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ANNOTATED GAME
Ticking away , the moments that make up a dull day
blackbaron (1436) vs. tag1153 (1469)
Annotated by: tag1153
(1700)
Chess opening: Caro-Kann defence (B10)
blackbaron (1436) vs. tag1153 (1469)
Annotated by: tag1153
(1700)
Chess opening: Caro-Kann defence (B10)
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49... Bxe3+ 50. Kxe3 Nb3 51. g5 Nc1 52. Kd2 Nd3 |
The true strength of black's position lies in the fact that this knight now has four cushy posts to operate from. | ||||||
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53. a5 |
Either king breaking through on the queenside is now highly improbable. | ||||||
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53... Nf4 |
Time to pick up a pawn. | ||||||
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54. Ke3 Nh3 55. Kd2 Nxg5 56. Kc2 |
Critical position here for black, and it took me some thinking as to how to proceed. Either my king or my knight is going to have to babysit against the threat of promotion. Graeme and I have a lot of draws under our belts, but I want this one:) | ||||||
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56... Ke8 57. Kb2 Ne4 58. Kc2 Kd7 |
Can't travel too far........ | ||||||
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59. Kb2 Ng5 60. Ka3 |
Can he be trying to infiltrate c5? To what end? | ||||||
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60... Kc7 61. Ka4 Nf7 62. Kb4 Nd8 |
! Still protecting f7 and preparing to throw a check if needed. | ||||||
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63. Kc5 Nb7+ 64. Kb4 Kd7 |
Back to babysitting. | ||||||
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65. Ka4 Ke8 66. Kb4 Kf7 67. Ka4 Nd6 |
! I spent an hour or so on this one. If he takes, his f pawn falls first followed by his d6 pawn after Kf7, and rushing pawns up the board allows my king to get to his a pawn while he defends. That position, however is most likely drawn. In playing this move, I almost concede the draw. | ||||||
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68. Ka3 |
I think my opponent gives me too much credit:) | ||||||
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68... Ne4 69. Kb2 Kg6 |
A waiting move, as I have now calculated out the pawn captures after I sac my knight. | ||||||
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70. Kc2 Nxf6 |
! Ok buddy, let's just cut to the chase........ | ||||||
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71. Kd2 |
? Loses the game. Again, I think my opponent got too wrapped up in my game, and failed to see that a draw was still very possible. The rest of the game is pretty straightforward. | ||||||
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71... Ne4+ 72. Kc2 Ng5 73. Kd2 Kf5 74. Ke3 Ne4 75. Ke2 Nxc3+ 76. Kd2 Nb5 77. Ke3 c3 |
"A passed pawn is a thing of joy forever" That was Keats, wasn't it? | ||||||
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78. Kd3 Kf4 79. Kc2 Ke3 80. Kd1 Na3 81. Kc1 Kd3 82. Kd1 c2+ 83. Kc1 Nb5 84. Kb2 Kd2 85. Kb3 c1=Q 86. Kb4 Qc3+ 87. Ka4 Qa3# |
Many thanks to my old friend for the game, and I hope you enjoyed it:) - Thomas | ||||||
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