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ANNOTATED GAME
The King leads the way to victory!
The Hon. R Steel vs. Unkonown
Annotated by: charleshiggie
(2211)
Chess opening: Vienna (C25), Steinitz gambit, Zukertort defence
The Hon. R Steel vs. Unkonown
Annotated by: charleshiggie
(2211)
Chess opening: Vienna (C25), Steinitz gambit, Zukertort defence
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11. c3 |
White re-enforces d4 again. | ||||||
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11... Rhe8+ |
Black throws in a check. | ||||||
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12. Kd3 |
The king advances again. | ||||||
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12... Bf5+ |
Another check | ||||||
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13. Kc4 |
King advances again. | ||||||
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13... Be6+ |
Check again | ||||||
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14. Kxc5 |
and white accepts another sacrifice, but it is very risky! | ||||||
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14... a5 |
This is a great move by black, stopping the white king from retreating. White can now take the black queen as well, but, as Hartston points out, if he does, he is mated by 15..... Ne4 check, 16. Kc6 Bd5 mate. | ||||||
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15. Nxc7 |
This is a great move by white, sacrificing a knight, but giving his king the flight square of b5. | ||||||
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15... Qh5+ |
Black throws in a check. | ||||||
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16. Ne5 |
And white comes up with this brilliant queen sacrifice. As Hartston points out, if black takes the queen on d1, white regains the queen with 17. Nc6! and if Kxf7 then Bxf4+ or if Kxb7 then Ba6+ and in both cases the bishop move, as well as giving check, opens the way for a white rook to take the black queen. | ||||||
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16... Nd7+ |
So black throws in another check instead. Of course white can't take this knight with his knight on e5 as it is pinned by the Black queen on h5. | ||||||
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17. Kb5 |
So the king moves. | ||||||
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17... Qxd1 |
and now the queen falls. 18. Nc6+ now no longer works, and after Kxb7 the white king on b5 blocks the Bf1 from going to a6 with check. | ||||||
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18. Bxf4 |
White sacrifices again, to get his bishop into the attack! | ||||||
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18... Qxa1 |
So black takes! | ||||||
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19. Ka6 |
As Hartston says "Suddenly the white king is transformed into an powerful attacking piece. The threat is Nc6 mate and 19.... Kxc7 20 Nxd7+ Kxd7 22. Bb5+ would also win for white." | ||||||
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19... Nxe5 |
Black takes. | ||||||
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20. Nxe8 |
White takes. To quote Hartston again "White threatens Bxe5 mate. Black should now play Rd5, but instead makes a plausible error." | ||||||
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20... f6 21. dxe5 |
White takes the knight, threatening e5xf6 mate. | ||||||
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