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ANNOTATED GAME
"Great Snakes, Batman! A 100-mover!"
sago (1964) vs. ionadowman (2024)
Annotated by: archduke_piccolo
(2332)
Chess opening: Robatsch (modern) defence (B06)
sago (1964) vs. ionadowman (2024)
Annotated by: archduke_piccolo
(2332)
Chess opening: Robatsch (modern) defence (B06)
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16. Qxc5 Qd7 |
Aiming, as ever, towards h3. But Black is also thinking of bringing a rook to d8 with the possiblity of liquidating the tension in the centre. All pretty vague, really. But uppermost in Black's mind was the K-side attack - if White's central counterplay could just be contained. Black hopes at some point to 'get in' ...Bxh3; gxh3 Qxh3. | ||||||||
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17. Bd1 |
It seems a bit risky to remove the bishop from the defence of the K-side, and for that matter the d-pawn, but White clearly aims either to reoccupy the a2-g8 diagonal by Bb3, or to pin the c6-N by Ba4. Black didn't feel to sorry to see this and played... | ||||||||
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17... Rfd8 |
Hoping to encourage the bishop to move again. This rook manoeuvre is a temporary measure only, with the idea of going back to f8 (or maybe g8) later on. The b8-R stays where it is to protect the b7-pawn from attack. | ||||||||
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18. Bb3 |
Perhaps 18.Ba4 was more aggressive, or 18.b4. But after the move played, Black judges it high time for the K to vacate the dangerous diagonal. | ||||||||
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18... Kh7 |
But now 19...Bxh3! has become a real threat! | ||||||||
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19. Kh2 |
(!) Well judged! Black had indeed been hoping at last to get in his attack. For instance 19.Rf1? Bxh3! 20.gxh3 Qxh3 21.Bd1 g4 with a strong attack. | ||||||||
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19... g4 20. hxg4 Bxg4 21. Ng1 |
(!) Defending well. Makes way for f2-f3, channelling Black''s attack, but also providing the route by which reserves can be called up betimes, as will soon become apparent. | ||||||||
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21... Rdf8 |
(!?) With the idea of advancing his own f-pawn. However, it seems that 21...Nf8!? was a good alternative, threatening ...Ne6. After 21...Nf8 22.f3! Ne6 23.Qf2! Bh5 (24.Qh4 Bf7) the position remains murkily unclear. | ||||||||
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22. f3 |
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22... Be6 |
It seems that White has seen off Black's K-side attack... | ||||||||
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23. Ne2 Nh4 |
"Once more unto the breach, dear friends, once more!" Is this too soon? Black has in mind the potential fork at f3... | ||||||||
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24. Reh1 |
(!) Mysterious - but good! | ||||||||
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24... Bh3 |
(!?) Black is back! If, now, 25.gxh3 Nxf3 . How should White defend? | ||||||||
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25. Qf2 |
(!!) Obvious now, but during the game I had completely overlooked this move. Black now has two pieces 'en prise', and White's defences look solid. Has Black overreached himself? | ||||||||
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25... Bxg2 |
(!) "The wine has been drawn, and now must be drunk." There's nothing for it but to go on. | ||||||||
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26. Qxh4 Bxf3 |
(!) At first sight, 26...Bxh1 seems better, picking up rook for two pieces. But I didn't like the look of 26...Bxh1 27.Kxh1 Rbe8 (say) 28.d4! exd4 29.Nexf4 with a great game for White. The move played picks up a second pawn for the piece, leaving Black with two passers and a reasonable amount of counterplay. All the same, White must have the edge here. | ||||||||
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27. Rhe1 Bxe2 28. Rxe2 Nd4 |
Black attacks the e2-R, threatens a fork at f3, and hopes that doubling White pawns on the b-file (...Nxb3) will help devalue White's material edge... White's reply looks obvious, but there is a remarkable continuation available here that would have set Black very difficult problems... | ||||||||
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29. Rf2 |
(!?) OK, but White had this: 29.Rxc7! Qxc7! 30.Nxc7 Nf3 (30...Nxe2?) 31.Kh3 Nxh4 32.Kxh4... White looks to have the better game in this line. | ||||||||
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29... c6 30. Nc3 Nxb3 |
Breaks up White's pawns, and hopes to snap up the d-pawn, restoring at least the material balance. I felt that White retained an edge, though, however marginal. | ||||||||
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31. axb3 Rf6 |
(!?) 31...Qxd3!? at once was probably playable, but I was a bit concerned about protecting g7, and also about the possibility of a battery should a WR land on d1. However, the latter proves something of a mirage: 31...Qxd3!? 32.Rd1? Bf6! 33.Qg4 Qg3 !! 34.Qxg3 fxg3 35.Kxg3 Bh4! 36.Kxh4 Rxf2. With R 2P for B N Black would have had attractive prospects. | ||||||||
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