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ANNOTATED GAME
Razor's Edge
mbingham (1766) vs. tag1153 (1438)
Annotated by: mbingham (1200)
Chess opening: Sicilian (B21), Grand Prix attack
mbingham (1766) vs. tag1153 (1438)
Annotated by: mbingham (1200)
Chess opening: Sicilian (B21), Grand Prix attack
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17. Qf7+ |
... which moves to f7. | ||||
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17... Kh4 |
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18. Qg7 |
And this was played without considering h6, which prevents Qg4 and Bg5. From this position, Qg4#, so something must be done. if Rg8 Kh5 Qh6, snuffing black early. g3 was best. Love that hindsight. | ||||
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18... Qxf5 |
Which I did not anticipate, but that pawn wasn't doing much of anything. Already, I'm looking at getting the queen to e1 or f2 after something like Qh6 Nh5 Qd2. Either that or something that involves that plus g3 and Qg2. My thinking is a little fuzzy, but there must be something in there. I hope to god there's something in there. | ||||
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19. Qh6+ Nh5 20. Rd5 |
And I jumped on that like it was the best idea ever played by man. I missed the point. If Bd2, Be1 is unstoppable and the king is still disadvantageously ensconced. Someone will have to die on the black side so that the king may live. I saw it shortly afterward. Sigh. | ||||
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20... Ne5 |
I wish I'd spent some more time on that last move. I didn't consider that I was giving black a chance to bring in more guys. | ||||
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21. Qd2 |
And I play my original idea. | ||||
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21... Nf3+ |
Saccing back a little material to make my king vulnerable too. | ||||
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22. gxf3 Qxf3 |
Eek. Thankfully, I have the initiative. | ||||
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23. Rd3 |
And the queen can't afford to retreat! After the white queen checks on e1 or f2 (whichever is available, white's dark-square bishop continues to hold the king in the box. Which game is it that an annotator, losing the power to quantify the position, simply said "The board is on fire"? This perhaps isn't quite that high quality, but Tom and I both know we're playing a heckuva game. | ||||
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23... Rhg8 24. Qe1+ |
The obvious move, but I have no idea what my follow up is after Kh3. | ||||
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24... Kh3 |
To my mind, there wasn't anything besides this. That certainty left me with most of the day to consider how to play next. | ||||
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25. Ne4 |
The idea is that the discovery is empty since Bg5, buying time to capture the queen with check. This is why I'm 1500 USCF and 1750 gameknot. I can just walk away and let the position work itself out on gameknot. OTB, I have to sit there and stew in my own adrenaline. | ||||
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25... Bh4 |
I'd been expecting a rook to f or light-squared bishop to somewhere or other. This made me panic until I remembered the vague impression that in lines after g3 (which i never played), Qg2 might mate. g2 isn't an option of course, but f1 is! | ||||
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26. Qf1# |
A truly bizarre and wonderful game for a couple of patzers. | ||||
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