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ANNOTATED GAME
Team match
tag1153 (1522) vs. manhattan (1516)
Annotated by: tag1153
(1700)
Chess opening: Nimzo-Indian defence (E20)
tag1153 (1522) vs. manhattan (1516)
Annotated by: tag1153
(1700)
Chess opening: Nimzo-Indian defence (E20)
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24... Bd8 |
Notice that black is no imminent danger, but his pieces are rather restricted. | ||||||
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25. Nb4 Ne7 26. Na6 |
! Strong. This posting proves effective for the duration of the game. | ||||||
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26... Kh7 27. f4 |
Sensing that d6 can be weakened after 27...exf4 28. Bxf4. | ||||||
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27... f6 |
Black probably sees my idea, and thwarts it easily. The catch is, he has further restricted his Ne8. | ||||||
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28. f5 |
Continuing to squeeze the position. | ||||||
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28... Kg8 29. Ra2 |
C file here I come:) | ||||||
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29... Kf7 30. Rac2 Kg8 31. Na3 |
Welcoming the exchange. I can come out even and still own the c file. | ||||||
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31... Rxc2 32. Rxc2 Rc8 33. Rxc8 Bxc8 |
I had calculated he would have recaptured with the queen. | ||||||
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34. Nb4 |
Seeing a 3-1 pawn advantage on the queenside after an exchange of knights on c6. | ||||||
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34... Bd7 |
As usual, my good friend manhattan can read my mind. | ||||||
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35. h4 |
With dreams of pawns on g4 and h5 to totally lock the kingside. | ||||||
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35... Qc7 |
Obviously, there is no way I allow black to retake my c file...... | ||||||
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36. Qc4 Qxc4 37. Nxc4 |
At this point, all of my efforts go into pushing up the queenside. It may seem a bit odd, but in retrospect black's best defensive piece is now his king, and he has a way to go to get over to the action. Both of black's bishops are weak, and the time needed to get a knight to b7, then to a5 (getting behind me) is just far too great. Black digs in, and hopes to win back the pawn he lost earlier by doubling up his attack on one of my pawns. Which one, at this point, is still unclear to me. | ||||||
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37... Nc8 38. Nc6 Bc7 |
Perhaps trading his weakend bishop for my knight may have been the play here.... | ||||||
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39. Bd2 |
I see action on a5 on the horizon. | ||||||
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39... Kf7 40. a5 bxa5 41. Bxa5 Bxa5 42. Nc4xa5 |
This game is all about my passed pawn. Can I push it? Can he stop it? | ||||||
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42... Nc7 43. Nb7 g6 |
With my queenside advance temporarily stalled, manhattan pushes on the other side. | ||||||
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44. g4 gxf5 45. gxf5 Ke8 |
Maybe Be8 was better, with the idea of getting it to h5. | ||||||
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46. Kf2 |
I figure I'm gonna need His Majesty in the attack eventually, so I better get him moving. | ||||||
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46... Kf7 47. Nbd8+ |
This check was designed to push black's king even further away from the queenside. | ||||||
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