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ANNOTATED GAME
22nd GK tournament
omwatson (1567) vs. tag1153 (1366)
Annotated by: tag1153
(1722)
Chess opening: Scandinavian defence, Lasker variation (B01)
omwatson (1567) vs. tag1153 (1366)
Annotated by: tag1153
(1722)
Chess opening: Scandinavian defence, Lasker variation (B01)
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17. Re1 |
Seeking control of the e file. | ||||||
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17... Rfe8 |
Black seeks the same. | ||||||
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18. Qd2 Bd6 19. Kg2 Re7 |
With the aim of bolstering by moving the other rook to e8. | ||||||
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20. Bf3 Rae8 21. Rxe7 |
A little surprising, as I expected my opponent to manuever for a f pawn push. | ||||||
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21... Rxe7 22. Re1 |
Now black is faced with a problem. Get all the rooks off the board? If so, the e file will be temporarily lost. Better instead is to punish white's problem piece, the Bf3. | ||||||
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22... Ne5 23. Bxe5 |
Bd1 was better. | ||||||
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23... Rxe5 |
Black now sees the bishop pair advantage on the horizon, and presses for it. | ||||||
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24. Rxe5 Bxe5 25. c3 b6 26. d4 Bd6 27. a4 |
With dreams of trading off this isolated pawn while punching a hole in black's chain. | ||||||
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27... a5 |
Black sees this, and stops it immediately. | ||||||
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28. Qe3 |
White now moves to control the e file. Obviously, this cannot be allowed. Black has a pawn advantge and the bishop pair, so exchanging queens usually is a good idea at this point. | ||||||
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28... Qe7 29. Qd2 |
My opponent is too crafty to oblige:) | ||||||
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29... Be4 |
! Strong move. I was hoping white would be willing to exchange bishops here, as 30. BxB QxB 31. f3 Qb1 was pretty strong. I had about a dozen conditional moves programmed in if he went for it. But an opponent of this strength surely saw this coming, and sidestepped it nicely. | ||||||
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30. Qd1 Bf4 |
The goal here was to get a threat on white's c pawn at some point. | ||||||
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31. Bxe4 |
? White chooses to trade down, which I questioned. Now black can get aggressive with a check tempo. | ||||||
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31... Qxe4+ 32. Qf3 Qxf3+ 33. Kxf3 Bd6 |
And the endgame arrives.I gotta say, I was liking my chances here. I felt that I had assured at least a draw, and victory was a distinct possibility. The error by my opponent on move 8 which lost a pawn now really comes into play. The only problem is, how to punish it? | ||||||
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34. Nd2 c5 |
A little aggressive, as black gains an isolated pawn. It is safely protected (for a time anyway) by the bishop behind it and a king that can get there quick. | ||||||
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35. dxc5 Bxc5 36. Ke2 |
Seeing the 3-2 pawn advantage black has, and trying to get over to the queenside to defend. | ||||||
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36... f6 |
Slowly pushing up, and wanting to get my king to e6 to re-evaluate his own intentions. | ||||||
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37. f4 Kf7 38. Kd3 Ke6 39. c4 |
White throws all of chips in the pot and attacks. I'm guessing he was counting on getting his king to b5 after exchanging the remaining minor pieces, and hopefully winning the race to promote his a pawn before I could get my king behind his remaining pawns. | ||||||
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39... dxc4+ 40. Kxc4 |
Correct. My opponent now aims to exchange his knight for my bishop by Ne4 or Nb3. | ||||||
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