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ANNOTATED GAME
Gambito #299
me (1742) vs. Arthur Taylor (1719)
Annotated by: byakuugan3 (1200)
Chess opening: Sicilian (B22), Alapin's variation (2.c3)
me (1742) vs. Arthur Taylor (1719)
Annotated by: byakuugan3 (1200)
Chess opening: Sicilian (B22), Alapin's variation (2.c3)
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11... Qb6 |
Black is starting to gain activity, and I got worried here. I thought I was totally lost, because Black was threatening b2, plus he would play Rd8 and may win my isolani. I thought for awhile here and decided my best chance was to just give up the pawn right now for some compensation. | ||||||
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12. Qe2 |
Enticing Black to take the pawn | ||||||
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12... Nxd4 |
Black accepts the sacrifice | ||||||
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13. Nxd4 Qxd4 14. Nb5 |
For compensation for the pawn, I have a bigger lead in development, and a lot more control. | ||||||
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14... Qa4 |
Here Black seems fine, despite being behind in development. I thought I was losing here, because I couldn't find a way to capitalize on my development lead, until I found.......... | ||||||
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15. Bxh7+ |
It was this move that saved me. Now I have a lot of activity once Black accepts the sacrifice. If Black declines with Kh8, then I'm not down material anymore, but my lead in development is still present. | ||||||
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15... Kxh7 16. Rc4 |
My queen is really defending the knight because Qxb5 Rh4 wins the queen | ||||||
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16... Qxa2 |
Black greedily snatches another pawn. Perhaps Black could've had a better chance if he'd placed his queen on a5, where it can head to defense, rather than on a2 where it is isolated from Black pieces and has no threats | ||||||
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17. Qd3+ |
Rh4 immediately probably wouldn't have made a difference in the position, just the move order. | ||||||
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17... g6 |
If Kg8 then Rh4 and Black would play g6 anyway to avoid Bxf6 removing the only defender of h7 | ||||||
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18. Rh4+ Kg7 |
Black wants me to play Bh6 because even if I win his rook, he'll have two minor pieces plus a pawn, which is better than a rook. | ||||||
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19. Qc3 |
My focal point is f6. If I can remove one of Black's only developed pieces, his king's position will be much weaker | ||||||
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19... Rd8 |
Black realizes the danger his king is in, so prepares to flee. If Qd5 appearing to fork my pieces, then Bh6 followed by Nc7 wins two exchanges, and once the smoke clears, I wind up with two rooks against Black's three minor pieces. Two rooks is usually a better attacking force | ||||||
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20. Rf4 |
f6 is dead | ||||||
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20... Kf8 |
fleeing | ||||||
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21. Bxf6 |
Now I'm only down a pawn | ||||||
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21... Rd7 |
This move looked awkward to me, but I guess it's good since it avoids tactics like Bxe7 Kxe7 Qf6 followed by Qxf7 | ||||||
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22. Bxe7+ |
I saw that if Rxe7, Qh8 was mate | ||||||
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22... Kxe7 23. Qf6+ |
I doesn't really seem like I'm down a pawn, because Black's extra pawn on the queenside is insignificant | ||||||
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23... Ke8 |
If Kf8, then I can play Nd6 and f7 is history since Rxd6 Qxf7# Now I can't play Nd6, since Rxd6 doesn't get mated | ||||||
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