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ANNOTATED GAME
35th GK tournament
e-motion (1512) vs. iamthundercat (1631)
Annotated by: jugoslavija
(2025)
Chess opening: Owen defence (B00)
e-motion (1512) vs. iamthundercat (1631)
Annotated by: jugoslavija
(2025)
Chess opening: Owen defence (B00)
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32. c3 Rc4 33. Nc5 |
I wanted to put my Knight in action, and i felt if it gets up there, it will be able to start penetrating his defensive ranks and cause trouble. Currently attacking his a6 pawn, as well as e6 pawn (he can't take the Knight on e6 with the Bishop, uncovering his Rd8) | |||||||
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33... Rxd4 34. Rxd4 Ra8 |
Forced. It protects the a6 pawn, as well as it moves the Rook away from the troubled d-file. | |||||||
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35. Nd7 |
But it's too late, my Knight becomes very strong. | |||||||
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35... h5 36. gxh6 e.p. gxh6 37. Nf6+ Kg7 38. Nxd5 exd5 39. Rxd5 |
With that Knight putting so much pressure on his ranks, it was just a matter of time I would equalize pt differential. | |||||||
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39... h5 |
I knew that that h-pawn will cause trouble sooner or later. I still think had he pushed it earlier he would have been better off. At this point I gotta get my King into action or it might be too late. | |||||||
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40. Ke2 Re8+ |
His rook had many options of attack. He could have attacked c-file, or f-file. He decided to grace my King with his attack. Thank you very much :) | |||||||
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41. Kf2 Re6 42. f5 |
Bad Move. I didn't see his next move. | |||||||
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42... Rf6 |
Nice. Maybe simple, but I did not see it coming. I was blinded by the expected pawn exchange. | |||||||
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43. Kf3 gxf5 |
I am down again! At this point I am starting to lose my hope. I am starting to consider giving up and offering a draw. I don't feel like I am in danger of losing, but I sure am not in advantageous position. But I feel like I could pull a draw easy, as long as I don't make any blunders. I don't feel either like he will make any blunders, cause up to that point, he did not look like a player that makes blunders. The only reason I don't offer a draw is because it does me no good to my tourney aspirations. | |||||||
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44. Kg3 |
I want to keep an option to defend against any of his pawn pushes, so I get in the middle. | |||||||
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44... f4+ 45. Kf3 Kg6 46. Rd4 |
I liked this move cause now I get the chance to involve my stale c-pawn | |||||||
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46... h4 |
It did not look good for me. I can't take the f-pawn, cause after the rook exchange his h-pawn is Queening. I wanted to offer a draw, and maybe I luck out and he accepts. But still a draw does me no good for the tourney. So I keep playing. I am hoping for a miracle. He will Queen one of his pawns. | |||||||
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47. c4 |
Honestly, at this point, I am trying to distract him, and maybe get his rook away from the f pawn. Little did I know that this turned out to be a game turning move. | |||||||
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47... h3 |
Ok, maybe it was that one, since he didn't take my c-pawn, but can you blame him? He is few moves away from Queening! I finally realize I can't stop him Queening one of his pawns. I am about 3 seconds from resigning, ... when all of sudden I see the following sequence of moves!!! I did not believe it until they actually unfolded: | |||||||
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48. cxb5 h2 49. Kg2 f3+ 50. Kxh2 f2 51. Rd1 |
I am sacrificing my rook! .... I actually foresaw all this, I felt pretty proud of that calculation. In other words I was tempo down, and a rook sacrifice away from restoring tempo balance in my favor.... although with a big piece disadvantage at that point, I am so close to Queening my pawns I feel gaining tempo is all I needed. | |||||||
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51... f1=Q 52. Rxf1 |
There goes my homie. He sacrificed for the betterment of his nation. His deeds will be remembered for the generations to come... | |||||||
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52... Rxf1 53. bxa6 |
At this point Queening cannot be stopped.... | |||||||
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53... Rf7 54. b5 Ra7 55. b6 Rxa6 56. b7 Rxa5 57. b8=Q |
I could not believe it... To this date the most significant win on this site, in so many ways. | |||||||
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57... Rg5 |
But here I realize, even this is not straightforward. At one point I was struggling figuring out how to finish it. Also, one of my Master level team members sent me a message with finishing set of moves for this game. I naturally refused to look until I finished it on my own. After the game I took a look at his suggestion and he said "Your game can easily be won with:........... " and then 30 moves later CHECKMATE!!!! LOL...... In other words, this is not straightforward ending. One really has to work for the win. This game me taught me the value of sticking with the game even when things look quite bleak. | |||||||
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58. Qe8+ Kf5 59. Kh3 Rg7 60. Qf8+ Kg6 61. Qd6+ Kf7 62. Kh4 Rg1 63. Qd5+ Ke8 |
After Ke8, the rook is gone with the following move: | |||||||
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