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ANNOTATED GAME
Round 8 of San Diego Championships
bakerbaker (1795) vs. Varun (1856)
Annotated by: bakerbaker (1200)
Chess opening: Sicilian (B22), 2.c3, Heidenfeld variation
bakerbaker (1795) vs. Varun (1856)
Annotated by: bakerbaker (1200)
Chess opening: Sicilian (B22), 2.c3, Heidenfeld variation
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13. hxg5+ |
Wherever Black goes, I have forced mate due to my incredibly strong queen and rook. | ||||
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13... Kg6 |
Black probably saw that Kg8 leads to Qh5 threatening mate, and he cannot escape with f5 (intending Kf7), because I can simply play g6 and lock the king in to be mated. But whenever someone exposes their king on an open board with a lot of pieces, they're likely to get mated anyway. | ||||
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14. Qh5+ |
I didn't calculate this forced mate possibility when I sacrificed my bishop, I only calculated if Black goes to g8. I simply knew that there had to be a forced mate if Black exposes his king this early in the game, so there wasn't much need for calculation, although I probably should've calculated just to be safe, but whatever, mate is mate, calculated or uncalculated. | ||||
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14... Kf5 |
Now I have mate in 2. It's only the 14th move and Black is already running for his life. That's what the power of a bishop sacrifice on h7 (or h2) can do. | ||||
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15. Qh3+ |
I probably have a lot of other forced mates here, but this one I think is the quickest way to mate. | ||||
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15... Ke4 |
Black's only other move was 15...Kg6, in which 16.Qh7 is mate. | ||||
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16. Qf3# |
The position of Black's mated king is laughable. | ||||
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