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ANNOTATED GAME
Round 3 of Norwalk Championships
bakerbaker (1545) vs. R. Luchetta (1484)
Annotated by: bakerbaker (1200)
Chess opening: Alekhine's defence (B02), Scandinavian variation
bakerbaker (1545) vs. R. Luchetta (1484)
Annotated by: bakerbaker (1200)
Chess opening: Alekhine's defence (B02), Scandinavian variation
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25. Rxg5+ |
Black should resign now, because if Kf8, then Rh8# | |||||
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25... Rg7 |
Black is still trying to get out of mate, but he is going to lose a lot of material so he may as well just resign. | |||||
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26. Qh7+ |
Rxg7 was another way to win, but I like exploiting pinned pieces and I thought this was a more fun way to win. | |||||
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26... Kf8 |
Forced. | |||||
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27. fxg7+ |
Totally crushing. | |||||
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27... Ke7 |
Forced. | |||||
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28. g8=Q+ |
Black finally resigned, because Kd6 Rxe6# is mate. Here I have double the amount of heavy pieces Black has! This shows the devastating dangers of castling on the wrong side of the board. | |||||
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