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ANNOTATED GAME
Online G/10 tournament
bakerbaker (1776) vs. fathermcgree (1565)
Annotated by: bakerbaker (1200)
Chess opening: King's knight's gambit (C34)
bakerbaker (1776) vs. fathermcgree (1565)
Annotated by: bakerbaker (1200)
Chess opening: King's knight's gambit (C34)
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13. Qh4 |
Playing e5 only complicates the game. I am much more comfortable placing my pieces in strong attacking positions, while Black's position is still frozen. | ||||||
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13... Nbd7 |
All Black can do is defend. | ||||||
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14. Rf3 |
Since Nbd7 blocks Black's bishop, I can threaten to play Rh3!! totally crushing. | ||||||
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14... Nf8 |
This stops the crushing Rh3, while bringing another defender to Black's king. | ||||||
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15. Bxf6 |
I weaken Black's kingside pawn structure, further exposing Black's king to attack. | ||||||
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15... gxf6 16. Raf1 |
I do not want to waste a move taking a free pawn, when I'm still down a knight. Black can try to complicate things with f5, but I have Rg3 Ng6 QxQ RxQ exf5 totally winning for White. | ||||||
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16... Ng6 |
Black wants me to take on f6, so that he can trade queens and end my attack. | ||||||
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17. Qh6 |
Now Black's king cannot escape the kingside, and I must carefully maneuver to finish off Black, without screwing up my attack. | ||||||
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17... Re7 |
This move predefends f7 against moves like Rxf6, while also threatening to play Qf8, which ends my attack. | ||||||
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18. Rf3xf6 |
Now if Qf8?? I have Rxg6!! | ||||||
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18... c5 |
Black is desperate for counterplay. | ||||||
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19. e5 |
If Black takes e5 or d4, then I have Bxg6! | ||||||
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19... Nf8 |
Black has defended all my tactical threats here, but I have one crushing move. | ||||||
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20. Rf1f3 |
This threatens Rg3 in which Black will have to play Ng6, still allowing Bxg6. Although I could take on d6, it would only stall my attack, and I don't need to worry about free pawns, since my goal is to mate Black's king. Notice how all my pieces are well coordinated in attacking Black, while Black's pieces are undeveloped, or struggling to defend. | ||||||
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20... Bg4 |
I think this is the only move Black has. | ||||||
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21. Rg3 |
Now I'm totally winning, since Black cannot properly block the g-file, and his king still cannot escape. All the result of my sacrifice which froze Black's position. | ||||||
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21... Qd7 |
I almost played h3 in this position, when I realized I had a much quicker way to win. | ||||||
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22. e6 |
This pawn push cuts off the queen's diagonal to the bishop, so Black will lose a lot of material or get mated. | ||||||
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22... fxe6 |
Black clears the 7th rank to defend with Rg7, since 22...Rxe6 leads to 23.Rxg4 Ng6 24.Bxg6 and Black will get mated, like if 24...Rxf6 then 25.Bh7 Kh8 26.Bg8 Qh7 27.Qxh7# Or if 24...fxg6 then 25.Rxg6 Qg7 26.Qxg7# | ||||||
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23. Rxg4+ Rg7 24. Rxf8+ |
Now Black can resign because of this last finishing tactic. If Kxf8, then Qh8 is crushing with all sorts of tactics. | ||||||
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