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ANNOTATED GAME
44th GK tournament
stringplayer92 (1701) vs. tobiasverhulst (1801)
Annotated by: stringplayer92 (1200)
Chess opening: Ruy Lopez (C97), closed, Chigorin, Yugoslav system
stringplayer92 (1701) vs. tobiasverhulst (1801)
Annotated by: stringplayer92 (1200)
Chess opening: Ruy Lopez (C97), closed, Chigorin, Yugoslav system
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32... Rxe3 33. Rxe3 |
If 33...gxf5 34.Rg3 Bg7 35. Rxg7 is not good for black. (same thing with Bxf5) But all his pieces are inactive. The queen is in the corner doing nothing. The rook is on a open/closed file. Though I am down a Queen for a Rook and a pawn, maybe just maybe I am still in the game? What do you think? Objectively I am lost, but I think there is still hope. | |||||
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33... Qa8 |
Trying to get rid of that pesky passed d-pawn. But at the cost of an exchange. | |||||
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34. fxg6 |
Get rid of the hanging pawn first. He has to recapture, because letting me have a protected passer at h7 is no good. edit: And as heinzkat pointed out it just so happens gxh7 is mate also, I think he was more worried about the passer.... | |||||
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34... hxg6 35. Nb6 |
Fork. | |||||
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35... Qb7 36. Nxc8 Qxc8 37. Bd3 |
the counter ^^^ says I am only down a pawn... I don't know about that. But my pieces are more active then his. My main problem is if he gets a passer on the queen side. | |||||
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37... Qb7 |
So I am not sure why he made this exchange, giving me two pieces for a rook and the two bishops to boot! | |||||
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38. Bxc5 Bh6 39. Be4 Bxe3 40. Bxe3 a4 |
Now by standard material counting (which really means nothing) I am "even". But he is starting to push that queen side majority. What can I do about that? Not much, push the d-pawn I guess. | |||||
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41. bxa4 Bxa4 42. Rb1 b3 43. g4 |
Getting those pawns rolling as quickly as possible. | |||||
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43... Qb4 44. f3 Qc3 |
That Bishop on e4 that protects the rook is very handy so that I can control the queening square. | |||||
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45. Bf2 b2 |
Now he is threatening ...Bc2. So I give hi something to worry about with, d6 after which he must play ...Kf8 | |||||
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46. d6 Kf8 |
Next I am going to activate the bishop through tempoing the queen. | |||||
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47. Be1 Qc1 48. Kg2 |
Get out of the pin. If 48...Bc2 49.Bb4 Ke8 50.Bc6 Kf8 51.e7 Kg8 52.e8=Q or something along those lines. | |||||
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48... Ke8 49. Bb4 |
Still he can't play ...Bc2 because of Bc6 . | |||||
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49... Kd7 50. Ba3 |
So he removes the threat of the d-pawn, and I take out the b-pawn. What a trade! | |||||
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50... Qc3 |
Black tries to set a little trap here. See if you can find what he was thinking, and how I "escaped" from it | |||||
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51. Bxb2 Qd2+ 52. Kh1 Bc2 |
This is the trap, now after 53.Bxc2 Qxc2 I am forked and I lose a piece. | |||||
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53. Bc3 |
But this tricky move gets me out of it. | |||||
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53... Qxc3 54. Rc1 |
Now pin the piece. Black best move here though is 54...Qh8 because then 55.Rxc2 Qxh3 56.Kg1 Qg3 57.Kf1 Kxd6 when black still has winning chances if his king can get in. | |||||
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54... Kxd6 55. Rxc2 Qe1+ 56. Kg2 Ke5 |
Now he offered me a draw, which I gladly accepted. I wonder though if maybe his king could get in? What do you think? If you have any analysis (stick your silicon beasts on it) , feel free to post it in the comments section and maybe we could come to a good conclusion as to whether it is really a draw. Thanks for looking, I hope you enjoyed the game. | |||||
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