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ANNOTATED GAME
Round 3 of San Diego Championships
Bad Player (1500) vs. bakerbaker (1650)
Annotated by: bakerbaker (1200)
Chess opening: Old Benoni defence (A43)
Bad Player (1500) vs. bakerbaker (1650)
Annotated by: bakerbaker (1200)
Chess opening: Old Benoni defence (A43)
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12. Rb1 |
Maybe White should be developing, but there isn't much else he can do here. Because of my rock-hard centre, I plan to slowly grind White down. | ||||
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12... e4 |
The central advance begins with tempo. | ||||
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13. Nd1 |
Rb3 defends the knight, but I have tactical threats after Be6. | ||||
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13... a5 |
Now that White's knight is no longer defending the rook, I can take advantage of the b-file pressure. | ||||
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14. c3 axb4 15. axb4 c5 16. b5 d4 |
If I can succeed in opening up the centre, my newly centralized queen and dark bishop will tactically crush White. | ||||
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17. c4 |
White doesn't let that happen. | ||||
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17... d3 |
Now that my central advance is complete, I have ended up with a passed d-pawn. | ||||
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18. g3 |
White wants to play Bh3, putting pressure on my backward f5 pawn. | ||||
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18... Be6 |
Now I attack his pawn. | ||||
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19. Bh3 Rg8 |
I prepare for an attack on the g-file if White castles kingside. .........Bxc4 looks like a good move since it severely weakens White's b-pawn, but after Bxf5, White has a lot of annoying threats, mostly his attack on my pawn chain. | ||||
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20. Kd2 |
White knows that castling is dangerous, and obligates his king to stop my passed pawn. | ||||
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20... Ra8 |
My rook will be very strong if it reaches a2. | ||||
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21. Nc3 |
stops Ra2 | ||||
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21... Ra3 22. Rhc1 Bg7 |
I sneakily add pressure to White's knight. | ||||
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23. Qh4 |
This was White's losing move that gives me a clear win. He was probably desperate to get queens off the board to stop my attack on his queenside, but this is totally winning for Black. | ||||
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23... Qxh4 24. gxh4 Bxc3+ 25. Rxc3 Ra2+ 26. Ke1 |
White needs his king guarding f1 so that Bf1 will stop mate...........for now. | ||||
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26... Rg1+ 27. Bf1 |
Now there are so many winning lines for Black, like d2 or f4-Bh3. I had calculated the d2 win when I played Qxh4, but didn't realize until now that I had a simple mate in 2. | ||||
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27... Re2+ |
White resigned. My rooks are crushing. | ||||
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