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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
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31. Kg2
Centralising the king for the ending, and also getting out of the way of her rooks.

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

 
32. Re3
offering a rook exchange.

 
32... Rxe3
Black takes.

 
33. fxe3
Priyanka takes back.

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

 
34... Rd8
Rook retreats.

 
35. Rh1
Priyanka attacks the bishop

 
35... Be7
It drops back.

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

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

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

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

 

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