Petrov's (Russian) Defence Thematic
jk1970 (2551) vs. omnipotent00 (2532)
Annotated by:
charleshiggie
(2197)
Chess opening:
Petrov (C42), classical attack, Chigorin variation
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31. Kg2
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Centralising the king for the ending, and also getting out of the way of her rooks. |

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31... Kg7
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Black tries to do the same. |

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32. Re3
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offering a rook exchange. |

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32... Rxe3
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Black takes. |

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33. fxe3
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Priyanka takes back. |

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33... Bxh4
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and now black does take the pawn. |
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34. e4
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But in return for being a pawn down, Priyanka has a strong, mobile pawn centre. |

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34... Rd8
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Rook retreats. |

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35. Rh1
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Priyanka attacks the bishop |

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35... Be7
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It drops back. |

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36. e5
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Pawn advances again. |
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36... c5
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Black tries to break up the pawn centre. |

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37. Be3
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Bishop drops back to protect d4 |
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37... cxd4
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Black takes. |

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38. cxd4
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White takes back |
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38... Bc5
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A clever move. If white takes the bishop, rook takes bishop |
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39. Rh4
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But Priyanka is even cleverer and doesn't fall for tricks like that. |
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39... Bb6
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Keeping the pressure on d4 |
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40. Bc4
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Moving the bishop to a better diagonal, and preparing future advances of the d pawn. |

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40... g5
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Of course, if white takes this pawn, d4 falls. |

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