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ANNOTATED GAME
Yorkshire v Cheshire & North Wales Online
Simon Smith (1871) vs. Charles L Higgie (1922)
Annotated by: charleshiggie
(2196)
Chess opening: Sicilian (B68), Richter-Rauzer, Rauzer attack, 7...a6 defence, 9...Be7
Simon Smith (1871) vs. Charles L Higgie (1922)
Annotated by: charleshiggie
(2196)
Chess opening: Sicilian (B68), Richter-Rauzer, Rauzer attack, 7...a6 defence, 9...Be7
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21. a4 |
Another star move, attacking b5. | |||||
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21... Rc5 |
Again, I thought this was the only way to protect b5, but as we shall see, this doesn't really protect it. d6-d5 was better. | |||||
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22. axb5 |
Oops! I can't take back with the rook as there is a bishop fork on c6 and I can't take back with the pawn on a6 as the pawn is pinned against the queen. | |||||
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22... d5 |
At last! | |||||
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23. Bg6+ |
White throws in a check, it looks very natural, but in fact this move is not the best, simply retreating the bishop to d3 was better. I was quite pleased when I saw this move as, at the right moment, I may be able to play e5-e4 cutting off the Bg6 from play on the queen side. | |||||
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23... Kd7 |
Forced! The only square the king can move to. | |||||
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24. Qa4 |
Another star move, according to chess.com, threatening nasty discovered checks with the b5 pawn. | |||||
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24... Kc7 |
So getting out of the way of the queen's diagonal. | |||||
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25. Rf7 |
Rook comes in threatening the bishop. | |||||
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25... Kb6 |
While a few moves ago I was really worried, I was now thinking I was doing OK. | |||||
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26. Rxe7 |
I didn't think this worked. | |||||
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26... Qxe7 |
I wasn't 100% sure that I was OK, but recapturing is virtually forced. | |||||
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27. Qxa6+ |
He takes the pawn with check. | |||||
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27... Kc7 |
King drops back. He had a long think and eventually came up with the move chess.com gives as the star move. | |||||
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28. Rf1 |
With the threat of Rf7 winning the queen. | |||||
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28... Rf8 |
Virtually forced, another star move. | |||||
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29. Rxf8 |
He takes. | |||||
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29... Qxf8 |
I take back. I later set up this position on Fritz and at first it thought b6+ was winning here, but then saw the defence - 30. b6+ Kc6 31. b7+ Kc7 32. Qa8 Qb8 and black is OK, and then it saw 32. Qa7! and white wins. | |||||
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30. Qxe6 |
chess.com gives this a double question mark. | |||||
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30... e4 |
And black offered a draw, which white accepted. Computer analysis does show that the position is level now, but there is play left in this position. Many thanks for reading, please leave a comment or two and rank the annotation with the star system to let me know how I am doing, until next time dear reader! | |||||
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