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ANNOTATED GAME
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marlonharewood (1621) vs. rubacchus (1592)
Annotated by: chessknave (1560)
Chess opening: Four knights (C48), Spanish variation
marlonharewood (1621) vs. rubacchus (1592)
Annotated by: chessknave (1560)
Chess opening: Four knights (C48), Spanish variation
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13. Nc3 Nd4 |
A nice move! Nd4! with the idea of Nf3xd4, Qf6xf2# Of course it never works out as planned, so white will respond with a better move. | ||||
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14. Rf1 |
White sacrifices 0-0 with the idea of preventing the attack against the king. | ||||
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14... Nxf3+ |
A difficult choice. The text move removes a strong defender, but offers an exchange of queens, and loses the strength of the posted knight - which may have been inevidable. But what else is there? Maybe Rf8-f7 with Ra8-f8 to create a stronger attack? | ||||
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15. gxf3 |
Qd1xf3 appears better because now Qf6-h4! and black threatens mate or Qh4xh3. The kingside is weak for white. | ||||
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15... Qxf3 |
Gaining a point, offering an exchange of queens, but Qf6-h4 looks better because more leverage can be had with the queen on the board. It is true that after Qd1xf3, Rf8xf3 both the f2 and h3 pawns are attacked and both can not be saved, so the same +1 is gained, but again no queens after. | ||||
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16. Qxf3 Rxf3 17. O-O-O Bxf2 |
This move immediately gains a pawn, but has the disadvantage of enabling a pin on the bishop. Of course Ra8-f8 will remedy the situation, but then Rd1-d2 will prevent Rf3xh3. | ||||
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18. Rd2 Raf8 19. Nd1 |
Now the bishop must move, and there is no advantage over 17.Rxh3. | ||||
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19... Be3 |
This move results in equal trades resulting in black maintaining the 2 point lead. With accurate play black should win. | ||||
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20. Nxe3 Rf3xf1+ 21. Nxf1 Rxf1+ 22. Rd1 Rxd1+ 23. Kxd1 |
Both kings will have to race towards the kingside of the board. White to protect the h3 pawn, and black to try and press the advantage using the pawn majority. A plan for black would be to distract the king using operations on the queenside, then sieze the advantage on the queenside. | ||||
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23... g5 24. Ke2 Kg7 25. Kf3 h5 26. Kg3 d5 27. b4 dxe4 28. dxe4 Kf7 29. c4 b6 30. h4 g4 31. Kf2 Ke7 32. Kg3 |
This move is bad because it is obvious that both kings can not pass on the f file, so the action will take place queenside where both kings should be. | ||||
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32... Kd6 33. Kf2 a5 34. bxa5 bxa5 35. Ke3 Kc5 |
Good move, traditional ! White can not both protect the c pawn and block the g pawn. | ||||
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36. Kd3 |
White can only stop the g pawn at the expense of the c pawn. | ||||
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36... g3 37. Ke2 Kxc4 38. Kf3 Kd3 |
Black has the advantage on this move by blockading the white king and enabling a free path for the c pawn. | ||||
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39. Kxg3 c5 40. Kf3 c4 41. Kf2 Kd2 |
Keeping the opposition. Note how the black king controls c1, c2, c3, which gives the pawn complete safety on these squares. The white king can not pass and can not achieve a passed pawn in time. | ||||
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42. Kf1 c3 43. Kf2 c2 |
Resignation to the inevidable. Good game! Looks like someone was reading that Silman endgame book! Nice endgame play! | ||||
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