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ANNOTATED GAME
A Titanic Endgame Fight! (R+B vs. R)
ethansiegel (1723) vs. clarinetref (1746)
Annotated by: ethansiegel
(1986)
Chess opening: Pirc defence (B07)
ethansiegel (1723) vs. clarinetref (1746)
Annotated by: ethansiegel
(1986)
Chess opening: Pirc defence (B07)
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24. fxg6 |
Forcing black to recapture; if instead black plays Nxd3, white has gxh7 , winning a pawn, creating a passed pawn on the h-file, with good winning chances. | |||||||||
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24... fxg6 |
Gives the Rf8 more scope. | |||||||||
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25. Rf1 |
Bc4 was an alternative here, but I thought this was pretty good also. | |||||||||
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25... Rxf1+ |
The main alternative to this was Nxd3, but the rook pawn endgame favors white heavily. It's hard to argue with this move; the only downside is... | |||||||||
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26. Bxf1 |
White gets to keep his bishop, and the b7 pawn for black looks very weak! | |||||||||
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26... Kf7 |
Trying to get his king involved -- generally a good plan in the endgame! | |||||||||
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27. Bc4+ |
Centralizing the bishop (preparing to go to d5). | |||||||||
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27... Kf6 |
Marching forward; again, a risky strategy, but perhaps the best chance to hold the balance. | |||||||||
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28. Bd5 |
Forcing the rook to defend the b2 pawn, otherwise b4! wins for white. | |||||||||
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28... Rb8 |
More flexible than Ra2. | |||||||||
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29. Kf2 |
Necessary in case black has the idea of Kg5. | |||||||||
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29... h5 |
He does... | |||||||||
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30. b4 |
Time to send the knight backwards; this leads to the win of the d-pawn. | |||||||||
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30... Nd7 31. Re6+ Kg5 32. Kg3 |
This move is necessary to prevent black from winning a kingside pawn. | |||||||||
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32... hxg4 |
Exchanging pawns is fine with me... | |||||||||
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33. hxg4 |
no harm no foul. Now, black must deal with the impending loss of the d-pawn. | |||||||||
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33... Ne5 |
An interesting try -- looking to take the g-pawn in exchange for it. | |||||||||
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34. Rxd6 |
Go ahead, says white! | |||||||||
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34... Rc8 |
Apparently, black doesn't like the look of Nxg4 Rxb3, where the queenside pawns are very powerful for white. | |||||||||
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35. Be4 |
Helping to hold the c2 pawn, while threatening Rxg6 if black plays Nxg4. | |||||||||
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