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ANNOTATED GAME
Southern Chess Fall Invitational 2006
ethansiegel (1812) vs. nicolso (1465)
Annotated by: ethansiegel
(1986)
Chess opening: Greco defence (C40)
ethansiegel (1812) vs. nicolso (1465)
Annotated by: ethansiegel
(1986)
Chess opening: Greco defence (C40)
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27. Qa6 |
The f1 square had to be defended, or black threatened 27. ... R5f1 28. R(any)xf1 Rxf1 29. Rxf1 g2 , winning. | ||||||||
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27... Rg8 |
Now g2 needs to be defended, or 28. ... g2 29. Rxg2 Qxg2# is checkmate. | ||||||||
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28. Qe2 |
White's best defensive move (the other option was Rg2). | ||||||||
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28... Re8 |
Another nasty pin. But possibly the winning move was Re5, since after 29. Qf3 (the only way to defend g2 and e3 while stepping out of the pin), Rxe3 wins. | ||||||||
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29. Qd3 |
This is a good move, since there's no more mate threat on g2, and this is an effective pin of the Rf5 to the queen and king. | ||||||||
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29... Qh5 |
Threatens mate on h2, but this is easily defended by Rg2. Black may win a pawn again, but the pin on the Rf5 is more important than he thinks. | ||||||||
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30. Rg2 Rd8 |
? After all of black's play, this move costs him everything. Black thinks he's going to get a great discovered attack on the queen after Bc7 or Be7, but in reality, he's just stepped INTO a brutal pin. And this is because... | ||||||||
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31. Bxc5 |
! The rook on f5 is stuck, and a recapture with the bishop would leave the rook on d8 hanging! At this point, I thought Bc7 offered black the most chances, but he chose to go to an inferior endgame with... | ||||||||
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31... Qf3 |
? Perhaps overlooking that after exchanges of the queens... | ||||||||
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32. Qxf3 Rxf3 33. Bxd6 |
...white can exchange off the two minors... | ||||||||
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33... Rxd6 34. Rxg3 |
And win another pawn, giving him a decisive endgame advantage. | ||||||||
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34... Rf2 |
Black fights on for 25 more moves, and white almost blows it AGAIN, but right now white has a huge edge, and, in fact, threatens mate with his next move... | ||||||||
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35. Rag1 |
But this is easily parried and is unproductive for white. | ||||||||
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35... h5 36. Rg3g2 |
Getting the rook off of the second rank... | ||||||||
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36... Rxg2 37. Rxg2 Rd1+ 38. Rg1 Rd2 |
Where it's replaced by his brother. At this point, I should have remembered my endgame principles, put the rook behind the c-pawn, and just marched to victory. Instead, I made it... er... exciting. | ||||||||
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39. Rb1 |
? Why would I want to hold on to a second pawn? If I played Rc1 here and just started pushing, black could've played Rxb1, Rxa1, Rb1, and pushed the a-pawn all he wanted -- I would've gotten there first. | ||||||||
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39... h4 |
Still not too late for me to play Rc1... | ||||||||
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40. a4 |
Geez, it's like I'm trying not to win. | ||||||||
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40... Rc2 |
Well, black knows what to do. The best place to put a rook is behind a passed pawn, no? | ||||||||
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41. Re1 |
"threatening" Re7 , forking king and pawn. Do I even realize that if black plays h3 and I move the rook, Rc1 is checkmate? | ||||||||
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