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ANNOTATED GAME
Petrov's (Russian) Defence Thematic
jk1970 (2551) vs. omnipotent00 (2532)
Annotated by: charleshiggie
(2197)
Chess opening: Petrov (C42), classical attack, Chigorin variation
jk1970 (2551) vs. omnipotent00 (2532)
Annotated by: charleshiggie
(2197)
Chess opening: Petrov (C42), classical attack, Chigorin variation
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11. bxc3 |
White takes back. Due to her very precise opening play, Priyanka has already secured a slight edge, by removing black's aggressively placed knight and avoiding the structural weaknesses that white sometimes has to put up in return, such as a doubled c pawn or an isolated d pawn. | ||||||||||||||
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11... Bxf3 |
But instead black gives Priyanka doubled and isolated king side pawns, at the cost of surrendering to white the two bishops. | ||||||||||||||
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12. gxf3 |
White normally recaptures with the queen so that if black wants to give white the weakened pawns, the queens are exchanged and white is not at risk of succumbing to a mating attack. However Priyanka is not afraid of that and bravely recaptures with the pawn instead. | ||||||||||||||
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12... O-O |
Black gets his king to safety. | ||||||||||||||
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13. Rb1 |
Attacking b7 | ||||||||||||||
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13... Rab8 |
Protecting b7 | ||||||||||||||
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14. Rb5 |
Attacking the queen | ||||||||||||||
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14... Qd6 |
Retreating the queen. | ||||||||||||||
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15. f4 |
Boldly advancing a pawn in front of her king. | ||||||||||||||
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15... Bf6 |
I am not sure why black played this. | ||||||||||||||
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16. Rh5 |
Carrying on with her plan starting on her 13th move, white transfers her rook all the way from a1 to the kingside where it has potential for both attack and defence. Such an amazing talent! White now threatens the h7 pawn. | ||||||||||||||
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16... g6 |
Which black defends against. | ||||||||||||||
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17. Rh3 |
The attacked rook drops back. | ||||||||||||||
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17... Ne7 |
The black knight also eyes the kingside. | ||||||||||||||
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18. f5 |
White carries on with her kingside attack. | ||||||||||||||
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18... Qd7 |
Attacking f5 | ||||||||||||||
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19. Kh1 |
White bravely just ignores the threat to the pawn on f5 and cleverly tucks her king away and prepares Rf1-g1 | ||||||||||||||
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19... Rbd8 |
Black centralises a rook rather than grab the pawn. | ||||||||||||||
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20. Rg1 |
Priyanka continues with her plan. | ||||||||||||||
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20... Qd5+ |
Faced with two rooks, two bishops and a queen attacking on the kingside, black heads for a queen exchange. | ||||||||||||||
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