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ANNOTATED GAME
What Makes A Bishop Bad?
bwaa (??) vs. finicius (??)
Annotated by: bwaa
(1873)
Chess opening: English, 1...Nf6 (Anglo-Indian defense) (A15)
bwaa (??) vs. finicius (??)
Annotated by: bwaa
(1873)
Chess opening: English, 1...Nf6 (Anglo-Indian defense) (A15)
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34. Bb5 Nc7 35. Bd7 g5 36. f5 |
For now, the g-pawn is pinned to the Bishop it was trying to free, so I take the chance to lock the kingside down further as I get ready to march, or rather crawl, to victory on the opposite flank. | |||||
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36... Kf8 37. Ba5 |
I can trap the Knight if it decides to stick around. Otherwise, I can drive it off and queen the a-pawn with ease. | |||||
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37... Na6 |
The valiant Knight chooses death. | |||||
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38. Bc8 Nb4 |
38...Nb8 39. Bc7 is no better. The text line at least breaks up the pawns on Black's terms. | |||||
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39. axb4 cxb4 40. Bxb4 Ke7 41. g4 |
Black's DSB has done next to nothing all game, and now its position is even more hopeless than ever. | |||||
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41... Bf8 |
This is the only spot it might still see use. | |||||
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42. Kf3 |
d4 is indefensible. | |||||
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42... Kd8 43. Be6 Kc7 44. Ke4 Kb6 45. Kxd4 Be7 46. Kc3 |
I start to end-around all the debris on the board to get into position to force a pawn through. | |||||
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46... h6 |
Black is just marking time. | |||||
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47. d4 Bf8 48. Kb3 Be7 49. Ka4 Bf8 50. Ba5+ |
This is the beginning of the end, as I slowly drive the BK away. | |||||
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50... Ka6 51. Bc8+ Ka7 52. Kb5 Kb8 53. Bd7 Ka7 |
It's about here that I realize that I might not need to promote--I can finagle a KBB mate right here in this tiny corner, as long as I don't screw up too badly--the timer is running out fast. | |||||
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54. Bb6+ Kb7 55. Bd8 |
I can't let the BK out of this corner or the mate's off. | |||||
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55... Bg7 |
Black is (as he has been) out of options. | |||||
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56. Bc6+ Kc8 57. Be7 Kc7 58. c5 |
The King is stuck, the Bishop is helpless, and pawns are coming. | |||||
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58... dxc5 59. dxc5 Kc8 60. d6 h5 61. gxh5 |
? This is needless; correct is 61. Kb6 hxg4 62. d7+ Kb8 63. Bd6# | |||||
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61... Bh8 62. h3 |
? Again, just wasting time trying to prevent Black from pushing his pawns when there's a mate in three sitting right there. | |||||
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62... Bg7 63. Kb6 |
Finally, I get around to it. | |||||
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63... Bh8 64. d7+ Kb8 65. Bd6# |
And so, this tortuous tale of positional pandemonium comes to an end. This was certainly one of the longest (number-of-moves-wise) blitz games I've played on Gameknot, and while not exactly clean, it was certainly fun to play and interesting to analyze. Thanks again to finicius for this game! Comments on the analysis or on the game itself are much appreciated (and if you leave a low rating, please tell me what I can improve!). Thanks for reading; hope you enjoyed it! | |||||
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