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ANNOTATED GAME
Malpas & Oswestry 1 v Wallasey 4
Charles L Higgie (ECF166) vs. Vivian Oldham (ECF119)
Annotated by: charleshiggie
(2222)
Chess opening: QGD Slav (D15), 4.Nc3
Charles L Higgie (ECF166) vs. Vivian Oldham (ECF119)
Annotated by: charleshiggie
(2222)
Chess opening: QGD Slav (D15), 4.Nc3
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25... Red7 |
He has a plan to exchange queens. | |||||
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26. Rfb1 |
I double. | |||||
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26... Qe7 |
He offers an exchange of queens. | |||||
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27. Rb3b8 |
So the rook finally reaches b8. Now if he takes my queen, I have a zwischenzug - I take his bishop with check before recapturing the queen and end up a bishop up. The zwischenzug (German: pronounced [ˈtsvɪʃənˌtsuːk] "intermediate move") is a chess tactic in which a player, instead of playing the expected move (commonly a recapture of the capturer of a piece that the opponent has just captured) first interposes another move, posing an immediate threat that the opponent must answer, then plays the expected move. This is a good example. | |||||
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27... Kf8 |
But now he really is threatening to exchange queens. | |||||
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28. Qc2 |
So I threaten to invade on h7. | |||||
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28... g6 |
He prevents this. | |||||
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29. Rf1 |
And now I have a pin on the f file, so I am threatening Qxg6. In chess, a pin is a situation brought on by an attacking piece in which a defending piece cannot move without exposing a more valuable defending piece on its other side to capture by the attacking piece. "To pin" refers to the action of the attacking piece inducing the pin, and the defending piece so restricted is described as pinned. This is a good example. Were it was white's move now I could play Qxg6 and black can't take my queen with his pawn on f7 as he would be moving into check because of my Rf1. | |||||
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29... Kg7 |
So he breaks the pin. | |||||
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30. Qf2 |
More pressure on the f file. More importantly he can't play 30....Rd8 neutralising my rook, as I have 31. Qf6+ where 31....Qxf6 is met by exf6+ and he loses the Rd8, 31... Kf8 is met by Qh8# and Kg8 or h7 is met with me exchanging queens and winning the Rd8. | |||||
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30... Kf8 |
So he moves back again. | |||||
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31. Bd3 |
I threaten Bxg6 now. | |||||
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31... Qg5 |
Queen comes back out to g4, but I think Kg7 prolongs the game more. | |||||
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32. h4 |
I attack the queen. | |||||
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32... Qg4 |
Queen wants to keep on the g pawn. OK, stop and find white's best move. | |||||
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33. Qf6 |
Did you find it? The threat of Qh8 followed by QxBe8 mate is irresistible. http://gameknot.com/chess-puzzle.pl?pz=181618 Many thanks for reading. Please rate the annotation on the star system and leave a comment or two to let me know how I am doing. Until next time dear reader! | |||||
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