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ANNOTATED GAME
Caro Kann Advance Variation
chual (1606) vs. johnd7 (1605)
Annotated by: johnd7 (1816)
Chess opening: Caro-Kann (B12), advance, Short variation
chual (1606) vs. johnd7 (1605)
Annotated by: johnd7 (1816)
Chess opening: Caro-Kann (B12), advance, Short variation
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32. Rb6 Rxb6 33. axb6 Rb7 34. Ke3 Kd7 35. Ra1 Nxh4 36. Ke2 |
Avoiding Nf5 , forking King and Bishop and taking the b pawn shortly after. I have avoided occupying g6 with my pawn because it allows my N to use it but also to protect it from f5. On g6 it is more vulnerable to white's rook. | ||||
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36... Rb8 |
A key move. I might even award myself a ! His far advanced, protected passed pawn looks bad for me, but my h pawn is equally dangerous. I'm preparing to get my rook behind it, which will force him to abandon his a pawn. Then my strong knight will begin to exert winning pressure. | ||||
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37. Rxa6 Nf5 38. Bf2 |
38. Ra7 loses it's sting because the knight has g7 protected. | ||||
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38... h4 |
Making a run for it will draw his rook back to his king side. I held my breath through this whole next sequence! Leaving the pawn on g6, protected by the N, was essential. | ||||
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39. Kf3 h3 40. Ra1 h2 41. Kg2 Rh8 42. Rh1 Nh4+ |
Taking my N is not helpful because my rook and king break through and combine to create another passed pawn. I worked out many sequences here, and they seemed favorable to me. If he took the pawn with his K, then we would exchange rooks on the h1 square, leaving his K even further from the center. He was smart to avoid that. | ||||
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43. Kg3 Ng6 |
Again the value of leaving the g pawn at home -- extra room for my knight. | ||||
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44. Bd4 Ne7 45. Rxh2 Rxh2 46. Kxh2 Kc6 47. Kg3 Nc8 |
??? 47...g6 was winning! His b pawn is a fixed target that will eventually fall. And he cannot defend his 4 isolated pawns with two pieces. 47...Nc8?? allowed a draw, although white resigned. | ||||
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48. g6 Nxb6 49. Be3 |
Exchanging allows d4! and my king eats a white pawn or two. | ||||
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49... Nc8 50. Bg5 Kd7 51. Bf6 Ne7 52. Bxg7 |
White resigned as Nf5 forks the King and B. But white would still have been able to draw (or even win!): I have to trade my N for the passed pawn (if my N roams I can't stop the passed pawn and protect my e pawn), as my e6 pawn is weak and I can't get my K around behind white's pawns. | ||||
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