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ANNOTATED GAME
Ivory Rook!
Sarasani (-) vs. Rampersad, W. (1549)
Annotated by: sarasani (1868)
Chess opening: QGD (D06), symmetrical (Austrian) defence
Sarasani (-) vs. Rampersad, W. (1549)
Annotated by: sarasani (1868)
Chess opening: QGD (D06), symmetrical (Austrian) defence
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16... Nxd7 |
The position is now equal again. | ||||||
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17. Bxe7 Qxe7 18. Qa4 |
The point. The queen attacks the pawn on a7 and simultaneously prevents black from castling since that would leave the knight 'en prise'. (For your information, en prise is a French expression meaning that a piece is unprotected and may be captured.) | ||||||
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18... a6 |
?? 18...Rc6 was the only move here, but black didn't want to give up his extra pawn. | ||||||
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19. Nd5 |
! White now has an overwhelming position. | ||||||
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19... b5 |
?? Black cracks under the pressure. Ofcourse the knight can't be taken because of 19...exd5 20.Rfe1 | ||||||
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20. Qxa6 |
?? At this point I was so focused on taking back the pawn that I missed 20.Nxe7 bxa4 21.Nxc8, wich ofcourse leaves white with a decisive material advantage. | ||||||
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20... Qc5 21. Nc3 |
Attacking the pawn on b5. | ||||||
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21... Rb8 22. Ne4 |
The white knight is quite strong in this game. | ||||||
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22... Qb6 |
Now an exchange of queens is inevitable. | ||||||
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23. Qxb6 Nxb6 |
The position is again more or less equal now. | ||||||
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24. Nd6+ |
Black's b-pawn is now lost, but... | ||||||
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24... Ke7 25. Nxb5 Nd5 |
? A decisive mistake. 25...Na4!? 26.b3 Rxb5 27.bxa4 Ra5 would have probably led to a drawn game. | ||||||
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26. a4 Rhc8 27. Rfe1 Nb6 28. b3 |
Now white has a better position again, due to the pawns on the queenside. | ||||||
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28... Kf6 29. Nd6 Rc2 30. Rdb1 Nd5 31. Kf1 |
!? Setting up a trap for black. | ||||||
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31... Nc3 32. Rbc1 Rxc1 33. Rxc1 Rxb3 |
?? The last couple of moves were played relatively fast, but by this time we were playing for almost two and a half hours. Can you guess what white played next? | ||||||
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34. Rxc3 |
! Inspired by the name of our chessclub, the white rook delivers a final blow! (34...Rxc3 35.Ne4 ). At this point black could have resigned, but he decided to fight 'till the end. The rest of the game is probably not so important but I'll post it anyway..Hope you enjoyed! Sarasani | ||||||
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34... Rb1+ 35. Ke2 Ke7 36. Nb5 |
36.Nc4 is probably better here. | ||||||
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36... Rb2+ 37. Ke3 Rb4 38. Ra3 f5 39. Nd4 Kf6 |
39...Rb6 doesn't save black: 40.a5 Ra6 41.Rb3! | ||||||
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40. a5 e5 41. Nc6 |
41.Ne2 leaves black no chance. | ||||||
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41... f4+ 42. Kd3 Rb2 |
Black could have tried 42...e4 43.Kc3 Rb1, but white is still winning. | ||||||
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