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ANNOTATED GAME
Riot King Re-match!
gm_dursley (2186) vs. paddl3s (1921)
Annotated by: paddl3s (1200)
Chess opening: Sicilian (B21), Grand Prix attack
gm_dursley (2186) vs. paddl3s (1921)
Annotated by: paddl3s (1200)
Chess opening: Sicilian (B21), Grand Prix attack
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26. Nd1 e3 27. Nxe3 |
A clever move. White is forced to give up his knight for the advanced e-pawn although the d3 pawn is now unsupported and will also drop. | ||||||
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27... Bxe3 28. c5 |
Again, the right move. Much stronger than the obvious 28 Bxe3 ... Qxe3 : - | ||||||
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28... Bxf2+ 29. Nxf2 Qb4 |
The best move. It is in black's interest to trade queens with his king unsafe. 29 ... Qc7 30 Qb3 Is not as good for black | ||||||
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30. Qxb4 Nxb4 31. a3 Nbc6 32. Nxd3 |
White now has two pawns for the knight | ||||||
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32... Rf8 |
I don't mind trading rooks here | ||||||
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33. Be6+ Kg7 34. Rxf8 Kxf8 35. Kf2 |
Transposing in to an interesting endgame. Black will be going for the win but white will hope for a draw. | ||||||
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35... Nd4 |
Wasn't sure whether to play this or just to play g5 and go straight for the kill. I prefer the positional approach though. I think It's important to position my pieces well here before committing to anything | ||||||
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36. Bc4 Nec6 37. Ke3 Ke7 |
With my pieces now placed fairly well my king heads for the centre to begin pressing forward. | ||||||
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38. Bd5 a5 |
Was planning to play Kf6 here but I like the idea of pushing the pawn to a4 to freeze white's queenside pawns to a certain degree. With one pawn vs three I'm never going to have much joy on the queenside. The deciding factor in this endgame will be whether or not I can manage to pick white off on the kingside. | ||||||
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39. g3 a4 40. Kd2 |
White doesn't exactly have a plan here.. he just has to stay solid and force black to work as hard as possible to win | ||||||
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40... Kf6 41. Be4 g5 42. Kc3 |
White king heads to the queenside where he has more play | ||||||
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42... Ke6 43. Bg2 Nb5+ |
Time to reshuffle my knights | ||||||
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44. Kc4 Nc7 45. Bxc6 |
Not sure if this is the right idea for white. Although he does have a discovered check winning the g2 bishop to deal with so maybe it is the right move.. I think b4 is perfectly playable here.. that would have been my choice | ||||||
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45... Bxc6 46. Kd4 g4 |
Freezing the white kingside pawns and gaining space for black | ||||||
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47. Nb4 Bg2 48. Nd3 |
Threatening Nf4 | ||||||
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48... Bf1 49. Nf4+ Kd7 |
49 ... Kf5 50 c6 And white is better off than after Kd7 | ||||||
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50. Ng6 |
Threatening Ne5 , Nxg4 | ||||||
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50... Be2 51. Ke3 Bd1 52. Kd2 Bf3 53. Kc3 |
I thought for a very long time here. I have a few choices in this position. One is to play Ke6 and rely on keeping the a4-pawn to stop white's pawns advancing on the queenside and try to play on the kingside, the other is to play Nd5 But in the end I decided to play Kc6, followed by Nd5 . Winning the c5 pawn. My a4 pawn drops if I play this but I'd thought it through thoroughly and I'd worked out I can keep my king and bishop defending the queenside and my knight is well positioned to go and pick off the kingside pawns that cannot move. This was a pivotal decision in this endgame.. and one I think I got right for once! | ||||||
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53... Kc6 54. Kc4 Be2+ |
Forcing the king to b4 to allow Nd5 | ||||||
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55. Kb4 Nd5+ 56. Kxa4 Kxc5 |
This is the position I had analyzed in great depth. White's plan is obvious: To throw his unopposed queenside pawns down the board as quickly as possible. My plan is to keep my king and bishop halting the queenside charge, but the key to my plan is my knight can very quickly jump from d5-e3-f1 and pick up the kingside pawns. | ||||||
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