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ANNOTATED GAME
White Loses the Exchange and Still Wins
David Fei (pdfiadp) (1843) vs. Halldor Palsson (2074)
Annotated by: pdfiadp (1200)
Chess opening: Reti opening (A09)
David Fei (pdfiadp) (1843) vs. Halldor Palsson (2074)
Annotated by: pdfiadp (1200)
Chess opening: Reti opening (A09)
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32... gxf4 33. Bxf4 Qc8 34. Bxh6 |
... gxh6?? loses to Qxf6 | |||||
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34... b5 |
Black sacrifices a pawn to gain some counterplay. | |||||
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35. axb6 e.p. Qd8 |
Now ... gxh6 is threatened | |||||
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36. Bf4 Rxb6 |
Black returns the exchange | |||||
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37. Nxb6 Qxb6 38. Bd5 |
Threatening e7+, completely winning | |||||
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38... Be7 39. Be5 |
... Nxd5 loses to Qf7+ followed by Qxe8 | |||||
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39... Rf8 |
Now Black can take the bishop if White doesn't do anything. | |||||
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40. Bxf6 Rxf6 41. Qh5 |
Threatening Qe8+ followed by e7 | |||||
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41... Qd6 42. Kg2 |
Taking away any counterplay | |||||
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42... Qd8 |
Planning ... Qf8, with an attack down the f-file | |||||
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43. Be4 |
Threatening mate (... Rxe6 loses to Bh7+) | |||||
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43... Rh6 44. Qf7+ Kh8 45. Rf1 |
Removing the sting from ... Rf6 | |||||
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45... Bd6 |
Apparently threatening ... Qg5, but that loses to Qe8+ or Qf8+, which forces mate. | |||||
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46. Rf5 Qe7 |
Best defence | |||||
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47. Rh5 Qxf7 48. Rxh6+ gxh6 49. exf7 Kg7 50. Bd5 Kf6 |
Black offered a draw, but White declined, of course. | |||||
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51. Kf3 Ke5 52. Bc4 a5 53. Kg4 Kf6 54. Kh5 Kg7 55. g4 Be7 56. h4 Bd8 57. g5 hxg5 58. hxg5 Be7 59. g6 Bd8 60. Kg4 |
... Kxg6?? loses to f8=anything | |||||
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60... Be7 61. Kf5 Bf8 62. Bd5 Be7 63. Ke6 Bf8 64. Be4 Kh8 |
Here, White missed the quick win with 65. Kf6! Bg7+ (or Bh6) 66. Ke7 | |||||
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65. Kd7 Kg7 66. Kc6 |
White goes off to capture the unimportant a-pawn while he cooks up a plan. | |||||
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66... Kf6 67. Kb5 Ke6 68. Kxa5 Kf6 69. Kb5 Ke5 70. Kc6 Kf6 71. Kd7 Kg7 72. Ke8 Bd6 73. Kd7 Bf8 74. Ke6 Kh8 75. Kf6 |
White gets it right the second time around! Black resigns. For example: 75. ... Bg7+ 76. Ke7 Bf8+? 77. Kxf8!, which is not stalemate because Black has ... c4 | |||||
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