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ANNOTATED GAME
An indefatigable Knight
nyctalop (2107) vs. laurelhill (1993)
Annotated by: nyctalop (2166)
Chess opening: Sicilian (B96), Najdorf, 7.f4
nyctalop (2107) vs. laurelhill (1993)
Annotated by: nyctalop (2166)
Chess opening: Sicilian (B96), Najdorf, 7.f4
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29... Ke6 |
Black decides to at least activate his King at the cost of that pawn. | |||||
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30. Nc7+ Kd7 31. Nxb5 Kc6 32. a4 |
Notice how the Knight and pawns cover everything and there isn't anything for Black to do. He just has to wait and hope I stumble. | |||||
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32... Kb6 33. Kc2 |
Having won a pawn, it's time I activate my King. | |||||
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33... g6 |
A common defence in simplified endings where you're material down is to exchange pawns, hopefully to the point where there is only one left and you can sacrifice a piece for it, thus securing a theoretical draw. | |||||
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34. hxg6 hxg6 35. Kd3 d5 |
Denying my King access to d4 and opening more diagonals for his Bishop to move on. | |||||
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36. g4 |
I wanted to fix the K-side pawn so that I could combine threats against them with threats against the d-pawn and threats of advancing the Q-side pawns. Black Bishop couldn't possible cover all that. | |||||
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36... g5 |
Making life very easy for me. I think it was Philidor, much before Capablanca tha stated that in Bishop endings, it's wise to place your pawns on the opposite colour of your Bishop and on the same colour of your opponent's Bishop. Beginners usually do the exact opposite thing. They fear that the Bishop will capture their pawns and move them to the wrong colour and they want their Bishop to defend their own pawns so they give themselves a bad Bishop. | |||||
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37. Nd4 |
Time to put the steed to work. | |||||
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37... axb4 |
If Black doesn't capture, I can play b5 and then the a-pawn will be an extra weakness in the already full plateau Black has at his disposal. | |||||
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38. cxb4 Bd6 39. Nc2 |
Defending b4 and clearing d4 for the King. | |||||
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39... Be5 |
Black has to go back and cover d4 with the Bishop. | |||||
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40. Ne3 |
Tying the Black King to the defence of the d-pawn. | |||||
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40... Kc6 41. Nf5 |
Aiming for Nd4 followed by a5. The correct plan in advancing the pawns against a Bishop is to advance them on the same colour squares as the Bishop so that he cannot blockade them adequately. | |||||
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41... Bf6 42. Nd4+ Kb6 43. a5+ Ka6 44. Nf5 |
One last diversion. Ne3 is threatened and Black can't defend the d-pawn properly. | |||||
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44... Kb5 45. Ne3 Kc6 46. a6 |
Creating a runner on the edge of the board. In case of 46...Kb6 then 47. Nxd5+ with a very simple win. | |||||
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46... Bd8 |
Going for b6 to stop the a-pawn. | |||||
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47. Nxd5 |
But it's one move to slow. This Knight move makes the Black Bishop look ridiculous since there isn't anything he can do to stop the a-pawn from Queening. My opponent finally resigned here. A nice tour-de-force by the White Knight against the Black Bishop. | |||||
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