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ANNOTATED GAME
2 Sacrificed Queens in 29 Move Game
nenad369 vs. rich_sposato
Annotated by: rich_sposato
(1823)
Chess opening: KGA (C35), Cunningham defence
nenad369 vs. rich_sposato
Annotated by: rich_sposato
(1823)
Chess opening: KGA (C35), Cunningham defence
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23... Nd3+ |
Knight forks king and rook! The black queen is exposed to attack, but that doesn't matter since white's king is under attack and the black queen is free to move! This was the true purpose of advancing the pawn to c4 - to give the knight a perch from where it can check the king. If Kb1, then Nxe1, followed by Rxe1 Qxe1 with white down two rooks. The same happens if Kc2 or Kd2. | ||||
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24. Qxd3 |
The only way for white to avoid losing two rooks with nothing in return is to sacrifice a queen! | ||||
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24... Qxe1+ |
Black doesn't accept white's sacrifice just yet. Instead black sacrifices his own queen instead! If white moves the king to c2 now, black picks off the other rook as a prize. If Qd2 blocks, then a series of exchanges on e1 leaves black ahead with two rooks against two bishops. (Qxe1 followed by Rxe1 and Bxe1 and Kxe1 and Rd8+.) No move leads to a good outcome for white. | ||||
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25. Rxe1 |
White accepts the queen sacrifice and appears to have material superiority. (Actually white does not have effective material superiority since the white queen is ready to be taken and both bishops are too far from the action to influence events.) | ||||
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25... Rxe1+ |
Black follows by taking white's other rook. The king is in check again. | ||||
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26. Kc2 |
King moves to temporary safety. | ||||
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26... cxd3+ |
Black finally accepts white's sacrificed queen and just in time to put king in check yet again. | ||||
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27. Kxd3 |
If the king moved to b3 instead, then black would counter with Bd1+, king moves to b4 followed by Re4+ which forces white to lose the dark square bishop. If the king moved to d2 to block the pawn on d3, then white would move Rd1+, Ke3 Re8+ followed soon by mate. White's best option here was probably to avenge the queen by taking the pawn. | ||||
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27... Rd8+ |
Moving the rook to d8 pushes the king back into a corner. | ||||
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28. Kc2 |
King moves to temporary safety. | ||||
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28... Bd1+ |
The bishop sets the king up for a discovered check. | ||||
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29. Kc1 |
King only has 2 options left. One leads to checkmate in 1 move. The other leads to checkmate in a few more moves. (Kb1 Ba4+ then Bc1 to block followed by Rd8d1 to line up the rooks for mate. White would only have a few delaying tactics after that.) | ||||
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29... Ba4# |
The game ends with a discovered checkmate! | ||||
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