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ANNOTATED GAME
Ethan's Revenge!
ethansiegel (1730) vs. remybear (1497)
Annotated by: ethansiegel
(1986)
Chess opening: French (C16), Winawer, advance variation
ethansiegel (1730) vs. remybear (1497)
Annotated by: ethansiegel
(1986)
Chess opening: French (C16), Winawer, advance variation
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38... Kb7 39. Bb8 Kc8 |
There is no way he can get to the kingside quickly enough. | ||||||||
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40. Kh4 |
Preparing g5. | ||||||||
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40... Rg8 |
A stopgap measure. At this point I realize I've got a won game, even though I'm still down a pawn. | ||||||||
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41. Rf1 |
My rook is really strong here -- his rook on g8 is doomed to defensive duty and his Ra1 is like Mumm-Ra in his sarcophagus! | ||||||||
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41... Bd7 |
Anticipating the forthcoming Rf6; but black is objectively lost here. | ||||||||
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42. Rf6 Rh8 |
Otherwise h6 falls. Now I can proceed with g5 unhindered, however. | ||||||||
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43. g5 hxg5+ 44. Kxg5 |
And now I've got my passed pawn on h5; all I have to do is be careful not to blunder it and black will have to exchange a piece for it. | ||||||||
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44... Rxb8 |
Stalling, and this will have the drawback of bringing the king even farther away from the kingside. Black should've played this long ago; it would've saved him at least 2 tempos. | ||||||||
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45. axb8=R+ Kxb8 46. Bg4 |
! What a comeback by the light-squared bishop; its entrance into the fray is immediately decisive! | ||||||||
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46... Be8 |
Black doesn't have any good way to deal with the passed pawn... | ||||||||
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47. Rxe6 |
But I'll take the freebee. | ||||||||
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47... Kc7 |
Bringing the king into the action -- but it's way too late. | ||||||||
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48. h6 |
Now the king is going to be unable to tend to the pawn after Rg8 , but the rook's protection is more than sufficient. | ||||||||
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48... Rg8+ 49. Kh4 |
The best way to keep my pieces mobile. | ||||||||
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49... Bg6 |
This is the most tenacious move -- white must find the proper continuation. | ||||||||
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50. Re7+ |
White finds the proper continuation -- black will be in a lot of trouble after Rg7. | ||||||||
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50... Kd6 |
Trying to get to the action... | ||||||||
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51. Rd7+ |
! A wonderful in-between move that forces the king away from the action again. | ||||||||
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51... Kc6 52. Rg7 |
There is no way for black to stop the pawn now. | ||||||||
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52... Rxg7 53. hxg7 Bh7 |
Allows black to hold out a little bit longer. | ||||||||
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