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ANNOTATED GAME
Sacrificing for Positional Advantage
Abinadi1 (1278) vs. Anon. (1482)
Annotated by: abinadi1 (1666)
Chess opening: Philidor's defence (C41)
Abinadi1 (1278) vs. Anon. (1482)
Annotated by: abinadi1 (1666)
Chess opening: Philidor's defence (C41)
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16... cxb2 |
Threatening to blacks pawn, but hopefully I can keep the pressure on | ||||
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17. Ne5+ |
Sacrafice 3 to open the d file and the start of a 7 straight checking combination | ||||
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17... dxe5 18. Rad1+ |
I once heard when deciding which rook to move, look at the one in the best position and move the other one. I think I moved the right one? | ||||
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18... Nd6 |
Now a pinned knight | ||||
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19. Qg4+ Ke8 20. Qh8+ Bf8 21. Qxe5+ Kd8 22. Rxd6+ Bd7 23. Qgg5+ Kc8 24. Qef6 |
sacraficing the rook to enable my Queens to sqeeze blacks king further into a corner | ||||
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24... Bxd6 25. Qxd6 Nc6 26. Qg7 |
I wanted to try and keep Blacks queen out of the action but seeing this was going to happen I needed a bit more fire power to combat the inevitable queen trade | ||||
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26... Qd8 27. Rd1 b1=Q |
4 queens, but mine are alot better placed, also aiming to remove my rook from the d file, but thats easy to rectify | ||||
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28. Qgxd7+ |
Forcing the exchange of his well positioned queen | ||||
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28... Qxd7 29. Qxd7+ Kb8 30. Rxb1 |
Getting rid of the competition | ||||
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30... b6 31. Qxc6 c4 32. Rd1 |
Getting the rook back onto the d file ready to mate on the back row | ||||
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32... a5 |
trying to get his rook out, but I ve got the tempo | ||||
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33. Qxb6+ Kc8 |
Forced | ||||
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34. Rd8# |
11 and that's game. Thanks to my opponent and to Anderssen for the new light into the power of sacrificing for positional advantage. All respect to my opponent who I leave anonymous. I must have caught him on a bad day. | ||||
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