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ANNOTATED GAME
Suba Game #1
Raicevic (2416?) vs. Suba (2530?)
Annotated by: raskerino (1841)
Chess opening: English (A22), Bellon gambit
Raicevic (2416?) vs. Suba (2530?)
Annotated by: raskerino (1841)
Chess opening: English (A22), Bellon gambit
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17... Qg6 |
But once again black manages to retain his powerful knight on d4. The knight is still safe as 18.exd4?? Qxg2 ! 19.Kxg2 Rg4#. | ||||||
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18. f3 |
White must shut down the h1-a8 diagonal. | ||||||
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18... Rh4 |
And as always, the knight has no need to retreat as black would take back with the bishop, winning black's queen with a royal fork. Black also brings to the kingside with the threat of ...Rxh3 as the g pawn is pinned. | ||||||
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19. Kh1 |
The king sidesteps the pin, so the knight on d4 is (finally) forced to retreat. | ||||||
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19... Nf5 |
But it stays on the kingside. | ||||||
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20. d4 |
Trying to keep the dark squares defended. | ||||||
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20... Qe6 |
This is either a weak move, or an extremely clever move. Black's queen intends to find a home on h6 but first it pressures e3. However white gains a free tempo attacking black's queen, maybe though white's next (developing) move actually brings his bishop away from it's defensive duties. It turns out that this idea proves extremely useful later. | ||||||
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21. Bb3 |
Looking back from move 29, I think that 20... Qe6 is one of the most fantastic moves of the game. It acted as a decoy to bring the bishop away from it's defensive square on d1. | ||||||
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21... Qh6 22. e4 |
The natural response, a fork that makes the queen look extremely exposed on h6. However Suba has the game in control. The following sacrifices shatter white's kingside. | ||||||
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22... Ng3+ 23. hxg3 |
After 23.Kg1 Ne2 forking king, queen bishop and even pawn on d4 should leave the advantage in black's hands. | ||||||
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23... Rxh3+ |
And the kingside cover is blown, so he flees. | ||||||
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24. Kg1 |
After 24.gxh3 Qxh3 I assume Suba wouldn't've taken the prepetual, but would've played 25.Kg1 Qg3 26.Kh1 Re5!! threatenening 27... Rh5# and when the rook is taken 28.dxe5 Qh3# because the dark bishop has once again entered the game. This would've been a fabulous finish but the attack still retains interest. | ||||||
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24... Rh1+ 25. Kf2 Rxf1+ 26. Kxf1 Qh1+ 27. Kf2 |
So, after a few checks white seems to have diluted some of the attack. How to continue? | ||||||
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27... Ba6 |
Black's bishop had lost value on b7 (it was stuffed by the pawn chain) and it now finds a new way to take part in the attack. | ||||||
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28. g4 |
Giving the king luft (space) against ...Qf1 . | ||||||
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28... Bf1 |
However, Suba finds better thatn 28... Qf1 where black might escape. This move wins g2 and brings the attack back to life (not that it had died, it just looked stymied for a moment). | ||||||
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29. Bd1 |
The bishop tries to return to the defensive square it was coaxed out of by 20...Qe6! | ||||||
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29... Qxg2+ 30. Ke1 d5 |
Now black has equalized material (which seems somewhat unimportant now) and he adds pressure to the e file. | ||||||
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31. Be3 |
This may lose a pawn, but it closes the e file with a following f4. | ||||||
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31... dxe4 32. f4 |
Now Suba is up a pawn but the attack is still more important. | ||||||
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