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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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32. Rg1 Rd6 |
There's no saving the d3-pawn now! | ||||||||
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33. Na4 |
(?!) Indirectly defending the d-pawn (33...Rxd3?? 34.Nc5) and hoping to re-mobilise the N via c5. Yet this struck me as a slight misjudgment, the first real chink in White's armour. After Black's response, White found it difficult to remobilise his knight. Maybe 33.Ne2 was an improvement. | ||||||||
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33... b6 |
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34. Rfg2 |
(!?) A bold decision, to leave Black's f-pawn free to run in order to bring pressure on Black's sensitive spot at g7. | ||||||||
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34... Rg8 |
The irony of it! Now White is attacking on the K-side whilst Black seeks counteraction in the centre. What a game! | ||||||||
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35. Qh5 Rxd3 |
(!) Fearing neither 36.Qg6 ?? Kh8 37.Qh5 (to defend h3) ...Rxd2 or 36.Qf5 ? Qxf5 37.exf5 f3! | ||||||||
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36. Bc3 |
Defends the bishop and attacks the e5-pawn. But how is the WN to get back into action? On the other hand, how is Black to defend e5? | ||||||||
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36... f3 |
(!) The answer is: by attacking. White is to be allowed no time to take on e5, nor to exploit the pin along the g-file. | ||||||||
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37. Rg2g3 |
37.Rf2 cripples White's own attack, though the move was playable. White tries to maintain his pressure... | ||||||||
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37... f2 |
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38. Qg6+ Kh8 39. Rf1 |
White has to desist. 39.Bxe5?? lost quickly. | ||||||||
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39... Rf8 40. Qg4 Rf4 |
40...Qxg4 41.Rxg4 seemed to offer little for Black. | ||||||||
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41. Qxd7 Rxd7 42. Kg2 Rxe4 |
Now Black will keep his 3P for the N (after the f-pawn drops). Though White's remaining pawns comprise only the isolated doubled b-pawns, I was still a bit worried about White's active pieces, especially once the a4-N came back into action. Probably the game is about even here, but I was inclined to a pessimistic view. Normally I like having the pawns, but propects looked unpromising here. | ||||||||
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43. Rxf2 Kh7 44. Rgf3 Kg8 |
To keep the enemy rooks out of f7. Had White now played 45.Rg3 now, I would probably have played ...Kh7 and offered a draw. | ||||||||
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45. Kh3 c5 |
Locking down White's Q-side. | ||||||||
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46. Rg3 |
...But maybe White ought hereabouts to have looked into mobilising his N, by playing 46.Bd2, 47.Nc3. | ||||||||
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46... Kh7 |
Still happy with a draw... | ||||||||
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47. Kg2 Rh4 48. Re2 Rh5 49. Rge3 |
Besieging Black's e-pawn. In turn, Black doesn't want to be reduced to complete passivity by ...Re7. What else can Black try? | ||||||||
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49... Rg5+ 50. Kf2 h5 |
(!) White wants more than a draw. Black looks for active counterplay rather than passive defence. This pawn advance has more than one purpose... | ||||||||
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51. Bxe5 |
(?) The one real mistake of the game, which up until now has been roughly even, with maybe a marginal edge to White at times. Now the balance shifts to Black, though by how much remains to be seen. | ||||||||
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