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ANNOTATED GAME
Four Pawns Attack (Club MT) Ch 4
ionadowman (2136) vs. easy19 (2231)
Annotated by: archduke_piccolo
(2334)
Chess opening: King's Indian (E76), Four pawns attack, dynamic line
ionadowman (2136) vs. easy19 (2231)
Annotated by: archduke_piccolo
(2334)
Chess opening: King's Indian (E76), Four pawns attack, dynamic line
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36... Bxd4+ |
Alternatively: 36...c4, or 36...cxd4. With this raid, Black is now a pawn ahead, and his pawn couple becomes passed. As the 'pure' major piece ending looked unpromising, White keeps the minor pieces on - a hard decision, especially when you consider the relative locations of White King and Black queen! | |||||||
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37. Kg2 |
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37... Bf6 |
(!?) Right back to g7 looked more circumspect. | |||||||
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38. a6 Kg7 |
This latest manoeuvre by Black left me in the dark. What was he about? Maybe he merely wanted to keep the White knight out of h4, and the King move simply protected the Bishop. | |||||||
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39. a7 c4 |
An attempted decoy, or a run for home? A bit of both, of course. | |||||||
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40. Rc7 d5 |
The alternative 40...c3 seemed to lead to a promising attack for White: 41.Qf5! (another switch to the opposite flank) 41...Qd8 42.Rc4 Qe7 43.Rg4+ Kh8 44.Re4 Be5 45.Rh4 Bg7 46.Ng5! E.g. if 46...Qb7+ 47.Kh3 Qc8 48.Nxf7+ Kg8 49.Qxc8 Rxc8 50.Nxd6 Ra8 (50...c2?? 51.Nxc8 c1=Q 52.a8=Q and Black has no useful checks) 51.Nb5 with a very favourable endgame. | |||||||
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41. Qd7 |
Around about here Black suggested a draw, an offer I very nearly accepted. I thought I had a bit of an edge, but enough to convert to a win? I took several days, not even looking at the position, thinking about it. But then I recalled Freddy's policy of playing it down to the last resource, and a small thought occurred to me. If Freddy is offering a draw, then, in Freddy's opinion, Black's game ain't looking so good. | |||||||
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41... Kg8 |
If instead 41...Qd8, then 42.Qg4+ Kh8 43.Qf4 ... [a] 43...Kg7 44.Rb7 Qa5 45.Nd4 Re8 46.Qg4+ [b] 43...Bg7 44.Rxf7! [c] 43...Bg5 44.Qe5+ Bf6 45.a8=Q Bxe5 46.Qxd8 Rxd8 47.Nxe5. | |||||||
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42. Qg4+ Kh7 |
If 42...Kh8 43.Qh5 Bg7? 44.Ng5! d4+ 45.Kh3 Kg8 46.Ne6! brings Black's whole game under close assault. Black does better after 43...Kg7 in this line but White has fine chances after 44.Ne5 Bxe5 45.Qxe5+ Kg8 46.Qf6 | |||||||
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43. Qf5+ Kg7 44. h4 |
I really started to think I had a decisive K-side attack coming up, but Freddy shoves a spanner in the works... | |||||||
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44... Qd8 |
Well, that's the end of attack on the K-side, so far as I could see. I had been planning 45.g4; Black's move prevented that. Now it was, once again, Ho! for the Queenside. | |||||||
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45. Rd7 Qe8 46. Qxd5 |
I seriously considered 46.Qg4+ Kh8 47.Nd4 here, but the simple capture on d5 looked after all more promising. At last, I felt that White was making real progess. | |||||||
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46... c3 |
(?) A big surprise! Was this desperation, or an oversight? After this, I knew White had a winning game (see my note to Move 55). | |||||||
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47. a8=Q |
(!) At the end of a glorious career, the hero dies for the sake of his comrades, in the moment of his crowning achievement! Brings tears to your eyes, don't it? | |||||||
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47... Qxa8 48. Rxf7+ |
(!) 'The point', as they say, and the decisive breakthough. The rook is untouchable. | |||||||
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48... Kh8 |
Not 48...Kg8 49.Rxf8+ winning the Queen; and even worse would have been 48...Kg6 49.h5#! | |||||||
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49. Qxa8 Rxa8 50. Rxf6 |
Winning a piece? Not quite, as it happens. That c-pawn has something to say to the matter. | |||||||
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50... Rc8 |
(!) White has to pay a price to stop the c-pawn... | |||||||
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51. Nd4 |
(!) Taking the h-pawn would have been ... well, not disastrous, exactly, but White's winning prospects would have looked a lot skinnier: 51.Rxh6+?? Kg7 52.Re6 c2 53.Re1 c1=Q 54.Rxc1 and the N and 2P would have had a tough struggle to overcome the Rook. | |||||||
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51... c2 52. Ne2 |
Necessary, as taking on c2 woud have yielded Black a check, and a book draw in the rook ending. In view of what was approaching, I wondered if Black would try 52...Re8 with the idea of presenting some technical problems while he still had a couple of pawns, one on the brink of promotion, to play with. | |||||||
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