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ANNOTATED GAME
32nd GK tournament
alloutwin (1479) vs. fersboo (1415)
Annotated by: alloutwin (1200)
Chess opening: QGD (D06), symmetrical (Austrian) defence
alloutwin (1479) vs. fersboo (1415)
Annotated by: alloutwin (1200)
Chess opening: QGD (D06), symmetrical (Austrian) defence
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21. Qxc3 |
Recapturing the piece, and equaling the position in terms of material. The immediate threat is Re8 , which forces the king away, then wins the underdefended bishop on c8. Also with my queen on c3 the black queen is pinned to defending the weak f6 pawn | ||||||||
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21... Bd7 |
Defending the threat of Re8, while Be6 looks better - blocking the rooks file - it loses the f6 pawn to 22. Qxf6 | ||||||||
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22. Re7 |
A rook on the 7th rank is a great asset - I can pressurise the whole black position. 1) The pawns now need defending by pieces 2) I am in a better position to make back rank threats 3) The rook immediately attacks the undefended bishop | ||||||||
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22... Rc8 |
A strong move, this counters my threat with a more powerful one, and looks to exploit my weak back rank (after the pawn moves my back rank is weaker than blacks) | ||||||||
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23. Qd2 |
Avoids the threat, and sets up another counter threat, now the bishop is attacked and the pawn on h6 is attacked, black cannot defend both pieces in one move. | ||||||||
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23... Qd8 |
Yet another counter threat, the pawn is left undefended but my rook needs to move to safety so I can't take the pawn. I this position my first thought was 24. Rxe7 Qxe7 25. Bh7 Kxh7 26. Qxe7 winning the queen, however my weak back rank will be exploited by 26...Rc1 with checkmate in 1 | ||||||||
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24. Re3 |
The rook retreats ready to move to g3 to persue an attack | ||||||||
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24... f5 |
A quiet move, this move while making no threats has a number of objectives 1) Frees the f7 pawn to move if needed 2) Gives the queen a diagonal to move to the kingside (for defence or attack) 3) After f4 will prevent my rook from standing on g3 | ||||||||
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25. Rg3+ |
This move forces the king to move to the edge of the board where he is pinned in by the rook - the king must move to h7 to defend the attacked h6 pawn | ||||||||
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25... Kh7 |
Defends the pawn, but also gives his rook / queen a file to aim at my king in combo with his bishop if he moves the bishop onto the long diagonal (a8-h1). | ||||||||
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26. h3 |
A slow move but nessessary to protect against any future attacks on my back rank. The move also gives the queen bishop freedom to move into attack, as they currently have to protect the back rank | ||||||||
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26... Be6 |
Gives the queen freedom to move out off the back rank. Also makes vague threats like Bc4, against my pinned bishop, which could be difficult if I am careless. | ||||||||
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27. b4 |
With no direct threat I can look to make my own threats - this move allows my queen to move to b2 with a checkmate threat at g7. It also means that my rook will be defending the backwards pawn after the bishop moves, rather than the queen | ||||||||
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27... b5 |
Blocks the pawn on b4 from moving to b5, although this wasn't much of a threat, I suspect black couln't find a move to improve the position, so made a move and waited for me to come up with a threat for him to defend. And in fairness there is little that he can usefully do, possibly something like Qf6, pre-empting my Qb2. | ||||||||
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28. Qb2 |
Making the threat, and forcing my opponent to defend | ||||||||
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28... f6 |
Blocking the Queen and so stops the checkmate threat. Perhaps gives me a target as his 7th rank is very open, but his rook blocks the easiest entry to the 7th rank, so not feasible yet. | ||||||||
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29. Qb1 |
So I create another threat, now against the f5 pawn. | ||||||||
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29... Qd5 |
Defends the pawn, and moves the queen into a powerful position | ||||||||
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30. h4 |
No way to create a threat, so I look to improve my position. I intend to push the pawn to h5, blocking the king from moving via g6-g5 / g6-h5, if the rook moves. | ||||||||
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30... Rg8 |
A good move, forcing an exchange of rooks, as moving the rook away gives black checkmate (note Rf3 leads to Qxf3, as the g2 pawn is pinned) | ||||||||
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