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ANNOTATED GAME
Truth and Consequences.
johnsmith95 (1244) vs. simonv45 (1460)
Annotated by: archduke_piccolo
(2334)
Chess opening: Giuoco piano (C55), Rosentreter variation
johnsmith95 (1244) vs. simonv45 (1460)
Annotated by: archduke_piccolo
(2334)
Chess opening: Giuoco piano (C55), Rosentreter variation
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25. Kg1 |
Obviates the K-Q fork after ...Nxe4; fxe4 Bxe4ch. It is hard to see that White had anything better available. | |||||
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25... Re7 |
Arming himself against surprises along the second rank. Circumspection - for good or ill - seems to be a feature of Black's play in this game. However, attempted aggression by 25...Nxe4 (hoping for 26.fxe4 Bxe4 27.Qa1 Qd3) would have come unstuck by 26.Rc7ch or 27.Rc7ch. By playing as he has, Black now threatens 25...Nxe4 for real once more. | |||||
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26. Rc3 Nd7 |
Another redeployment, back to e5. Black has directed a lot of his play very effectively about the central dark squares. Though his tactics have been less than optimal, his positional feel looks pretty good to me. | |||||
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27. Rfc1 |
Hoping the open file will yield something... | |||||
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27... Ne5 28. Rc3c7 |
(??) Overlooking the lack of protection available for the pawn at f3. This is the turning point of the game, as up to here White has been more or less holding his own. With 28.Qc2 - trebling the pieces on the c-file - he might have found enough counter-play to cause Black to wonder how he was going to make any more progress. | |||||
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28... Nxf3+ |
(!) This is one of those situations in which there is more than one good move available. The text is obvious, and obviously fine; but equally effective would have been 28...Qe2! | |||||
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29. Kf2 Nd2 |
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30. Rxe7+ |
Superficially this looks OK, but maybe 30.Qc2 ought still to have been preferred, though after 30...Nxe4ch 31.Kg2 Qxd5 White runs out of play: 32.Rxe7ch Kxe7 33.Qxc7ch Kf8 34.Qc8ch Be8. | |||||
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30... Kxe7 31. Rc7+ Kd8 32. Qc1 Nxe4+ |
Although White is threatening a quick counter-attack, Black coolly carries on his own scheme. | |||||
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33. Ke3 |
Safer was 32.Kg1. Black can make use of the White King's vulnerability on the central squares. | |||||
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33... Nc5 |
Cutting off the communications between White's Q and R. The latter has but one square available to it. | |||||
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34. Rg7 |
Only move to save the rook... | |||||
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34... Qd3+ |
0-1. At this point, feeling that the situation had become hopeless, White resigned. Now, from an objective point of view, Black did indeed have a winning game here. It seems likely that Black has a forced mate after 35.Kf2, though it's not easy to find, given the wealth of possibilities, e.g. this 'sample' line: 35...Ne4ch 36.Ke1 Qg3ch 37.Ke2 Qf2ch 38.Kd3 Nc5ch 39.Kc3 Qf3ch 40.Kd2 Qf4ch 41.Kd1 Qf1ch 42.Kd2 Ne4ch 43.Kc2 Qe2ch and now [A] 44.Kb1 Nd2ch 45.Ka1 Nb3ch 46.axb3 Qa6#; or [B] 44.Kb3 Qd3ch 45.Ka4 Nc5ch and White has to give up his Queen to avert mate. More clear cut, perhaps, is 35.Kf4, but Black has to find 35...Qe2! 36.Rg8ch (the only move to save mate) 36...Be8 37.Qe3 ... (a counter-threat!) 37...Nd3ch 38.Ke4 Nf2ch 39.Kd4 Qxb2ch and now White exchanges Queens: 40.Qc3 Qxc3 41.Kxc3 Nxh3 and White's chances have almost disappeared. Having looked at all this, it has to be said that it would have been Black's task to find the winning lines, and in my view, White would have had every right to test Black's technique. Here's a good rule: NEVER TRUST YOUR OPPONENT. Never trust him to make a bad move; but never trust him to make a good one, either. Note that 'trust' does not mean 'assume'. | |||||
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