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ANNOTATED GAME
Astersen v/s Templeton
astersen (1860) vs. templedf (1486)
Annotated by: templedf (1200)
Chess opening: Old Benoni defence (A43)
astersen (1860) vs. templedf (1486)
Annotated by: templedf (1200)
Chess opening: Old Benoni defence (A43)
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28. Qd3 Qa1+ |
Now we begin a dance that will eventually lead to mate. | ||||||||
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29. Kc2 Qa2+ 30. Kd1 Ba6 |
Again, the white queen cannot leave the c file, so her only choice is to run. | ||||||||
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31. Qc2 Qa1+ |
We now begin a long dance that I hoped would give me a shot at a mate, but ended up just trading off the queens and bishops. | ||||||||
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32. Qc1 Qd4+ 33. Kc2 Qc3+ |
I had to be careful here, because both of my bishops are in jeopardy. I had to make sure that when the dance was over, Bxa3 (or Qxa3) would be the last step. | ||||||||
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34. Kb1 Qxc1+ |
At this hope I gave up hope of avoiding the end game. | ||||||||
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35. Kxc1 Bxa3+ 36. Kc2 |
I had to be careful here, because if the white rook got out, it could have skewered my bishops or my rook. | ||||||||
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36... Bxf1 |
No more bishop skewer. | ||||||||
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37. Rxf1 O-O |
No more king/rook skewer. | ||||||||
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38. Ra1 |
White's concern is now my passed b pawn. | ||||||||
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38... Bc5 39. Ra7 |
Not sure what white was trying to accomplish. | ||||||||
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39... d6 40. Kc3 b5 |
I use the fortunate positioning to advance by b pawn two ranks. | ||||||||
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41. Rb7 b4+ 42. Kb3 Ra8 |
Now my objective is to get my rook over to the white g and h pawns. If I can get a passed pawn on either side of the board, it's pretty much over. | ||||||||
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43. h4 |
White split his g and h pawns to make them harder to chase down. | ||||||||
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43... Ra3+ |
This check was to bump the king so I could get my rook onto the second rank. | ||||||||
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44. Kc4 Ra2 |
I'm really after the f pawn here, but first I have to chase off the g pawn. | ||||||||
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45. g4 Rf2 |
The f pawn is now lost, opening the way for a second pawn charge, down the king-side. In theory. | ||||||||
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46. h5 |
White offered an innocuous pawn trade which turned out to be a nasty trap. In considering my next move, I looked right at the trap but failed to recongnize it. | ||||||||
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46... Rxf3 |
Mistake of the game! I was feeling a little too confident, and wasn't paying enough attention. This move almost cost me the game. | ||||||||
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47. h6 |
My king is now locked into the corner, waiting for Rb8 ! Even worse, white now has a shot at running his h pawn to the 8th rank. | ||||||||
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47... f5 |
I had to open up some room for my king. I chose f5 instead of f6 for a couple of reasons. First, white will not capture my f pawn. Doing so would give me a nice opportunity to get my g pawn out from between my king and his h pawn. Also, f5 gives my king more room to work, and the potential of opening the f file so I can send my rook to the rescue. And at a minimum, it put's another pawn in the running for promotion. | ||||||||
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