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ANNOTATED GAME
7th round of the Jannes-cup (Groningen-NL)
E.S. (1994) vs. E.Z. (1920)
Annotated by: combirocker (1200)
Chess opening: Sicilian (B31), Nimzovich-Rossolimo attack, Gurgenidze variation
E.S. (1994) vs. E.Z. (1920)
Annotated by: combirocker (1200)
Chess opening: Sicilian (B31), Nimzovich-Rossolimo attack, Gurgenidze variation
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24... Qd7 |
We reached some kind of an endgame, although the queens are still there. c5 was also considerable, but i dont doubt white's advantage after d5. At this point both of us were in slight time trouble. | ||||
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25. Rc1 |
Not Rd1.. No reason to be afraid of Rd8, as we shall see. Rc1 is more active. Although having struggled a lot with my development, i finally brought my last piece in to play. I got exactly what i was hoping for. A position where my opponent has a couple of weaknesses (a3, and c5... his bishop is more a pawn then a bishop), but no counterplay at all. | ||||
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25... Rd8 26. Qc3 |
A good move, indirectly covering the d4 pawn because of the threat of Qb3 . | ||||
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26... Kg7 |
The best square for the king. | ||||
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27. Qxa3 |
Yes, white wins material. Qxd4 doesnt work again, coz this time white can win the bishop by another queen-check. Qe7 | ||||
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27... Ra8 28. Qb2 |
I had 5 minutes more here, and i was a pawn up. Qb3 was probably better, because the rook cannot come to a4, but i thought "let's keep the man busy and let him think, not trying much until move 40."..and indeed he accepted the complications again. | ||||
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28... Ra4 29. Nc4 |
Complicating, the way i like it. Black has to think again, how to justify Ra4. | ||||
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29... c5 |
c5! not because he achieves something with the move, but mostly because the bishops is back at the board again. | ||||
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30. Nb6 |
Transposing into a probably won ending. | ||||
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30... Qg4 |
Note that Qc6 would have lost to d5! followed by Nxa4. - | ||||
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31. f3 |
A multifunctional move. The kings can escape, it sets a small trap trying to seduce white to try out Bxf3. Maybe he'd overlook that g2 is covered by the queen and i could win his rook i thought. With time trouble, one has to be practical in first, and everything else in second place. Anyway, my trap didnt work of course, and we got the ending i mentioned already. | ||||
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31... Qxd4+ 32. Qxd4 Rxd4 33. Rxc5 Ba6 |
In view of Rc7 . | ||||
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34. a4 Rb4 35. a5 Rb5 |
?? Now black is lost. He should have kept the rooks on the board. But with a flag to fall one has the need to simplify. The rest is not so interesting any more. I didnt play very accurate and could have won quicker but i shall show it to the bitter end. | ||||
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36. Rxb5 Bxb5 37. Kf2 Kf7 38. Nd5 Bc6 39. Nb4 Ba8 40. Ke3 Ke7 |
the time control was reached, but there was not much left to play for. | ||||
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41. Kd4 Kd6 42. Nc2 h5 43. Ne1 g5 44. g3 f5 45. f4 gxf4 46. gxf4 Be4 47. Nd3 Kc6 48. Nc5 Bc2 49. h4 Kb5 50. a6 Kb6 51. Kd5 Bb1 52. Kd6 Bc2 53. Kd5 Bb1 54. Ne6 Kxa6 55. Ng7 Be4+ 56. Ke5 Bf3 57. Kxf5 Bg4+ |
A bad move but with less then a minute it's not a miracle. White will not have the time to mate, but that makes no matter. I was very glad with how i handled the pressure before, and during this game. Finnaly i should mention that both of us had 1 hour and 45 minutes for the first 40 moves, and 15 minutes each for the rest of the game. I hope u enjoyed it as much as I did. If someone finds an improvement, i'd be happy to hear it, coz i didnt put it in the computer yet. Also i hope to hear why someone rated the game the way he did. Have a nice day folks | ||||
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58. Kg5 Kb6 59. Nxh5 |
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