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ANNOTATED GAME
French defence - Alekhine-Chatard
starkestaffan (1725) vs. claespiper (1456)
Annotated by: claespiper (1724)
Chess opening: French (C13), Albin-Alekhine-Chatard attack
starkestaffan (1725) vs. claespiper (1456)
Annotated by: claespiper (1724)
Chess opening: French (C13), Albin-Alekhine-Chatard attack
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15... Kd7 |
(?) I wanted my king removed from the king side and I was protecting c7 at the same time. You have seen not so strong moves from black before, but this is the loosing move. Starkestaffans own words here was "I was having so much pointed at blacks king so there just had to be a good move!". Scroll down for a hint: There are two key squares in the position: c7 and d6. If white could get the queen to c7 he would mate in two with Qxc7 Ke8 and Nd6#. | ||||
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16. Nxd5 |
(!!) I'll give this move two exclamation marks, it is simply brilliant! What would happen if I take the sacrifice? Please take one or two minutes and calculate the combination. | ||||
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16... Qg5+ |
If I would have taken the knight with 16... exd5 I would loose my queen with 17. Qxc7+ Ke8 18. Nd6+ . Now the only way to stop a mate is QxN and then QxQ and a easy win for white. In retrospekt 16... Qd7 might have been smarter. Or to have stayed on the other side with the king in the first place. :-) | ||||
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17. Qxg5 |
White takes queen. | ||||
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17... hxg5 |
Black takes queen and gives up the rook... | ||||
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18. Rxh8 |
My poor rook, and my poor knight. The knight has nowhere to run (those damn black pawns...), and the king can't protect it... | ||||
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18... exd5 |
I take what is given. | ||||
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19. Rxf8 |
And so does white. | ||||
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19... a6 |
Why don't I give up? Well you should never give up! That is the reason. You might get your opponent to stalemate you or a miracle might happen to make you draw... But, what can I do here? My king is blocking my bishop. My bishop is pinned to my rook. My rook is blocked by the bishop. What a mess. I wanted the knight moved so I could get my king out of the way and eventually inside under the paws. A small miracle would do fine at this point :-) | ||||
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20. Nc3 |
The knight retreats and at this point I realize two of my pawns are under attack. | ||||
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20... Ne7 |
What a brilliant move. I protect them both ;-) Well it's just death rattles, nothing more :-) | ||||
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21. Re1 |
White proceeds close my king in. | ||||
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21... Kd6 |
I remember thinking at my twentieth move that I should protect d5 with my king, but realized that Rf6 would loose me a pawn. So I dismissed Kd6 at move 20, and here (only one move and ten minutes later) I am doing it... not that smart. :-) | ||||
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22. Rf6+ |
Here comes the rook check and I expect to loose a pawn. | ||||
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22... Kd7 |
Forced, there is no where else to go. | ||||
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23. Rf7 |
I didn't loose a pawn. I lost a knight. At this point I resigned. But loosing to such a nice knight move... I can live with that. :-) Thanks to starkestaffan for a nice game. And I hope you (the reader) have enjoyed the game as well. | ||||
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