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ANNOTATED GAME

Challenge from craig_osborne
craig_osborne (1730) vs. sizzam (1923)
Annotated by: craig_osborne (1258)
Chess opening: Sicilian (B20), Gloria variation
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13... Qd8 14. Bg5
white has black on the run

 
14... Be7 15. Bxe7 Kxe7
if the queen was to take then the king would still have moved aftyer the exchange so it was better for black to take with king sooner rather than later

 
16. Bxd7 Qxd7 17. Qxd7+ Kxd7
the rook idea was played well on time

 
18. Rxg7 Ke7
logical as we enter an early endgame

 
19. Ke2
keeping the opposition

 
19... Rag8
trying to compensate and keep a rook on the open file

 
20. Rg3
opportunity to undouble the pawns

 
20... Rg6
black done well to refuse the exchange

 
21. Rh3
this was another prepairational move, much of whites play will be on the king side and this move will become evident very soon

 
21... f5 22. Rh5
the black move seemed obvious

 
22... fxe4 23. fxe4 h6 24. Rf1
the kingside will be used

 
24... Rg2 25. h3 Rg5 26. Rh4
the exchange wins for black

 
26... h5 27. Rd1 Rf8
black is evening up the game

 
28. Rd3
once the other rook is in play on the kingside it should be whites game

 
28... a6 29. Kf1
a waiting move

 
29... Kd7
ditto for black

 
30. f4
now this can be played

 
30... Re5
note the pin

 
31. Re3 Re7 32. Kf2 Rg8 33. e5
all pure logic, white trys to overwhelm with pawns

 
33... dxe5 34. fxe5 Rg5 35. Rhe4 b5 36. Ke1 Rf5 37. Kd2 Rg7 38. Re3e2
the check would be quite nasty

 

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