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ANNOTATED GAME
Two rooks vs. a queen
whiplash1 (1662) vs. jocsah (1465)
Annotated by: whiplash1 (1200)
Chess opening: Ruy Lopez (C65), Berlin defence, 4.O-O
whiplash1 (1662) vs. jocsah (1465)
Annotated by: whiplash1 (1200)
Chess opening: Ruy Lopez (C65), Berlin defence, 4.O-O
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24. Qe3 |
White gets out of the way of Black's battery, defends his knight, and attacks Black's a7 pawn. | ||||||
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24... Rde8 |
Black attacks White's queen, trying to force it away from the defense of his knight. Black may then trade his bishop for White's knight and leave White with a weakened king-side pawn structure. However, Black misses an important tactic. | ||||||
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25. Rxa7 |
This is the turning point in the game. White takes a second pawn and a decisive lead. White also offers a trade of his queen for Black's two rooks. | ||||||
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25... Rxe3 |
Black decides to trade. I think better would have been 25...Rxa7 26. Qxe8+ Kh7 27. Qe1 (to prevent ...Ra1+) Bxf3 28. gxf3 Ra2, giving White doubled pawns on the f-file and putting Black's rook in a powerful position on White's 2nd rank. | ||||||
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26. Rxa8+ |
With check, so White can win Black's second rook. | ||||||
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26... Re8 |
The correct move, giving Black a chance to activate his king. | ||||||
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27. Rxe8+ Kf7 28. Re3 |
Maintaining defense of White's knight. White doesn't want doubled pawns, which would give Black a weakness to exploit. | ||||||
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28... Qc5 29. c4 g6 |
? This move leaves Black's h-pawn hanging. Black needs all of his pawns to fight for the draw. | ||||||
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30. Rxh6 Kg7 31. Rh3 Bf7 32. d4 Qa3 33. g4 |
This move gives White's king a place to go if it gets checked by Black's queen. | ||||||
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33... g5 34. Nd2 |
? This move defends White's b-pawn and connects his rooks, but it leaves the defense of the d4 pawn. | ||||||
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34... Qa1+ |
! Black forks White's queen and d-pawn. | ||||||
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35. Nf1 Qxd4 |
Black lessens White's advantage. | ||||||
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36. Rhg3 |
Prepares h3. | ||||||
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36... Bg6 37. Re2 Kf7 |
Black activates his king, although it will be hard to go anywhere with White's rook on the e-file. | ||||||
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38. Rd2 |
The next few moves shuffles White's pieces around as he begins to push his king-side pawns. | ||||||
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38... Qe4 |
Black must move his queen out of the line of fire. | ||||||
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39. h3 Qe6 40. Re3 Qc8 |
Black must move his queen again. | ||||||
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41. Ng3 |
All of White's pieces are protected. Black's queen has resorted to moving aimlessly around the board. His king is blocked off from the queen-side. His bishop has no active squares to move to. | ||||||
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41... Qb7 42. Ne2 |
White prepares to push his f-pawn. | ||||||
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42... f5 43. Red3 |
White creates a battery with his two rooks. Black's king and queen are lined up along the same rank; Black must meet the threat of 44. Rd7+. | ||||||
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