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ANNOTATED GAME
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niemker (1726) vs. ethansiegel (1801)
Annotated by: ethansiegel
(1986)
Chess opening: QGD (D50), 4.Bg5
niemker (1726) vs. ethansiegel (1801)
Annotated by: ethansiegel
(1986)
Chess opening: QGD (D50), 4.Bg5
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18. Bc4 |
Bxe6 would be very good for white. | ||||||
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18... Nb6 |
Maybe the best defensive move -- threatening to exchange off another attacker and protecting e6. | ||||||
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19. Ne5 |
! Oh, this is good! If white can play Rh6, then Rxg6 followed by Rh6 leads to draw by perpetual check. | ||||||
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19... Kg7 |
I also didn't want to play Nxc4 now, since I felt I wouldn't be able to shake the perpetual. I should've calculated it, though. | ||||||
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20. Rh6 |
Continuing with his plan... | ||||||
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20... Rg8 |
Giving the king a flight square, and preserving winning chances. | ||||||
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21. Rxg6+ Kf8 22. Rf6+ Ke7 |
! Much better than Ke8. White has one more check and then lacks a good follow-up. | ||||||
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23. Rf7+ Ke8 |
Now he's out of checks. How will he continue the attack? | ||||||
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24. f4 |
?! Solidifying his position, but allowing black to exchange off some key pieces... | ||||||
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24... Nxc4 |
Forcing white to recapture, or the knight is next. | ||||||
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25. Qxc4 |
? Not good. Nxc4 hangs the rook, but the fact that it hits black's queen may have been more important. Now black can exchange off the queens... | ||||||
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25... Qb5 |
White admitted to me that he overlooked this move, which really hurts him. With just two pieces, white is going to have to try to get his pawns rolling on the kingside to make anything happen now. | ||||||
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26. Qxb5 cxb5 |
And with just two pieces, there isn't much he can muster in the way of mate threats. All I have to do is develop, and the fact that I'm up a rook will net me a full point. | ||||||
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27. Kf3 |
And here he comes on the kingside. I should point out that I was oblivious to this danger until it was almost too late; I got lucky by realizing my mistake just in time! | ||||||
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27... b6 |
Realizing I have to get my last two pieces into play! This is the last good move I make until move 32... | ||||||
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28. g4 Rf8 |
In hindsight, fxg4 or Rb7 would have both been better. | ||||||
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29. Rh7 |
Note that white allows the g-pawn the freedom to advance. | ||||||
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29... fxg4+ |
Allows the king closer -- black should have definitely played Rb8 with the goal of getting the rook to b7, taking back control of the 7th rank! Black should have also allowed white to take; the black pawn is stronger on f5 than e6 at this point. | ||||||
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30. Kxg4 Rf5 |
?? What am I THINKING here? Those pawns are a danger and I've got to stop them... | ||||||
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31. Kh5 a5 |
??? It's got to be the brain damage. Saving the a-pawn means little here... | ||||||
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