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ANNOTATED GAME
Walking the Walk and Learning to Run Welcome MT #1
hogfysshe (1749) vs. bigpeta (2070)
Annotated by: hogfysshe
(1862)
Chess opening: Latvian (C40), Nimzovich variation
hogfysshe (1749) vs. bigpeta (2070)
Annotated by: hogfysshe
(1862)
Chess opening: Latvian (C40), Nimzovich variation
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36... Kc6 |
36. ...Kc6. | ||||
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37. Kf1 |
Not paying attention, I hope to get the king in to the action with 37. Kf1. Immediately repelled with... | ||||
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37... Nd2+ |
37. ...Nd2+ (I've wasted another move!). | ||||
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38. Kg1 |
38. Kg1. | ||||
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38... Nd7 |
38. Nd7. Beginning a beautiful arc wherein this knight come to team up with the other to win. | ||||
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39. Bb4 |
39. Bb4. The first move in a plan to edge a pawn toward promotion just ahead of black queening a pawn. But it is a delicate plan which black quickly foils. [The flimsy plan: 39. Bb4 Nf3+ 40. Kh1 Bxd4 41. Be7 Bg1 42. Nc4 Bxh2 43. Na5+ Kb5 44. b4 Ka4 45. a3 Kxa3 46. b5+; and white can promote the a pawn a few moves later] | ||||
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39... Nf3+ |
39. ...Nf3+, and white must choose from poor options. I reason that black will not be able to checkmate me before my counter threats distract him. But it is a big commitment to lock myself away with... | ||||
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40. Kh1 |
40. Kh1. I'll admit that even though I knew the danger of two knights, I thought black would bring the B down, heading toward Bxh2. | ||||
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40... Bxd4 |
40. ...Bxd4. | ||||
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41. Nc4 |
41. Nc4 | ||||
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41... Nf6 |
41. ...Nf6. Hmm. Looks like I had to play 42. Ba3, here! Double Hmm. | ||||
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42. Na5+ |
42. Na5+ | ||||
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42... Kb5 43. c3 |
43. c3. | ||||
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43... Ne4 |
43. ...Ne4. oof! One move to checkmate. Live and learn. Psychological blunder. That knight seemed WAY back in black's territory. I dismissed its ACTUAL threat and so did not plan for what it could ACTUALLY do. A slow piece but not that slow! See annotation at 41. | ||||
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44. a4+ |
44. a4+. Could have resigned here but set the final moves as conditionals instead. | ||||
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44... Kb6 |
44. ...Kb6 | ||||
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45. Nc4+ |
45. Nc4+ | ||||
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45... Ka7 |
King now out of reach and no way for white to defend f2! | ||||
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46. cxd4 |
PxB. | ||||
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46... Nf2# |
46. ...Nf2#. A fun and interesting game. Thank you to bigpeta for introducing me to the Latvian and for another good game. | ||||
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