Wrexham 2 v Malpas & Whitchurch
Pavel Los (ECF165) vs. CharlesLHiggie (ECF177)
Annotated by:
charleshiggie
(2211)
Chess opening:
Sicilian (B24), closed, Smyslov variation
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43. Be1
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Now if only I could my bishop safely onto the h4-d8 diagonal and my king to a safe square, his h pawn would be permanently backwards. However I have not the space nor the time. |

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43... Bd6
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So Play this. |

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44. h4
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And he gets rid of his backward pawn. |

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44... gxh4
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I take. |

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45. Bxh4+
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He takes back. |

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45... Kg6
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I move to stop his passed g pawn. |

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46. Bd8
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Stopping my king from attacking his g pawn and maybe attacking my c5 pawn with Bb6. |
2 comments
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46... Kh6
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There is not much I can do. I am very passive. |

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47. Bf6
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He has a plan... |

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47... Kg6
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I hit the bishop. |

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48. Be5
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He offers an exchange. I thought that if I accepted I was lost, but in fact I think I can draw in a similar way to the game Bxe5 49. Kxe5 Kg5 50. Kd6 Kxg4 51. Kxc5 e5 52. Kd5 Kf4 53. c5 e4 and draws. |

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48... Be7
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So I dropped my bishop back. |

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49. Bf4
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He prepares to march his king in. Now I should have played Kf6, but instead.... |

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49... Bd8 50. Bd6
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Attacking c5 |

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50... Bb6
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Protecting c5 |

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51. Ke5
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Now passive defence loses, so I decided to counter-attack. |

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51... Kg5
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Attacking g4 |

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52. Kxe6
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He takes. |

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52... Kxg4
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I take. |

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53. Kd5
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He attacks c5 |

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