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ANNOTATED GAME
Didcot 1 v Banbury 1 Bd 4 (O&D League D1)
Bob Jacobs (1776) vs. Nathan Manley (1728)
Annotated by: rjacobs
(1691)
Chess opening: Caro-Kann (B12), advance, Short variation
Bob Jacobs (1776) vs. Nathan Manley (1728)
Annotated by: rjacobs
(1691)
Chess opening: Caro-Kann (B12), advance, Short variation
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16... g6 |
?? This loses either the exchange or a whole piece. | ||||||
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17. Bh6 |
! Black was a picture of despair but he brushed himself off and determined to make a fight of it. He played solidly from here on. | ||||||
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17... Qd8 |
An unexpected bonus. I no longer had to worry about c3. | ||||||
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18. Bxf8 |
I capitalised immediately. No sense in looking a gift horse in the mouth. | ||||||
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18... Rxf8 19. Qf1 Qe8 20. Qf2 Ng8 |
Heading for h6, whence he can defend the B again and also threaten g4 or f5 if White gets careless. | ||||||
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21. Rf1 |
The battery is complete, though not in the optimum configuration with Q at the back. I couldn't prevent ...Nh6 with g5 because my h-pawn was vulnerable. Setting up the battery immediately pinned Black's B on f7. | ||||||
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21... Nh6 22. hxg6 hxg6 23. Ne2 |
The start of a long knight manoeuvre that nearly cost me the game. At this stage, the aim was simply to attack g6 from f4. | ||||||
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23... Rh8 |
! Black seizes the h-file, making it too risky for White to take on f7, leaving the Bh3 dangling. | ||||||
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24. Nf4 |
Now the threat to g6 is no longer really a threat but next move I went into a long think and came up with a bad plan that I thought would be picturesque and winning | ||||||
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24... Rh7 |
?! After the game, Nathan thought that he should have aimed to get the Q in front of the R, with stronger mating potential. | ||||||
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25. Nd3 |
? Now I couldn't see any way of prosecuting my attack on the kingside and thought that Black was sufficiently tied up over there that he couldn't really threaten anything, so I decided on a knight march to d6. This gave Black time to generate real threats against my King and I never achieved it anyway! | ||||||
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25... Qh8 26. Qg2 b6 |
Played to prevent Nc5 but, as it happened, I had other plans. | ||||||
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27. Nb2 |
? It wasn't too late to back out of my plan but I was seduced by its arrogant elegance! | ||||||
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27... g5 28. c4 Bg6 |
! Threatening ...Be4, which I only just noticed after I played the next move, I'm ashamed to say. | ||||||
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29. cxd5 |
?! dubous in view of 29. ... Be4! | ||||||
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29... cxd5 |
?! dubious for the same reason! Now 30...Be4 will be less powerful because White has 31. Rc3+ | ||||||
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30. Ra3 |
But White avoids the skewer with this gesture against Black's queenside. I thought the check from c3 offered nothing whereas this move threatened the a-pawn and then check from a8, skewering K against Q. | ||||||
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30... Be4 |
! Now the full import of this move hit me: White's Q moves, Black's N moves, White's B moves and mayhem ensues from h1! | ||||||
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31. Qe2 |
! Looks cool! White continues to develop his counter-attack but I was beginning to have serious worries now that I'd blown it. | ||||||
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31... Nxg4 |
! Of course 32. Bxg4 allows 32... Rh1+ followed by a skewer of K & Q: a tasty barbecue. If I just retreat with 32. Bg2, 32...Bxg2 followed by ...Rh2 and ...Rh1 mate. 32. Qxg4 doesn't really help: 32....Rxh3 followed by threats of Rh1+ and Q down the h-file as well or Qf8+ as takes Black's fancy. | ||||||
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