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ANNOTATED GAME
Bludgeoned by the Cochrane Gambit
mateintwo (2428) vs. bucklehead (1789)
Annotated by: bucklehead (1200)
Chess opening: Petrov (C42), Cochrane gambit
mateintwo (2428) vs. bucklehead (1789)
Annotated by: bucklehead (1200)
Chess opening: Petrov (C42), Cochrane gambit
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23. Bd4 h6 24. Rd3 Kh7 25. Bc3 Rhd8 |
Free at last, black's KR rushes to the battle lines. Unfortunately, this battle is already lost: while I have pieces enough to cover the threatened e6-pawn, I cannot reasonably prevent e5 and a dangerous opening of the position. But as it happens, white turns on a dime and opens the position in a different way. | ||||
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26. Rg3 |
Too close to home! | ||||
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26... Bf6 |
If 26. ...g6 27. f5! | ||||
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27. Bxf6 gxf6 |
Yippee for exchanging material, but I now have three isolated pawns! The best that can be said about my position is that I am not losing immediately. Indeed, computer analysis rates this position as quite even. But it is clear that, in the intermediate term, I am hopelessly lost. | ||||
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28. Rb5 Rab8 29. Rf5 Qe7 |
There are simply too many targets for my pieces to defend, and the loss of material is inevitable. | ||||
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30. Qxa4 Rdg8 31. Qd4 Rxg3 32. hxg3 |
Another simplification only puts my weaknesses into sharper focus. I have a N for three pawns, but it will take some gymnastics to get that piece into the game. | ||||
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32... Kg6 33. g4 Re8 34. g3 Nd8 35. Qc3 Nc6 36. b4 Na7 37. b5 Nc8 |
For all that, the N is now on a worse square. c8 will be his final resting place. | ||||
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38. Qd4 b6 39. Qc3 Qe6 |
A crazy blunder which opens the door for a nasty pawn fork on f5. | ||||
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40. Rc5 Qxg4 |
40... Qd7 41. f5 Kg5 (41... Kg7 42. Rc7 loses Q for R) 42. Qf3 with certain mate. | ||||
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41. f5+ Kg5 42. Rxc8 Rxc8 43. Qxc8 Qxe4 |
The situation, much simplified, leaves white only a single pawn to the good, but black's defenses are shattered--white's mobile Q will make short work of the available targets. | ||||
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44. Qg8+ Kxf5 45. Qh7+ Ke5 46. Qe7+ Kd5 47. Qb7+ Ke5 48. Qxb6 |
I could well have fought on for some time in a tricky queen endgame, but white's connected passed pawns are simply too strong. A dominating performance by one of GK's premier players. | ||||
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