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ANNOTATED GAME
charleshiggie's mini-tournament IX
charleshiggie (2094) vs. jstevens1 (1798)
Annotated by: charleshiggie
(2222)
Chess opening: QGA (D20), 3.e4
charleshiggie (2094) vs. jstevens1 (1798)
Annotated by: charleshiggie
(2222)
Chess opening: QGA (D20), 3.e4
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21. Rc1 |
And now white threatens c7 again, for another direction. | |||||
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21... c6 |
This loses, it is mate in 5 now. Computer recommends Qb6 21. Rxc7+ Qxc7 22. Bxc7 Kxc7 23. Qc3+ Kd6 24. Qe5+ Kc6 25. b4 Rf5 26. b5+ Kb6 27. Qd4+ Ka5 28. Rxd7 Rxb5 29. Qc3+ Kb6 30. Qxd3 although white is clearly winning here. | |||||
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22. Rxd7 |
The winning sacrifice. White threatens Qxb7 mate. Other defences, such as Rb8, b6 or b5 also lead to mate just as quickly - see http://gameknot.com/chess-puzzle.pl?pz=30122 | |||||
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22... Kxd7 |
So black may as well take. | |||||
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23. Qxb7+ |
but now the black king is dreadfully exposed. | |||||
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23... Ke6 |
Retreating doesn't help. If Ke8, Re1 or Kd8 Qc7. The game is up! | |||||
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24. Rxc6+ |
You may be forgiven for thinking I was going out to win her queen, but I had a bigger fish to fry! | |||||
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24... Kf5 |
So the king keeps running. | |||||
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25. Qb5+ |
And now it is mate next move. Black resigned. I hope you liked the game. Please leave a comment or two and please don't forget to rate my annotation! | |||||
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