. Ra1 Rb8 |
Probably black thought that Qa7 Kc8 would lead to Qxb6 and decided to save the rook and make room for king to escape from the back rank. | ||||
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32. Nd5 |
But that saving move made another opening. If 32. .. Rb5 33. Qa6# | ||||
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32... Bxd5 33. Rxb6+ |
If 33. .. Kc7 then 34. Qd6 Kc8/Kd8 (forced) 35. Rxb8# if 33. .. Kc8 then 34. Rxb8 .... | ||||
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33... Kxb6 |
Now it takes a bit longer. There are two escape routes for black's king: d8 and d6. Let's make sure that at least d8 is blocked. | ||||
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34. Qa7+ Kb5 |
And now close the other one. | ||||
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35. Qa6+ Kc5 36. Ra5+ Kb4 37. Rxd5 |
Again the black's queen is blocked and there are simply too many things for black to guard against. | ||||
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37... Qf8 38. Qa5+ Kc4 39. Qc3# |
Done. It is rare to have two interesting games against same opponent at the same time. From the one James annotated it is very apparent that he is stronger in the end game than me and has more extensive knowledge on openings. But sometimes one or two too passive moves can suddenly turn the tide against you. | ||||
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