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ANNOTATED GAME
33rd GK tournament
julianhemsi (1337) vs. markpinkston (1252)
Annotated by: markpinkston (1611)
Chess opening: Scandinavian defence, Lasker variation (B01)
julianhemsi (1337) vs. markpinkston (1252)
Annotated by: markpinkston (1611)
Chess opening: Scandinavian defence, Lasker variation (B01)
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11. Bc3 |
And now both his bishops have made it to the long diagonals. But the upside for me is that I get to trade queens! | ||||||||
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11... Qxd1+ |
After this it will be imperative to finish development or I could face a nasty attack. | ||||||||
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12. Rxd1 |
And of course he recaptures with a developing move. I really am walking a dangerously fine line here. | ||||||||
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12... Nd7 |
Preparing to castle long, I am ready to play ...e6 to protect the h3-c8 diagonal and open up a line for my dark bishop to develop. I still have to figure out how to protect the g-pawn when the dark bishop leaves the back rank, but first things first. | ||||||||
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13. O-O |
Completing development, white can either play Rfe1 to pressure both central files, or double rooks on the d-file. Despite being a pawn down, white has a reasonable game. I wonder if he considered the d-pawn a gambit? | ||||||||
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13... O-O-O |
And I am trying to catch up my development as quickly as possible. If I can get caught up and force some trades, my extra pawn may start to tip the balance in my direction. | ||||||||
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14. Ba5 |
Solving a problem for me. Now the g-pawn isn't attacked and the dark bishop can develop without trouble. | ||||||||
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14... Nb6 |
This is a perfect situation for me. Trading a pair of rooks will get me closer to a pawn up endgame, while avoiding the rook trade cedes me the d-file. If he trades the bishop for knight, the recapture ...axb6 leaves my king a nice place on c7 to hide from white's light bishop. | ||||||||
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15. Rxd8+ |
I am happy to see the trade. | ||||||||
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15... Kxd8 16. Rd1+ |
And white is quick to grab the open file with tempo against my king. | ||||||||
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16... Kc8 |
Avoiding the pin that going to c7 would create. I suppose there would be ways to keep the pinned knight out of trouble later, but I think the easiest way is just to not get it pinned in the first place. | ||||||||
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17. Bg4+ |
White must have a plan, and I assume this move fits into it somehow, but my first reaction was to think of Fischer's quote, "Patzer sees check, patzer gives check." | ||||||||
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17... e6 |
As mentioned before, this is the planned move to block that diagonal and release the dark bishop. | ||||||||
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18. b3 |
Looks like white is preparing c4-c5 to attack the knight. Until I protect the d8 square, the knight is actually pinned as the only defense against Rd8#. | ||||||||
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18... Be7 |
But now that d8 is protected, the knight is free to move and I have achieved a safe, pawn up position. | ||||||||
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19. Bc3 |
Now that the pin is no longer a threat, the bishop attacks the weakness on g7. | ||||||||
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19... Bf6 |
I am not thrilled to disrupt my pawn structure this way, but I had no other way to protect the g7-pawn. | ||||||||
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20. Bxf6 |
I have mixed feelings about this. On the one hand, I am pleased to have more wood off the board as I am ahead in material. Also, this trade takes away the advantage of the two bishops that my opponent enjoyed. On the downside, the h-pawn becomes isolated and the f-pawns get doubled. This is not a good thing in an endgame. Chess is a game of trade-offs. Very rarely is a situation clearly good or bad. There are always points on each side of the equation, and the trick is to capitalize on the positives and try to diminsh the effects of the negative. | ||||||||
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20... gxf6 |
With that in mind, I will try to get the rooks off and put all my pawns on dark squares. That will make my opponent's light squared bishop unable to attack my forces. Then I will use my knight to attack the dark squares that my opponent's bishop cannot defend. | ||||||||
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21. c4 |
Not sure what white's plan is, but normally he would be trying to put his pawns on the opposite color from his bishop. That would allow his bishop maximum freedom of movement. By keeping his pawns on the light squares, white is restricting the movement of his own bishop. | ||||||||
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