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ANNOTATED GAME
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maugcy (1200) vs. elnur_r (1376)
Annotated by: alloutwin (1200)
Chess opening: Queen's pawn (A46), Torre attack
maugcy (1200) vs. elnur_r (1376)
Annotated by: alloutwin (1200)
Chess opening: Queen's pawn (A46), Torre attack
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18. f4 |
White continues to expand on the kingside. This is a move i would hardly even consider, with such an open king white would be better to plan an escape route with possibly 18. Rfe8 allowing the bishop to move to f1-g2 and allowing the king to run across the back line in case black moves in behind the over extended pawns | ||||||
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18... Qh3 |
A penetrating move by black, and whites position is starting to look very shaky. This could have been averted by the rook move as Bf1 drives away the queen. | ||||||
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19. Qe3 |
Defending the g3 pawn | ||||||
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19... Rfe8 |
A surprising slow move from black, I think 19...Nh5 opens a number of threats 1) 20. Nxg3, followed by a possible Qh1 causing some major problems 2) 20. exf4 Rxf4 (if gxf4 Qxe3) winning the exchange 3) 20. Qxg3 winning the pawn | ||||||
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20. f5 |
Better would have been Rad1, looking to counter attack the centre against the flank attack. This pawn push however leaves white with a weak backward pawn on e4, which will prove costly. | ||||||
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20... cxd5 |
The first of the exchanges, the backward e-pawn has to defend both d and f pawns which is impossible. | ||||||
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21. exd5 |
taking the pawn back but leaving the f-pawn undefended. Better would have been fxg6 hoping to make the position rather messy and difficult to calculate, the played move is very easy to play against. | ||||||
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21... gxf5 |
Wins the pawn, and threatens f4 winning another pawn. | ||||||
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22. Nb5 |
A careless move, white gets distracted and attacks the queenside, overlooking the much greater threat to his kingside. A simple reatreat of the queen to f2 may have given him a fighting chance of defending. | ||||||
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22... f4 |
The pawn cannot take the f-pawn as white will lose his queen, and black is now able to push the pawn through to g3 helping the queen set up checkmate threats. | ||||||
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23. Qf3 fxg3 |
Black threatens the immediate Qh2# | ||||||
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24. Qg2 |
Defending the threat | ||||||
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24... Qxh4 |
Picking up an extra pawn, and keeps the queen lurking near the king. My instinct would be to trade queens and force a winning endgame, however black hopes for a checkmate before the endgame. | ||||||
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25. Nc7 |
Winning the exchange, but leaving his king very vulnerable, black won't mind losing the exchange as he now has good winning chances. | ||||||
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25... Qd4+ 26. Kh1 Ne4 |
A good plan, bringing in more pieces instead of just checking and moving the king around. The threat is Nf2 , setting up a discovered check | ||||||
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27. Nxe8 |
Unable to block the threat white grabs the material, however it looks very bad for white even if he survives the coming attack black has passed pawns on the e and h files, so white will certainly lose an endgame. | ||||||
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27... Nf2+ 28. Kg1 Rxe8 |
Another slow move from black, although he's still winning easily. Better would have been 28...Nh3 29. Kh1 Qh4, setting up a discovered check that will result in white losing his queen or being checkmated. | ||||||
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29. c3 |
A final weak move from white, possible is Qf3, preventing the previously mentioned combination, but probably losing the exchange. | ||||||
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29... Nh3+ |
Black plays the combination on the second chance | ||||||
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30. Kh1 Qh4 31. Qf3 |
Another blunder giving black an easy checkmate, but anything else allows Nf4 winning the queen and inevitably the game. | ||||||
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