Annotated chess game: Suba Game #3

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ANNOTATED GAME

Suba Game #3
Marin (2533) vs. Suba (2530)
Annotated by: raskerino (1841)
Chess opening: Nimzo-Indian (E44), Fischer variation, 5.Ne2

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16. Re1

White tries to nullify the e file pressure.

16... Bf8

This is a safe square to put black's bishop on that lets the e8 rook into the game. I'm sure 16... Bc5 was tempting but then white's king would be forced to the safer square g2 and the bishop might be a target of white's pieces: perhaps it would give white the needed time to get out of this mess.

17. Rb1

White needs a way to develop the c1 bishop, but the knight is an important defender so white chooses to prepare b4 without losing a tempo to ...Qf6. I think 16... Nf1 is a better way to get the bishop into the game, the knight will soon go to f1 anyway and white doesn't have to play such an irrelevant looking move as Rb1.

17... Qf6 18. bxa6

White now trades, hoping to show that the black knight will be useless on a6.

18... Nxa6 19. b4

White plays his prepared advance with the intention of developing and locking black's knight out of the game. It'll be very difficult to bring his knight into the game, but he will find a wonderful way.

19... Re6

Black uses a rook lift, preparing to double rooks on the important e file and Suba's ready to shuttle the rook along the sixth rank.

20. Bb2

Winning a tempo against black's queen.

20... Qh6

Combines a threat of ...Qxh2 and Qe3 .

21. Nf1

White covers both dangers.

21... Rae8

Black concludes his basic development, the e file is the only fully open file and as it has been this entire game, it's very important.

22. Qd2

White offers a trade of queens, if queens are off may be he can unravel his position. This also connects rooks which shuts down a little of black's pressure on the e file.

22... Qh3

Suba will not trade queens unless it comes with an explicit advantage, the queen is quite strong on h3, it's the only safe square for it on the powerful h file.

23. Bc4

White bring his bishop to an active square attacking black's rook, but this weakens the defense of f3. Note that while white's king may be weak, he's getting development completed, and his bishops look active.

23... Qh5

Black hits the weak f3 square, a nice intermezzo (in-between move) before deciding what to do with the e6 rook.

24. Qf4

White covers the weakness while adding some pressure to f7. It seems that white has survived black's early attack as black has two pieces that aren't playing much of a role in the game, the bishop on f8 and the knight on a6. Black must activate or white has good chances here.

24... Nc5

!! If the rook on e6 is grabbed (25.Bxe6?) black will win with 25...Nd3 ! and a royal fork. If the knight is taken (25.bxc5?) black will strike back with 25... Bxc5 and the king will be forced away from the defense of e1, where black will win a rook. Because of these tactics the black knight can finally enter the game.

25. g4

White lashes out, trying to knock away a menacing piece.

25... Qh4+ 26. Qg3

And now that black has gotten his knight into the game he can trade queens, the weak pawns on f3 and g4 that were enticed to those squares will give black a winning endgame.

26... Qxg3+ 27. Nxg3 Re6xe1 28. Rxe1 Rxe1 29. Kxe1 Na4

The knight moves with gain of tempo, so that white has no time to shore up f3 and g4.

30. Be5

The bishop tries to win the tempo back, but black has an easy reply.

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