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ANNOTATED GAME
Kidlington Minor (U145) Rd 4
Darrell Watson (1656) vs. Robert Jacobs (1752)
Annotated by: rjacobs
(1691)
Chess opening: King's Indian, 3.Nf3 (E60)
Darrell Watson (1656) vs. Robert Jacobs (1752)
Annotated by: rjacobs
(1691)
Chess opening: King's Indian, 3.Nf3 (E60)
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27. Nf5+ Kh8 |
breaks the pin but sets up potential forks from f7. Still, better than 27...Kf8 28. Qh6+ Ke8 29. Ng7+ Ke7 30. Re3 Nc7 31. Rf3 Nce8 when Black is tangled up in abject defence. | ||||||
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28. Nh6 Rc7 29. Qd2 |
Unexpected but White felt he had better prospects on the queenside now. | ||||||
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29... Nc5 |
Now I felt much better.... | ||||||
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30. Bg2 |
White's bishop returns to defensive duties. | ||||||
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30... Qe7 |
When we analysed the game afterwards, I remembered rejecting capturing on b3 as too risky but couldn't demonstrate why it was. We felt that perhaps I should have played 30....Nxb3 here. ...Qe7 reduces the risk of forks from f7 but leaves the Rb8 undefended. | ||||||
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31. b4 Ncd7 32. Bh3 Ng8 |
Time to get rid of the irritant on h6. | ||||||
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33. Nxg8 Kxg8 34. Rbc1 Rbc8 35. Rxc7 Rxc7 |
Now White's pawn advantage is looking even better. He has more space and more active pieces. How was I going to counter-attack? | ||||||
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36. Rc1 Nf6 |
It was essential not to cede control of the c-file. This move defends the Rc7 while attacking e4. | ||||||
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37. Rxc7 Qxc7 38. Qe3 |
White centralises his Q, defending the pawn. | ||||||
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38... Qc4 |
Offering up the a-pawn for the e-pawn. I was convinced I had to play as actively as possible or lose meekly. | ||||||
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39. f3 Qc7 |
but there seemed nothing better for now than defending the pawn after all. | ||||||
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40. Bf1 Nd7 41. Bb5 Nb6 42. Bc6 |
Looks like a strongpoint but at this stage the B is required for more active play than statically waiting for his pawns to catch up. | ||||||
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42... Nc4 43. Qc3 |
?! allows Black to give check and transform his prospects but White's attacking plans aren't through yet. | ||||||
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43... Qb6+ 44. Kg2 Ne3+ 45. Kh3 Qd4 |
Now if White were to swap, Black would threaten to quickly queen the passed central pawn. | ||||||
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46. Qc1 |
White avoids the swap and reoccupies the c1-h6 diagonal. | ||||||
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46... g5 |
Played with a view to delivering checkmate. | ||||||
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47. Bd7 |
back onto the Bishop's best diagonal. | ||||||
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47... h5 48. Qc8+ |
and enabling White's Q to commence his own mating attack. | ||||||
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48... Kg7 49. Qd8 g4+ 50. Kh4 gxf3 |
Now White has to keep checking to stop Black from winning. | ||||||
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51. Qg5+ Kf8 52. Qd8+ Kg7 |
Black implicitly offers a draw by repetition. | ||||||
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