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ANNOTATED GAME
Two Knights Defense - A great weapon for Black
baghwan24 (1200) vs. afonsoz (1232)
Annotated by: afonsoz (936)
Chess opening: Two knights defence (C55)
baghwan24 (1200) vs. afonsoz (1232)
Annotated by: afonsoz (936)
Chess opening: Two knights defence (C55)
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17... Bf6 |
The Bishop is redeployed to defend my Kingside. | ||||
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18. Re1 |
? Black can't gain control of this open column, because Black replies... | ||||
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18... Re8 |
Re8! White must now retreat and lose one tempo and the open column, or exchange pieces and lose the open column. Exchanging pieces is not an option because Black has the material advantage. So White choses to... | ||||
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19. Rf1 |
...retreat his piece, losing two tempi. | ||||
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19... c5 |
With the next moves, I tried to cause a pawn break in the Queenside, to gain space and to develop my extra Rook. GM Yasser Seirawan recommends to finish developping the pieces when in material advantage, in order to succesfully attack. | ||||
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20. g3 |
White declines to lose space in the Queenside. However... | ||||
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20... a6 |
I insist on the pawn break. | ||||
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21. Kg2 |
? White could have develloped his Knight on the Queenside. Instead, he makes his King vulnerable and puts it inta a weak square. | ||||
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21... b5 |
The pawn attack continues. | ||||
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22. Nbd2 |
A late and unuseful development. | ||||
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22... bxc4 23. Nxc4 Re4 |
At this point, I saw a great tactic that could win the game. I noticed that I could do a Royal Fork and win a Queen, but I had to take out the g-pawn. And so... | ||||
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24. h4 |
?? White's pawn structure is better than mine, but his Rock is seriously compromised, as I play... | ||||
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24... Bxh4 |
!! And then I start the tactic. I hoped White would respond Nxh4, and then I would have replied Rxh4, leaving the Queen whit nowhere to run and forcing the g-pawn to capture my rook. | ||||
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25. gxh4 |
White foolishly falls into my deadly trap. | ||||
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25... Nf4+ |
The Royal Fork succeeds! I can't believe my oponent fell for that one. This combination gave me loads of hapiness. | ||||
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26. Kg3 Nxh5+ |
White resigns, having lost his Queen and being down in twelve points. I was happy with this win because my opponent didn't even see it coming. I'd like to thank GM Yasser Seirawan to teach me how to do things like this one in his book "Winning Chess Tactics". If you can, just get it, it's a great book. | ||||
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