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ANNOTATED GAME
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andra (1231) vs. markpinkston (1403)
Annotated by: markpinkston (1611)
Chess opening: Ponziani (C44), Caro variation
andra (1231) vs. markpinkston (1403)
Annotated by: markpinkston (1611)
Chess opening: Ponziani (C44), Caro variation
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27. e4 |
To allow the king access to e3. | |||||
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27... Ne7c6 |
And I complete my plan. Now my king can go pick off white's isolated pawns. | |||||
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28. Ke3 |
Continuing to centralize, but where can he go, and what will he do when he gets there? | |||||
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28... Kc7 |
Heading for the a pawn. | |||||
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29. a3 |
And it comes to meet me :) | |||||
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29... Kb7 30. h3 |
Either played to take away the g4 square from the e5 knight or to prepare g4 after Kf4. | |||||
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30... Ka6 31. Kf4 |
And now white can play g4, but if so, I will just play ...hxg4. White still has no way to create a passed pawn on the kingside. | |||||
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31... Ka5 |
And my king is starting to get very active on the queenside. | |||||
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32. Ke3 |
It is too late to save the a pawn, so this retreat must be to protect the c3 pawn. | |||||
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32... Ka4 33. Kd2 Kxa3 |
And now winning the c3 pawn would make my b pawn a passer. | |||||
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34. Kc2 |
White will try to defend the pawn the best he can. | |||||
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34... Nc4 |
And the outpost I mentioned a while back becomes useful. This move has two points: 1. it threatens ...Ne3 winning the g pawn 2. it allows ...N6e5 when the new e5 knight blockades both the e and c pawns to allow the c4 knight to do other things | |||||
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35. h4 |
White has to move something. | |||||
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35... Nc6e5 |
I could have won the g pawn with a fork here, but I really would rather win the c3 pawn, and white is getting close to zugzwang. | |||||
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36. g3 Ka4 |
And white is in zugzwang. Three pawns can't even move, the other two will be captured if they move, so it is up to the king to move. But his only safe squares are on the first rank, and this will allow my king the b3 square winning the c3 pawn. Notice that ...Ka2 would have been just as good. | |||||
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37. Kb1 |
Rather than resign, white picks a square. | |||||
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37... Kb3 |
And now the c3 pawn falls with a black queen soon to appear. | |||||
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38. Ka1 Kxc3 39. Ka2 b4 |
And white sees there is no way to stop the queen and resigns. 0-1 | |||||
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