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ANNOTATED GAME
My first annotation
davidtanner (1575) vs. BWEM (1687)
Annotated by: bwem (1716)
Chess opening: Reti opening (A06)
davidtanner (1575) vs. BWEM (1687)
Annotated by: bwem (1716)
Chess opening: Reti opening (A06)
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34. Bh4 Ra8 35. Bxe7 Qxe7 36. Rba1 Ne6 37. Rfc1 Be8 38. Nb4 c5 39. Nd5 Qb7 |
Perhaps putting her majesty into a pin was not the best choice, but neither could I do Qd7 due to Nb6. | ||||
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40. Nc3 |
Ends the long-standing pin on my g-pawn. My question #1 for any reader... is Qe5 better for white? 40...Rd8 stops the fork from winning material, but wouldn't trading off be better for white? I feel as if my c-pawn would be easily captured after some trades occur. Anyone? | ||||
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40... Rb8 |
Nd6 perhaps would reduce amount of traded material. But it's alright, because David doesn't seem to want to trade. I don't know why. | ||||
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41. a4 |
again, same thing: does Nxb5 followed by Qe5 confer some advantage? | ||||
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41... Nxc3 |
If Qxb7 then Nxe2+ Kf2 Rxb7 Kxe2 and I'm up. Handy to ensure the queens are kept on the board for me. | ||||
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42. Qxc3 h6 |
I don't want a power struggle for g7 thank you very much. | ||||
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43. g4 |
Now after my share of errors, I'm finally done with college applications and can think about the game more. As we transition into my best phase, the endgame, David starts to make errors. perhaps mistake #1 was opening up his king here. I still have over half my pieces. | ||||
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43... fxg4 44. Bxg4 Qd5 45. Bxe6 |
Greedy. Qc4 is fine. This way I start to dominate. | ||||
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45... Qxe6 46. Qxc5 Qg4+ 47. Kf1 Bxh5 48. Ra2 |
Annoying. Covers his second rank. However this leaves his rooks unguarded and I can potentially use this to my advantage. | ||||
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48... Rd8 |
This or Qh4 both threaten the same thing: mate. | ||||
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49. f3 |
Necessary. Not much else can deal with Qh3+. Perhaps f4 would have been better. | ||||
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49... Qxf3+ |
The incorrect choice, although it doesn't really matter. Qh3 is more secure and gets it done faster by getting my bishop on f3. | ||||
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50. Kg1 Rd5 |
This is why I decided to annotate this game. I won't even post any analysis of this, as a) I didn't do enough, and b)I will leave it up to the reader. Question #2: Is this sound? | ||||
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51. Qc8+ |
He apparently decided it was sound. This is a shame, because he will now die quickly. | ||||
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51... Kh7 52. Rcc2 |
Rg2 at least saves him for a little bit. | ||||
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52... Rd1+ |
The kill is made. | ||||
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53. Kh2 Rh1# |
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