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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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21... Nxh6 |
And with the pin down the g-file, the h6-knight is unprotected. | |||||
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22. fxe5 |
A fact I take advantage of with the discovery to win a pawn. | |||||
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22... Ng4 |
Blundering a piece, but the game was already out of hand. | |||||
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23. Bxg4 |
Taking the freebie cinches the game unless I make a huge blunder of my own. Which is not out of the question, unfortunately. | |||||
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23... fxe5 |
Getting the pawn back and taking control of the open f-file, but it is too little, too late for black. | |||||
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24. Bxc8 |
Now that I am up material, I will trade down to a won endgame, unless I get a chance to close out with an attack on the king. | |||||
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24... Rxc8 25. h6 |
And in order to attack the king, I still need more open lines. | |||||
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25... Rf7 |
There is no good move for black. | |||||
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26. hxg7 |
And the last of the king's pawn cover is destroyed. It may not take long now. | |||||
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26... Rxg7 27. Rxg7+ |
Killing two birds with one stone: removing defenders of the king to open lines for attack, and trading pieces to get closer to a won endgame. | |||||
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27... Kxg7 28. Bh6+ |
Setting up a little trick: if the king happens to move to the h-file, Bg5 wins the queen with a discovered check. But more importantly, this move clears the third rank so my queen can get involved in the attack too. | |||||
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28... Kf7 |
Avoiding the trap, but this monarch is in deep trouble. | |||||
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29. Qf3+ |
For now the mighty white queen enters the attack, and there is precious little cover to run to. Notice that white's d-pawn takes away the e6 square and helps hem in the black king. One of the benefits of advanced central pawns. | |||||
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29... Qf6 |
No matter where the king goes there are tactics at white's disposal, but interposing the queen here is probably the worst of black's meager choices. | |||||
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30. Qh5+ |
For now black must give up his queen in order to avoid mate. Here are the lines: A) 30...Qg6 31. Rf1 deflects the king and the black queen hangs to the white queen. B) 30...Ke7 31. Bg5 pins the black queen to the king. C) 30...Kg8 31. Rg2 C1) 31...Q interpose loses the queen C2) 31...K to h-file 32. Bf4 Qh6 33. Qxh6# In light of this, black resigns. 1-0 A classic example of several common themes: 1. Opposite side castling often leads to pawn storms, and the side whose pawns reach the enemy king first usually wins. 2. Pawns can open lines for attack by trading themselves for enemy pawns. 3. A king without pawn cover is likely to die a quick death. | |||||
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