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ANNOTATED GAME
Pacific Coast Open
bakerbaker (1750) vs. Michael Yee (1900)
Annotated by: bakerbaker (1200)
Chess opening: Sicilian (B22), Alapin's variation (2.c3)
bakerbaker (1750) vs. Michael Yee (1900)
Annotated by: bakerbaker (1200)
Chess opening: Sicilian (B22), Alapin's variation (2.c3)
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21... Qxe5 |
This is the only move. | |||||||||
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22. Bf4 |
Now that the knight is gone then there is no more threat of Nc6 so the knight is secure on f6 now. So Bf4 shifts to another diagonal. I only had about 30 minutes in this position. After I play b4 black will have no way of making progress. | |||||||||
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22... Qd5 |
Gets the Queen out of the way. | |||||||||
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23. b4 |
Secures my passed pawn and since I was low on time, I gave my self the option of playing anything. | |||||||||
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23... Qxd2 |
Trades queens hoping for a drawish endgame. | |||||||||
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24. Bxd2 |
The only move. | |||||||||
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24... Nd5 |
develops the knight in the centre and prepares to put his bishop on f6 which would control an awesome diagonal. | |||||||||
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25. Be4 |
Puts the Bishop in the center and attacking the centralized knight. If he recaptures with the e pawn then my position will be winning. | |||||||||
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25... Rfd8 |
Defends the knight so the e-pawn doesn't have to recapture. | |||||||||
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26. Rc2 |
I only had 10 minutes in this position and I wanted to make time control at 40 moves. I was afraid of Bf6 Bb2. And if I played Rfd1 Bf6 Rc2 then I was scared of Nc3! which wouldve won. | |||||||||
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26... Bf6 |
Takes control on a strong diagonal. | |||||||||
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27. Rb1 |
It has the hidden idea of g3 followed by Bg2 Bf1 and a4. | |||||||||
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27... Rc7 28. Rbc1 |
I was desperately trying to make time control here with less than 5 minutes on my clock. I knew there was no danger except for Rd1 so I just made a move. | |||||||||
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28... Rc6 |
Stops the progress of my c-pawn. | |||||||||
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29. Kf1 |
Another quick move, this move has the purpose of bringing my king to the center. In the endgame the king is an attacking piece worth almost as much as a rook. | |||||||||
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29... Kg7 30. Ke2 h6 31. Rd1 |
Black has nothing here. He is making pointless moves, but he has nothing he can do to make progress. | |||||||||
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31... Rc7 32. g3 |
This move has the idea of Bf4 also the idea of dropping the bishop back to g2 if I have to. | |||||||||
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32... Rcd7 |
Doubling the rooks on the d-file. This move is bad because I that white can win with precise play here. | |||||||||
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33. c6 |
Finally c6! making progress with a tempo. | |||||||||
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33... Rc7 |
Rc7 is forced b/c if Rd6 then the variation is winning after c7 Rc8 Bxd5 Rxd5 Be3 with the idea of Bb6 and bringing my rook to d8. | |||||||||
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