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ANNOTATED GAME
Leningrad City Championship 1973
A. Shashin (2350) vs. Victor Korchnoi (2650)
Annotated by: tag1153
(1700)
Chess opening: Nimzo-Indian (E47), 4.e3 O-O, 5.Bd3
A. Shashin (2350) vs. Victor Korchnoi (2650)
Annotated by: tag1153
(1700)
Chess opening: Nimzo-Indian (E47), 4.e3 O-O, 5.Bd3
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19. cxd4 |
Equalizing. | ||||||
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19... Qb6 |
! That's four hits on d4! Korchnoi now threatens to win a pawn! | ||||||
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20. Qc3 |
I don't know what else could be played, as the threat of 20...Nxd4 with an ugly fork could not be tolerated. | ||||||
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20... Nxd4 |
Black claims his prize! | ||||||
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21. Re2e7 |
Here is where it gets interesting. White has been pushed around for far too long, and delivers a threat of his own at f7. Black must eliminate this threat. | ||||||
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21... Rxe7 22. Rxe7 Nf5 |
! And now for the REAL fight. White has a ton of ammo directed at black's king, and at f7 in particular. Black plays 22...Nf5 to attack the white Re7, but more importantly to clear the d file for his rook. | ||||||
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23. Rxf7 |
!! This move is so subtle, yet extroidinarily strong. White threatens 24. Rxb7 winning the black queen. This move ends up being white's saving grace at the end of the game. | ||||||
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23... Rd1+ |
Of course, black sees the danger regarding his own monarch, but CONTINUES TO ATTACK! In this position, the board appears to be total offense by both sides. Defense? What is defense? | ||||||
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24. Kh2 |
White has been a step behind the whole game. If he can just hang on and weather the storm he will have a very explosive powerful counter punch. But can he hang on????????? | ||||||
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24... Qd6+ |
?!?!?!?! This move just looks and feels so right, but according to Fritz loses the game for black! I won't bore you with a thousand lines of Fritz variations, just watch as it plays out:) | ||||||
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25. g3 Ng4+ |
! White can't take because 26. hxN is followed by 26...Qh6 27. Kg2 Qh1#. | ||||||
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26. Kg2 Nh4+ |
! Korchnoi continues to go all out by sacking a knight to strip away white's defenses. | ||||||
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27. gxh4 Qh2+ 28. Kf3 |
Forced. | ||||||
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28... Qxf2+ 29. Ke4 |
A very ugly move, but it had to be made. If 29. KxN, then forced mate in 3....(29...Rg1 30. Kh5 g6 31. Kh6 Qxh#). | ||||||
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29... Qe2+ |
Man, black MUST have a mate in here somewhere! This is the 7th check in a row! | ||||||
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30. Kf4 |
White is DYING for just ONE TEMPO!!!!!!!!!!!!! | ||||||
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30... Rf1+ |
BRUTAL! Black is just hammering the white king! That's eight consecutive checks! | ||||||
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31. Kg5 |
Run, Forrest.....RUN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! | ||||||
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31... h6+ |
Check number NINE! | ||||||
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32. Kg6 |
White is now hanging on by his fingernails! He has FOUR hits on the dismal g7 square but he just can't catch his breath to do anything about it. | ||||||
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