Annotated chess game: Team match (Charlie's Revenge!!!)

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ANNOTATED GAME

Team match (Charlie's Revenge!!!)
gothicgirl (1507) vs. abe66 (1502)
Annotated by: tag1153

(1700)
Chess opening: Philidor's defence (C41)

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54... f2 55. Qd5+

? hmm....55. Qh7 Kc8 56. Qg8 Kd7 57. Qh7 Kc8 58. Qg8 Kd7 and white is right in it.

55... Ke7 56. Re2+

White FINALLY gets the rook involved. Now, she MUST keep up the check pressure to avoid black getting another queen.

56... Kf8 57. Qa8+ Kg7 58. Ne3

White's poor rook is so passive. This knight move was the only real possibility to snag the promoter.

58... Rc1

? Black continues to give white too much hope. Better to just promote, take the knight, and start nailing the coffin shut.

59. Qb7+

White continues to hang on. At first glance, black appears to be clearly ahead. I ran this position through Shredder, and got the most fascinating line that I wanted to share here: [ 59. Nf5 Kh7 (59...QxN 60. Re7 Qf7 61. RxQ KxR 62. Qd5 Kf6 63. Qd4 Kg6 64. Qe4 Kf6 65. Qd4 Kg6 66. Qe4 Kf6 67. Qd4 =) 60. Re7 Kg6 61. NxB gxN 62. Qe4 Kg5 63. Qe3 Kg4 64. Re4 Kh5 65. Re5 Kg6 66. Q Kf7 67. Qb7 Rc7 68. QxR Kg6] Now, I find absolutely no fault with gothicgirl's last move - I mean, there is little possibility that a fellow human of non-titled strength could have seen that sequence. I just it was too pretty not to mention:) As it is, white is taking advantage of the reprieve black has given her and continues to keep up what little pressure she can in this position.

59... Kg6 60. Qe4+ Kh5 61. Qg4+

White keeps finding ways to hang on!

61... Kh6 62. Nf5+

! Yeah baby! White sees the chance to get her rook in on the action!

62... Qxf5

Once again, black has had enough of this and pins his hopes on the promotion on f1.

63. Qxf5

?? NO! Re6 ! saves the game! Follow this line: 63. Re6 QxR 64. QxQ Kh5 65. Qe2 Kh6 66. Qe6 Kh5 67. Qe2 Kh6 68. Qe6 .

63... f1=Q

Black now has the goods, and must simply evade a few annoying checks.

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64. Re6+ Kh5 65. Qh7+ Kg4 66. Re4+ Kf3 67. Qf5+ Kg2 68. Qg4+ Kh1

Black is now temporarily safe from check.

69. Ka3

White is out of ideas. Black now pours on the pain.

69... Ra1+ 70. Kb4 Qf8+ 71. Kc3 Be1+

With this bishop now in the game and controlling dark squares, white is seriously on the ropes.

72. Kd4 Qf2+ 73. Kd5 Qf7+ 74. Ke5

?? White's best chance was 74. Kc6 Rc1 75. Rc4 Qf6 76. Kb7 RxR 77. dxR

74... Bc3+

Very workable, but Bg3 wins, as if the bishop is taken black wins the white queen after Qc7 .

75. d4

Nice! White is desperately trying to get the one tempo she needs to do some attacking herself!

75... Qe7+ 76. Kf5

?? Yikes! What about 76. Kd5 Qf7 Kc6?????? Black now marks a '1' on the wall chart.

76... Rf1+ 77. Kg6 Rf6+ 78. Kxg5 Qg7+ 79. Kh4 Rh6+ 80. Kg3 Rg6

And white has had enough. I thought was a thoroughly entertaining game. Both sides made mistakes, of course, but it was interesting to me how the outcome was not decided until very late - after both sides had squandered chances yet were let off of the hook almost immediately by their opponent. I replayed it a few times just to watch how the tempo and initiative kept passing back and forth. I felt like I was at a tennis match:) I take nothing away from these two fine players, and I hope my annotation did not appear harsh. It's always so much easier to armchair quarterback someone else's game when you have the benefit of an engine:) Many thanks to abe66 and gothicgirl for the game, and I hope you have enjoyed it:) - Thomas

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