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ANNOTATED GAME
Slow Ladder
wisertime (2129) vs. cyrano (2725)
Annotated by: ptitroque (1804)
Chess opening: Sicilian (B22), Alapin's variation (2.c3)
wisertime (2129) vs. cyrano (2725)
Annotated by: ptitroque (1804)
Chess opening: Sicilian (B22), Alapin's variation (2.c3)
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18... exd5 |
Finally black takes the bishop and is evidently better now because white's rooks are blocked. | ||||||
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19. c5 |
White needs to keep the d5 pawn on the d file to block black's d rook | ||||||
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19... Bc7 |
I had trouble to understand this move (19... Bxc5 is so tempting and evident). Black probably wants to avoid the pin of his c knight by the a rook) | ||||||
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20. Rc1 |
freing the rook | ||||||
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20... Rfg8 |
Black harasses the queen again... | ||||||
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21. Qxh6 |
... and sacrifice a pawn | ||||||
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21... Nxg2 |
Not taking with the rook, for this menaces fork attack by a further Bf4 | ||||||
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22. h3 |
To prevent 22... Bg4 pinning the knight. | ||||||
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22... Bg6 |
Again a move that I have had trouble to understand but for white 23. Rg1 is not possible fr the white queen would be trapped (23... Bf4 and the queen has no escape) | ||||||
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23. Qd2 |
Only safe place for the queen (23.g4 means death because of 23... Bc2+) | ||||||
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23... Bf4 |
Is this move, the reason of19... Bc7, 4 moves ago ? | ||||||
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24. Qc3 |
alternative move was :24. Qe2 but it would allow 24... Re8 | ||||||
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24... d4 |
Blak carries on harassing the queen instead of taking the c rook | ||||||
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25. Qb3 |
I was asking myself why not Qc4. | ||||||
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25... Bh5 |
Now I can see why the white queen is better on the 3rd line. | ||||||
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26. Kc2 |
Not sure about this move. It joins the rooks and white is planning to hide in b1 but masks the c rook and enable black's next move. | ||||||
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26... d3+ 27. Kb1 Bxc1 |
finally black takes the rook. | ||||||
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28. Qe6+ |
desperate counterattack | ||||||
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28... Kb8 29. Ne5 |
Only place to save the knight. | ||||||
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29... Bf4 30. Nxc6+ bxc6 31. Qxc6 |
A good exchange for white. | ||||||
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