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ANNOTATED GAME
Barmy Army Mini Tournament
jstevens1 (1734) vs. charleshiggie (1951)
Annotated by: charleshiggie
(2197)
Chess opening: Sicilian (B58), classical
jstevens1 (1734) vs. charleshiggie (1951)
Annotated by: charleshiggie
(2197)
Chess opening: Sicilian (B58), classical
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43... Rb5 44. g4 a4 |
45. "h5 - one move nearer to my goal, but ...." but black has also advanced his passed pawn.... | ||||
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45. h5 Rb3+ 46. Kf4 |
46. "Kf4?? - ....... would Kg2 have at least drawn the game?" I don't think so, black has to move the king over to block the passed pawn, 46. Kg2 Kf8 47. h6 Kg8 and black seems to be winning easily dmaestro (1628) on 02-Nov-08: Black brings the king over to block the passed pawn, and retains passed pawns. White can't do anything to force the pawn to queen. ionadowman (2043) on 02-Nov-08: I don't think the move played deserves the two queries - or even just one. There isn't really a whole lot to choose between the move played and 46.Kg2. Of course, White can hope Black will throw away the win by 46.Kg2 a3?? 47.h6! and there's no way to stop the h-pawn accept by a perpetual (47...Rb2 48.Kg3 Rb3 49.Kg2! - not 49.Kh4?? Rb1! - etc). But 46...Kf8 47.h6 (Ra7!?) Kg8 48.Rg7 Kh8 49.Ra7 and White's counterattack has been held to a standstill. Since 46.Ke2 don't look at all enticing, only the text move remains... | ||||
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46... a3 47. h6 Rh3 48. g5 Rh4+ 49. Kg3 fxg5 |
"Here I decided to wave the white flag on the grounds of ruinous loss of material, viz:- 49. Kg3 fxg5 50. Rxb6 Ke7 51. Ra6 Rxh6 52. Rxa3 Rh4 53. Re3 Kf6 " | ||||
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