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ANNOTATED GAME
Buried Treasure
thejoxter (1424) vs. mark1973 (1619)
Annotated by: archduke_piccolo
(2332)
Chess opening: QGD Slav (D15), 4.Nc3
thejoxter (1424) vs. mark1973 (1619)
Annotated by: archduke_piccolo
(2332)
Chess opening: QGD Slav (D15), 4.Nc3
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61... h5+ 62. Kh4 |
This looks counter-intuitive at first sight. But now Black will find that maintaining this pawn will not be easy. For the King to move, Black will have to bring his bishop to e8. Having said that, though, it doesn't look as though White's King has much of a future either. | ||||||
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62... Bd5 63. b4 Bc6 |
Marking time. The onus is upon White to show he can win this ending. | ||||||
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64. Kg3 |
Recasting his plans. | ||||||
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64... Kf5 65. Kf2 Bd5 66. g4+ hxg4 67. fxg4+ |
At the cost of allowing Black a passed pawn, White creates co-joined passers of his own. | ||||||
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67... Kg6 68. g5 |
(!?) This move I don't like. True, passed pawns should be pushed, but in general, co-joined passers should present a united front. The right move, then, was probably 68.h4. Even then, supposing the position was reached with no change but the h-pawn on h4, I'd play h5(ch) keeping the dark squares open for the King and the bishop to operate on. From here, getting the pawns forward will be more difficult. Having said all that, it turns out that White is doing better than I thought... | ||||||
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68... Kh5 |
Good: making use of the light squares left unguarded. | ||||||
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69. Kg3 Be4 70. h4 Bf5 |
Black's defences on the K-side look pretty solid, eh? | ||||||
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71. Be1 |
(!) I can't see any other way of making progress either. But as it turns out, this seems to be enough to offer White very good chances after all. | ||||||
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71... Be4 |
And there you have it. Black was in something of a 'zugzwang' and had to make this small concession: a couple of tempi for White... | ||||||
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72. Kf4 Bf5 73. Ke5 |
Having teleported himself to e5 with zero expenditure of energy (Black's position remaining unchanged), white imposes upon Black once more. Probably Black should play 73...Kg6 here though White can then choose from 74.Kd6 Kf7 75.Kc7 Be4 76.h5; or maybe 74.Bd2 threatening h5ch Kxh5; Kf6. | ||||||
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73... Bg4 74. Kf6 |
1-0. Black gave it up at this point. I thought at first he should have played on: White still had the job to do. Now I am less inclined to be critical. For instance, after 74...Bf5, White does not at once play 75.g6?, but a waiting move: 75.Bf2. Then, White continues to play waiting moves until Black relaxes his guard over e6 or g6, so: 74...Bf5 75.Bf2 b5 76.Be1 Bg4 77.g6 Kh6 78.Bd2ch Kh5 79.g7 wins. My earlier suggested 'improvements' notwithstanding, this is a well played example of a difficult type of ending. | ||||||
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