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ANNOTATED GAME
The Two Bishop Endgame
ethansiegel (1827) vs. nicolso (1793)
Annotated by: ethansiegel
(1986)
Chess opening: Sicilian (B43), Kan, 5.Nc3
ethansiegel (1827) vs. nicolso (1793)
Annotated by: ethansiegel
(1986)
Chess opening: Sicilian (B43), Kan, 5.Nc3
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15. Bf3 |
Necessary to defend the pawn. | ||||||||
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15... f5 |
Threatening to win a pawn. | ||||||||
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16. g5 |
?! My first mistake of the game. This gives up a pawn in order to launch an attack on the black king. | ||||||||
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16... fxe4 |
Free pawn. | ||||||||
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17. Bg4 |
Keeping the second rank clear. | ||||||||
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17... Nd5 |
Putting even more pressure on the Nc3 while also hitting f4. White is looking like he may lose another pawn unless some defensive measures happen. | ||||||||
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18. Rhf1 |
?! Defending against the triple threat on f4, but this move fails to press the attack on the kingside and concedes a material loss near white's king. | ||||||||
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18... Bxc3 |
Nxc3 was also playable; this forces recapture with the pawn. | ||||||||
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19. bxc3 |
Forced. | ||||||||
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19... Qxc3 |
! I like this move for black, getting the queens off the board and winning a second pawn. | ||||||||
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20. Qxc3 |
Forced, as any attempt to keep the queens on loses the Be3, and maybe even more. | ||||||||
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20... Nxc3 |
Black is up two pawns, and can win a third (the a-pawn) with check next move. This can get ugly for white, but even with the queens off there are still a few threats. | ||||||||
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21. Rd6 |
A good square for the d-rook, which had to move. If white wants to stay in this, he has got to put pressure on black's remaining army. | ||||||||
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21... Nxa2+ |
?! A little weak. How can winning a pawn with check be weak? Black's advantage is material only; his pieces are uncoordinated and his pawn structure is a mess. This not only fails to address that, it moves the knight farther away from where the action is taking place. | ||||||||
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22. Kb2 |
Tempoing the knight, and taking away the c3 square. | ||||||||
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22... Nb4 |
Forced. | ||||||||
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23. Nc5 |
Here's the thing about chess when you're down-but-not-out yet: you're not going to get anywhere making the "objectively best" move most of the time. You've got to put pressure on your opponent, and make it easy for him to make a mistake! | ||||||||
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23... Bc6 |
Saving the bishop while also protecting d7. | ||||||||
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24. Bd4 |
An easy move to make, but not necessarily the best; gxh5 offered a number of good threats, too. But it's important to remember that black has a lot of threats of his own, most of which take the form of exchanging pieces to a won endgame! My goal is to prevent that and drum up threats against his king and pieces! | ||||||||
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24... hxg5 |
?! A weakening move, although I can understand the desire to prevent gxh6, which was tempting last move. h5 looked better. | ||||||||
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