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ANNOTATED GAME
A really cool tactic!
ethansiegel (1719) vs. bayshoremarauder (1447)
Annotated by: ethansiegel
(1986)
Chess opening: Vienna game, Max Lange defence (C25)
ethansiegel (1719) vs. bayshoremarauder (1447)
Annotated by: ethansiegel
(1986)
Chess opening: Vienna game, Max Lange defence (C25)
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15... Qd6 |
The queen was forced to move, and black chose the d6 square, which appears to be reasonable. Note something, though. If there were no Rf8, white could play Ne8 , winning the queen. There is a rook on f8, but that doesn't mean everything... | ||||
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16. Qf3 |
...because if there were no knight on f6, and the rook were on e8 instead of f8, well, couldn't the queen-rook battery down the f-file win the game for white? | ||||
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16... c6 |
?? Loses immediately. Black needed to connect his rooks with a move like Bd7 or Be6 (relatively the best move). Now white gets to play the tactic I just told you about: | ||||
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17. Ne8+ |
! Rxe8 loses the game; K-moves loses the queen. | ||||
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17... Rxe8 |
Allowing the pretty combination. | ||||
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18. Qxf7+ |
Forcing the king to h8. | ||||
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18... Kh8 |
The only legal move. | ||||
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19. Qxe8+ |
Black can delay mate by another move by giving up his queen on f8, but either way, he gets mated in his kingside corner. | ||||
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19... Kh7 |
or Kg7 20. Rf7# | ||||
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20. Rf7# |
1-0. Thanks to bayshoremarauder for playing this one out -- and damn, what a pretty tactic Ne8 turned out to be! Hope you enjoyed it! | ||||
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