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ANNOTATED GAME
Everything for the dark squares
NN vs. nyctalop
Annotated by: nyctalop (2166)
Chess opening: Benko gambit accepted (A58)
NN vs. nyctalop
Annotated by: nyctalop (2166)
Chess opening: Benko gambit accepted (A58)
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36... Qd3 |
Now the King is going to come under a strong attack on the dark squares. See why it's a good idea to keep this Bishop in the Benko? | |||||
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37. Ba5 |
A rather clueless move but nothing else works. | |||||
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37... Qg3+ 38. Kf1 Qxh3+ 39. Ke2 Qe3+ 40. Kf1 |
If 40. Kd1 then Qd3+ and mate on the next move. | |||||
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40... Qf3+ 41. Kg1 Be3+ |
41...Bg3 would have lead to a forced mate but this is good enough. | |||||
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42. Kh2 |
The only way to prolong things was 42. Rxe3 but White wasn't looking at such moves. | |||||
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42... Qf2+ 43. Kh3 Bf4 44. Re3 |
Now White has to give up the Rook for nothing to stave off mate. | |||||
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44... Qxe3+ |
44...h5 would have mated sooner, but again, in blitz you tend to make forceful moves, like grabbing material and giving check, to save time. I guess it was just my luck that I got to give more checks and capture more material than my opponent. | |||||
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45. Kg2 Qe2+ 46. Kg1 Be3+ 47. Kh1 Qf2 |
47...Qf1+ would have been mate in two. But this looks more aesthetic. Plus it gives White a chance to go kamikaze with his Queen. | |||||
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48. Qh8+ |
Which he does. Sometimes, you get so frustrated in blitz when you lose a game like this, that you just won't give up and play till the very last move. | |||||
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48... Kxh8 49. Bb6 Qg1# |
Hope you enjoyed the game and I hope you won't be playing the Benko against me in blitz, since I might play as bad as my opponent did here. It's very annoying playing against the Benko at blitz. In almost all the games I played with it, with either colour, Black scored heavily. | |||||
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