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ANNOTATED GAME
The making of a Sicilian counterattack
White player (2190) vs. marinvukusic (2062)
Annotated by: marinvukusic (2161)
Chess opening: Sicilian (B58), classical
White player (2190) vs. marinvukusic (2062)
Annotated by: marinvukusic (2161)
Chess opening: Sicilian (B58), classical
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21... Qb1+ |
The best move, with forced variation that reduces the material while keeping the initiative. | ||||
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22. Bd1 Bxg4 |
I just couldn't resist this move, but the best move order is in fact 22...Bd2. After that 23.Qd2, Qe4 gets Rh1, and 23.Kd2, Bg4 creates horrible threat 24...Qb4. This can be prevented by a Queen move but then Bg5 is lost after Qc1. If 24.Bg4 then 24...Rc2; 25.Kd3, Qb3; 26.Kd4, e5# | ||||
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23. Kf2 Bxd2 24. Qxd2 Qxe4 25. Re1 Qf5+ 26. Kg3 |
26.Qf4, Qf4; 27.Bf4, Bd1; 28.Rd1 is similar to the game ending. Black has 6 (!) pawns for the Bishop. | ||||
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26... Bxd1 27. Rxd1 Rc4 |
Again the simplest move I could find, bringing the Rook into the fight. By this time I spent 1:53 of my time, leaving 7 minutes for 13 moves - which is plenty considering the position. My opponent played quickly most of his moves - they were more or less forced anyway. | ||||
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28. h3 f6 |
Defending e7 with tempi. Now I only wanted to exchange Queens and play out an easy ending. | ||||
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29. Be3 Rc2 |
Now there is no Rg4, so this is the only good place for the Rook. | ||||
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30. Qd5+ |
This pretty much resigns the game. 30.Qd4 is the only hope, however slim it may be. I would probably start pushing the 2 queenside passers, while trying to create mating threats on the kingside. Since the only open line is in Black's hands, there is virtually no danger of getting mated suddenly. | ||||
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30... Qxd5 31. Rxd5 a6 32. Rd3 Kf7 33. Bb6 Rb2 34. Bd8 Rb5 35. Rc3 Rc5 36. Re3 e5 37. Rb3 b5 38. Ra3 Rc6 |
1:57 on the clock, and everything is defended. White did not resign yet though (and even managed to create a passed pawn!). | ||||
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39. Ba5 Ke6 40. h4 d5 |
The time control. After this both players received additional 30 minutes on the clock. | ||||
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41. Bd2 d4 42. Kg4 Kd5 43. h5 e4 44. h6 e3 45. Bxe3 |
Nothing else is really possible. | ||||
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45... dxe3 46. Rxe3 Rc4+ 47. Kg3 Re4 48. Rd3+ Ke6 |
Now I decided to go and take out the h6 pawn, before I do something really stupid and lose :) | ||||
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49. Rd8 Kf5 50. Rd7 Re3+ 51. Kf2 |
51.Kg2 is slightly better, but the pawn is lost anyway after Kg5. | ||||
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51... Rh3 52. Rxh7 Kg5 53. Ra7 Kxh6 54. Rxa6 Kg5 55. Rb6 Rb3 |
White finally resigned. I hope you had fun watching the game. Learning points (I hope) are: 1. Never underestimate your opponent. This was really White's downfall. We played 2 more games within 3 years from this one and he outplayed me both times, playing seriously and powerfully. 2. It is necessary to play with consistency, and according to the reality of the position. 3. Tempi are everything in tactical positions! --- Thank you for looking over this game, I can answer any questions on private. Regards, Marin Vukusic | ||||
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