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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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27... b4 |
I can't even give this more than a "?!", because after 28. c4, black has nothing to play against. | |||||
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28. g4 |
? for white, and a chance at life for me! Notice that the last 4 white moves have left white's king quite exposed... | |||||
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28... bxc3 |
Not giving anyone a second chance to play c4. | |||||
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29. bxc3 dxc3 30. Qa2 |
I was hoping white would be scared to play Qxc3 because of the discovered attack from the rook, but in hindsight, I think he should have. | |||||
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30... Nd4 |
I may be down the exchange, but having more space and the passed c3 pawn gave me a tremendous amount of hope... | |||||
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31. Rfc1 |
? This leaves white's king without defenders, and so I knew it was time to go for broke. After a day or so of calculating variations, I decided to go for it... | |||||
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31... Nf3+ |
And it's pretty clear that Qxd3 is unavoidable. | |||||
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32. Kg3 |
Aggressive, but this steps into danger. Kg2 looked safer to me. | |||||
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32... Qxd3 |
A quiet but dangerous move, threatening a lot of things. | |||||
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33. Bf1 |
This was a nice try, I thought, to force the queen to move. | |||||
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33... Qxe4 |
And now I've regained material equality. I feel like a swindler already. | |||||
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34. Qg2 |
? White appears to be threatening to win black's knight, but black has an amazing shot, that amazingly, I found... | |||||
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34... Nxf5+ |
! Do you know how hard it is to fight to regain material equality and then, upon doing it, to *immediately* sacrifice a piece? I thought white would play Kh3, and have to contend with N5xh4, threatening the queen, and a possible mate in the corner. | |||||
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35. gxf5 |
? But this allows black to win easily. | |||||
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35... Qf4+ |
! An easy move that maybe doesn't deserve an exclam, but White has to choose between Kh3 Qxh4# and Kf2, losing the queen. | |||||
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36. Kf2 |
Better to lose the queen than get mated... | |||||
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36... Nxh4+ |
ouch. | |||||
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37. Kg1 Nxg2 |
And just like that, the tables have turned. | |||||
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38. Bxg2 Qxf5 |
And at this point, I think the prospect of having to contend with four connected passed pawns was too much for white, and he resigned. This was a good game, and as long as mistakes are possible, victory is possible. Hope you enjoyed it! Ethan | |||||
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