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ANNOTATED GAME
33rd GK tournament
markpinkston (1252) vs. goumindong (1407)
Annotated by: markpinkston (1611)
Chess opening: Scotch opening (C44)
markpinkston (1252) vs. goumindong (1407)
Annotated by: markpinkston (1611)
Chess opening: Scotch opening (C44)
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11. O-O-O |
And it is done. My king is safely tucked away and most of my pieces are pointing directly at the enemy king. Commence attack! | ||||||
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11... Ng4 |
Maybe looking to trade off the bishop on e3? Better would still have been to develop. | ||||||
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12. h4 |
And they're off! Already the g6-knight is looking for a safe square. And having trouble finding one. | ||||||
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12... b6 |
Finally black decides to get his light bishop in the game. The problem is that on b7, the bishop will be "biting on granite" as the e4 and d5 pawns shut down the long diagonal. | ||||||
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13. h5 |
It is important in a pawn storm to gain tempii with attacks on pieces. | ||||||
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13... Nh8 |
The only square, but what a sad piece that knight is. | ||||||
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14. Nh2 |
Normally I would not offer to trade pieces, but in this case I get compensation in the form of an uncovered path for my f and g pawns. | ||||||
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14... Nxh2 15. Rxh2 |
Now this rook can go to g2 to help double on the g-file, since the h-file is temporarily shut down. | ||||||
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15... f6 |
Another weaking of the king's pawn cover - just the thing he shouldn't want to do. | ||||||
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16. g4 |
And the attack continues. | ||||||
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16... Bb4 |
Not sure what the point of this is, as the light bishop has gotten ignored again, but I am fine with an exchange on c3. The knight wasn't really participating in the attack yet anyway. | ||||||
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17. Rg1 |
Another rule of thumb for pawn storms is to put rooks behind the pawns. As soon as the white pawns start to open lines by trading off black's pawns, these rooks will spring to life in powerful ways. | ||||||
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17... Bxc3 |
And he does trade. Ho-hum. | ||||||
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18. Qxc3 |
I flirted with the idea of bxc3 to keep the queen and bishop battery on the c1-h6 diagonal, but decided I should keep my pawns intact and just spend a move to put the queen back if I wanted to later. | ||||||
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18... c5 |
In opposite-side castling, it is common for both sides to pawn storm, and often the game is decided by which side "gets there first". Obviously black is not going down without a fight, so this is a good move. I think black was hoping for me to capture en passant, when he can use the newly opened d-file to access my king position. | ||||||
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19. f4 |
Of course, I leave the center closed and continue the attack on his king. It won't be long now before lines start to get opened and his king starts to become vulnerable to my pieces. | ||||||
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19... d6 |
Possibly preparing to recapture with the d-pawn if I take on e5? But better for black would be capturing with the f-pawn when he controls the newly opened f-file with the f8-rook. | ||||||
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20. g5 |
Which is why I don't take on e5, and instead continue to storm toward the enemy king. | ||||||
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20... Nf7 |
Coming out of hiding to defend the squares g5 and h6. | ||||||
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21. gxh6 |
I considered g6 to force the knight back into the corner, but that would have left the pawns around the black king closed, and the point of a pawn storm is to open lines for attack. | ||||||
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