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ANNOTATED GAME
A Marshall Swindle!
clarinetref (1746) vs. ethansiegel (1723)
Annotated by: ethansiegel
(1986)
Chess opening: Reti (A05), King's Indian attack
clarinetref (1746) vs. ethansiegel (1723)
Annotated by: ethansiegel
(1986)
Chess opening: Reti (A05), King's Indian attack
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14... Rc8 |
with the idea of an eventual c5, gaining even more space. | ||||||
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15. Kh2 Qd7 |
...and as I made this move, I thought "now just look out for h4 and Bh3," and wasn't prepared when white played... | ||||||
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16. Nb3 |
Threatening Nxc5 and Bxh6. Of course, I *forgot* about the Bc1. Yes, yes I did. I'm rated over 1700 and I remembered pinning the knight, but forgot about the bishop when the knight moved. And so logically, I played... | ||||||
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16... c4 |
? This loses the exchange and a pawn, as white demonstrates. | ||||||
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17. Bxh6 cxb3 18. Bxf8 Kxf8 19. axb3 |
And now white has a large advantage. I would say white has a won game here, and just needs to avoid a blunder to convert this into a full point. At this juncture, I was pretty disillusioned, and needed to come up with a plan. | ||||||
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19... Ne7 |
Building up pressure on the c-pawn was the best I could come up with. | ||||||
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20. Qd2 |
Qg5 would be dreadful right now! | ||||||
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20... Nc6 |
I realized I needed to defend e5 in the event of Qg5, and was mad at myself for wasting a move. | ||||||
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21. Qg5 |
The knight's gotta move. | ||||||
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21... Ng8 |
Hoping to regroup with Ne7. | ||||||
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22. Qd2 |
running before black plays f6. | ||||||
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22... Nge7 23. f4 |
white is threatening to blow open the center with devastation for black after exf4. | ||||||
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23... f6 |
necessary to keep lines closed. | ||||||
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24. Ref1 |
Uncomfortable for black's king, no doubt. | ||||||
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24... Kg7 |
I felt that this was forced. | ||||||
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25. h4 |
Now this tactic I saw -- allowing the skewer of Bh3 would be bad news for black. | ||||||
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25... Qd6 |
I had to keep my pieces active. | ||||||
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26. Bh3 |
And now the rook's got to move, too. | ||||||
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26... Rc7 |
This keeps up some pressure on the c-pawn, which I figured was my only chance for counterplay. With white's pieces scattered and cramped, he can't maneuver as easily as I can, so my material disadvantage isn't as dreadful as it would seem on a more open board. | ||||||
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27. f5 |
But white's coming after me, and threatening to blow the game open. I figured I had to try and strike back, and hope to get lucky. Boy, anyone who's read my annotated games must notice this is a recurring theme! | ||||||
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