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ANNOTATED GAME
Amateur Benoni Series #1
bluetiercel (1825) vs. scottyad (1925)
Annotated by: scottyad (1200)
Chess opening: Nimzo-Indian defence (E20)
bluetiercel (1825) vs. scottyad (1925)
Annotated by: scottyad (1200)
Chess opening: Nimzo-Indian defence (E20)
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23. Bxd7 |
A terrific plan. White takes the dull knight with the concrete aim of gaining Black's potent dark-squared bishop. Though this creates an opposite-colored bishop situation, White's passed d-pawn is extremely threatening and all heavy pieces remain on board. The normal" rules do not apply. | ||||
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23... Bxd7 24. Nf6+ Bxf6 25. Bxf6 Qe3 26. Ra2 Bb5 |
Here the Black bishop finally exploits the weakness on b5, with tempo. Unfortunately, it transpires that this square is not worth occupying - the d-pawn is too strong! | ||||
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27. Rg1 Rfe8 28. Qxd2 Qxd2 29. Rxd2 Bd7 |
Back again! Now we have reached a positionally won ending for White. Far from being "draw-ish", the opposite colored bishops offer White incontestable control of the kingside dark squares! Black's king cannot move, his rooks cannot occupy the queening square d8, and Black's only hope is to blockade on the light square d7. | ||||
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30. h3 |
Very practical. White is in no hurry (Black is close to zugzwang already), so he takes a tempo to safeguard his king from back rank threats and also prove a quick avenue for the king to aid in the attack via h7-g3 if Black is especially stubborn. | ||||
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30... Rab8 31. Rc1 Rec8 32. Rxc8+ Rxc8 33. Rb2 Kf8 34. Rb6 Rc1+ 35. Kh2 Bc8 |
Black's only defense. | ||||
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36. Kg3 |
Here comes the king. Black cannot hope to hold this position once the king invades the e-file, so the "best" defense is continuing ..Re1 and stopping the White king (temporarily) from aiding in the attack. Unfortunately, this fails to White's Rb8, forcing the Black rook to defend c8. Rather than a slow but sure demise, Black goes in for one last trick that loses on the spot should White find the right move. | ||||
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36... Ke8 |
If Black's king can reach d7, the game will likely draw. However... Alternative variation: 36... Re1 37. Kf4 Re2 (37... Ke8 38. Rd6 Kf8) 38. Rb8 Rc2 39. Ke5 | ||||
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37. Rd6 |
The only move , threatening Rd8#. Now Black has just ..Bd7, dropping the a6 pawn and soon the game. White played a marvelous game, which demonstrates quite well the strength of White's Taimanov attack. Black need not do anything obviously wrong to succumb to White's space advantage, which he handily transforms into a deadly passed pawn. A high class struggle. | ||||
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