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ANNOTATED GAME
Yorkshire v Cheshire & North Wales Online
Simon Smith (1871) vs. Charles L Higgie (1922)
Annotated by: charleshiggie
(2194)
Chess opening: Sicilian (B68), Richter-Rauzer, Rauzer attack, 7...a6 defence, 9...Be7
Simon Smith (1871) vs. Charles L Higgie (1922)
Annotated by: charleshiggie
(2194)
Chess opening: Sicilian (B68), Richter-Rauzer, Rauzer attack, 7...a6 defence, 9...Be7
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11. Kb1 |
The king tucks himself away near the and avoids any tactics on the c1-h6 diagonal and makes attacks along the c file less likely. | ||||||
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11... Qb6 |
Threatening exchanges on d4. Black's king is far less secure than the white queen and an exchange of queens makes a successful attack on the black king less likely. | ||||||
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12. Nxc6 |
White exchanges | ||||||
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12... Bxc6 |
Black takes back | ||||||
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13. f5 |
And the attack continues. | ||||||
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13... Qc5 |
The black queen aims for e5. My opponent afterwards said that he wondered if this move was sound - whether black had time for this? However it is the most commonly played move here, and I pointed out that white has to sacrifice a pawn to prevent the queen occupying the e5 square with the queen. | ||||||
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14. fxe6 |
He takes. This looks a bit strange too, voluntarily undoubling black's f pawns, but it does loosen black's king position. | ||||||
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14... fxe6 |
Black takes back. | ||||||
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15. Bd3 |
and the bishop finally comes out | ||||||
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15... h5 |
With a plan of developing my Bf8 to h6, but it doesn't turn out too good. I wonder if 15. ....Qe5 was better to prevent what happens next. | ||||||
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16. e5 |
This is considered a star move by chess.com | ||||||
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16... fxe5 |
Taking this way strengthens the centre "Always take towards the centre" | ||||||
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17. Ne4 |
Part of the idea is this - it is a clearance sacrifice for the knight. | ||||||
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17... Bxe4 |
So I take. | ||||||
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18. Bxe4 |
He takes back. | ||||||
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18... Rc8 |
The usual square that the Ra1 goes to in this variation. | ||||||
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19. Rhf1 |
Taking control of the open file. | ||||||
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19... Be7 |
Finally developing my bishop. | ||||||
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20. Qa5 |
A star move, attacking a6 | ||||||
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20... Qa7 |
This was the only way I could see of protecting a6, but as it turns out I can't protect it anyway. d6-d5 was better. | ||||||
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