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ANNOTATED GAME
Knight's tour.
shisht-rang06 (1730) vs. safin (1732)
Annotated by: danilsafin (1768)
Chess opening: Queen's pawn (A40), Keres defence
shisht-rang06 (1730) vs. safin (1732)
Annotated by: danilsafin (1768)
Chess opening: Queen's pawn (A40), Keres defence
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22. a3 Bf5 23. Qd2 Ba5 24. b4 Bb6 25. Na4 |
? Not paying attention to black's threats against d4 and a3. a4 was better. | ||||
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25... Nb5 |
Black wins a pawn by force. | ||||
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26. Nc5 |
! Loses a pawn and let's my knight all the way to e3, but it does save white's d4/e5 pawns that later will be white's main hope. | ||||
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26... Bxb1 27. Rcxb1 Nxa3 28. Rb3 Nc4 29. Qd3 Ne3 |
The knight has gone a long path, b8-d7-f8-e6-c7-b5-a3-c4-e3, winning a pawn and finally occupying a cramping position in white's camp. | ||||
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30. Re1 Bxc5 31. bxc5 Qe6 |
Preparing to defend b7 with the rooks, also threatening to offer queen exchange on f5. | ||||
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32. Rxe3 |
! I can't blame white for giving me the exchange, otherwise he would have a hard time defending with no counterplay. Still, Rb1 would make black work harder to realize his pawn advantage. | ||||
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32... fxe3 33. Qxe3 b5 |
A small tactical trick of my own: 34. cxb6 axb6, and if 35. Rxb6 then Ra1 wins a bishop. | ||||
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34. Bf1 Rb7 |
Not accurate, as it allows white advance his f pawn. A more convincing win was Raf8, when white would have to defend on both sides of the board. | ||||
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35. Bd3 a5 36. f4 a4 37. f5 |
White even has chances to win now. | ||||
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37... Qf7 38. f6+ |
Where should the king go? | ||||
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38... Kg8 |
?! I had thought the king may be important in stopping the pawn, but Kh8 was more precise, see move 42. (Kf8 was even worse because of h4) | ||||
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39. Rb1 b4 40. Rf1 Re8 41. Qf3 b3 42. Bf5 Kh8 |
Correcting my 38th move mistake: White threatens e6, and I can't answer Qxf6 because of Bh7 and Qxf6. | ||||
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43. Re1 |
Bg4 was better, threatening immediate e6. | ||||
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43... a3 44. Bg4 b2 45. Bh5 |
If 45. e6, then b1=Q works similarly. | ||||
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45... b1=Q 46. Rxb1 Rxb1+ 47. Kg2 Rb2+ 48. Kh3 Qd7+ 49. Bg4 Qh7 |
Black still has to be careful: queen retreats other than to f7, h7 and d8 would lose a rook to 50. f7 (Rf8?? 51. Qf6 and Bf5#). | ||||
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50. f7 Rf8 51. e6 Rb7 52. Qxa3 |
I had looked at 53. Qf6 Qg7 54. e7 Rxe7 55. Qxe7 Qxf7 as the best white can do, but still black wins there. | ||||
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52... h5 53. Be2 Qf5+ 54. Kg2 Qxe6 55. Bxh5 g4 56. Qd3 Rb2+ 57. Kg1 Qe1+ 58. Qf1 Qe3+ 59. Kh1 Rf2 60. Qg1 Qf3+ |
Please comment on the game if you notice any mistakes in my analysis. | ||||
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