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ANNOTATED GAME
sovera's mini-tournament
mossberg4570 (1957) vs. sovera (1862)
Annotated by: mossberg4570 (1996)
Chess opening: Sicilian (B77), dragon, Yugoslav attack, 9.Bc4
mossberg4570 (1957) vs. sovera (1862)
Annotated by: mossberg4570 (1996)
Chess opening: Sicilian (B77), dragon, Yugoslav attack, 9.Bc4
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34... gxf5 35. gxf5 Rb6 36. Rh2 |
c3 was playable, but this is more active. | ||||
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36... Rf6 |
Black is obviously rudderless (not to mention hogtied). | ||||
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37. Ke5 |
The rook vacates the crictical e5 square, and the king occupies it. The e5 square is the fulcrum of my position, and my pieces gain strength by occupying it. The king is extremely strong here. | ||||
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37... Bc6 38. Rh3 |
Played with the intention of capturing Rxb3, if after playing b4, black plays axb3 e.p. The white rook seeks the 7th rank, where it will drive the enemy king back. The clearest path to the 7th rank is through the b file. | ||||
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38... Bd7 39. Rc3 |
...Or I can use the c-file. If the rook is allowed to go to c7, pinning the bishop against the king, I simply win the bishop outright. The king would be forced to go to e7, where Rxd7 Kxd7 would allow Kxf6. | ||||
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39... Bc6 |
So black has to block the c file. | ||||
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40. b4 axb3 e.p. |
forced. | ||||
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41. Rxb3 h5 |
I spent a long time on this position. I had winning chances, but I kept finding drawn positions (mostly K P R vs K R). However, there're a number of tricky areas on the way. One misstep by black and I should win. | ||||
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42. a4 |
The pawn is immune. If Bxa4, Rxb7 forces the king away from the defense of the rook, and my king captures it. The poor bishop is overworked. A simple removal of the guard (NxB) will cause black's queenside to collapse. | ||||
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42... Rh6 43. a5 h4 |
Time to strike. | ||||
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44. Nxc6 |
Here's the first test for black. Rxc6 Bxb7 K<any> And I can capture either the d5 pawn or bring my rook to h7. These lines all lead to a draw, I believe. The knight stayed on d4 for 26 moves. It had moss growing on it. It put down roots on d4. | ||||
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44... bxc6 |
And here's black's critical error. I simply believe black didn't look far enough ahead to see what the result of this recapture would be. | ||||
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45. Rb7+ |
First order of buisness: drive the enemy king to the back rank. | ||||
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45... Ke8 |
Now I threaten mate by simply queening my a pawn. | ||||
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46. a6 c5 |
I have a neat little resource to block the black rook's access to the queenside. I believe black missed it completely when deciding to play 44...bxc6 instead of 44...Rxc6. | ||||
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47. f6 |
And there we go. The black rook can't get to the queenside fast enough. If 47... Rg6 48. a7 Rg1/Rg3, 49. a8=Q#. If the black rook moves to h7, I simply capture it. If the rook goes to h8, it's out of position and unable to prevent the queening of my a pawn. Rh5 slows things down, but black's own pawns block the rook, and after Ke6, I'm immune to checks (aside from Re5 , which doesn't help in the long run). Black resigned with grace, offering me a personal note of congratulations. | ||||
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