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ANNOTATED GAME
Good enough for a draw, but...
ethansiegel (1726) vs. presso (1748)
Annotated by: ethansiegel
(1986)
Chess opening: Vienna gambit (C29)
ethansiegel (1726) vs. presso (1748)
Annotated by: ethansiegel
(1986)
Chess opening: Vienna gambit (C29)
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16... Ng4 |
! Forcing an exchange which favors black. White is down a pawn and reeling. | ||||||
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17. Qg5 |
Hoping to exchange queens, drive the knight away and win the exchange on h8. | ||||||
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17... Qxg5+ 18. Bxg5 Kg7 |
Not going to be easy to win that rook now... | ||||||
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19. Re1 |
If I can grab and hold this file, I could get a dominating position. | ||||||
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19... d6 |
Freeing the bishop and protecting the knight. But d5 was better. | ||||||
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20. Be7 |
See, d5 was better. | ||||||
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20... Re8 |
Not much of a pin... | ||||||
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21. Bxd6 |
Since the knight protects e1. | ||||||
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21... Rxe1+ 22. Nxe1 Bf5 |
And now the roles are reversed -- the position is roughly even, with black a little bit ahead on development. This is now a big test of my endgame abilities! | ||||||
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23. c3 |
Supporting the d4 pawn, but also making it unassailable by the Bf5. | ||||||
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23... Nd7 24. Nf3 Re8 25. Bc4 |
Necessary to activate the rook. | ||||||
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25... b5 |
Oh man, if that rook gets to e2... | ||||||
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26. Bb3 Re2 |
... doesn't look good. But, good defense can hold this position... | ||||||
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27. h3 Ne3 |
c2 is now very weak, and g2 looks like it could fall as well. | ||||||
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28. Re1 |
! Sneaky! The pawn on g2 is now immune, and black must exchange rooks! | ||||||
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28... Rxe1+ 29. Nxe1 |
And now the g2 pawn is protected. | ||||||
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29... Be4 30. g4 g5 31. Kd2 |
This position looks dead even, but what can I do? I decide I need to get my king active, and try to use my queenside majority to make a passed pawn over there. | ||||||
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31... Nc4+ 32. Bxc4 |
Forced, or the king goes back to inactivity to protect b2. | ||||||
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32... bxc4 33. b3 Bb1 34. bxc4 Bxa2 |
Black gets the passed pawn first, but white's king is more active. | ||||||
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35. c5 |
Better than Kd3, where the king is tied to the defense of the c4 pawn. | ||||||
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