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ANNOTATED GAME
Caro-Kann Tournament
orangutan (1740) vs. caimig (1682)
Annotated by: orangutan (1947)
Chess opening: Caro-Kann (B12), advance, Short variation
orangutan (1740) vs. caimig (1682)
Annotated by: orangutan (1947)
Chess opening: Caro-Kann (B12), advance, Short variation
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24... Qe7 |
Transposing into a losing endgame, but white's queen is too powerful to leave on the board. | ||||
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25. Qxe5 |
to make sure of the d5 pawn, taking the sting out of the powerful cluster of black pawns. | ||||
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25... Qxe5 26. Rxe5+ Kd7 27. Rxd5+ Kc6 28. Nc3 |
The knight re-emerges, holding the white position together. | ||||
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28... Rhe8 |
I think that this was a mistake, and that black should have challenged for the d-file. The exchange of a pair of rooks might have increased his drawing chances. Allowing white to double rooks was dangerous given black's exposed king. | ||||
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29. Rad1 Re7 |
To meet the threat of Rd7 followed by R1d6# | ||||
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30. Ne4 |
The threat now is Rxc5#. Black can counter it, but the knight is nicely posted here. | ||||
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30... b5 31. axb6 e.p. Kxb6 32. Nxc5 |
Not 32.Rxc5? Rxe4! | ||||
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32... Rae8 33. Ne4 |
The knight moves back to its outpost, blocking the e-file. | ||||
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33... h6 |
Possibly intending to undermine the f-pawn with a ...g5 thrust. | ||||
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34. Rc5 Rc7 35. Rd6+ Kb7 36. Rxc7+ |
I would normally be reluctant to transpose into a single rooks ending, but the resulting tactics offered to bring the game to a swift conclusion. | ||||
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36... Kxc7 37. Rxa6 Rb8 38. Ra7+ Kd8 |
...Kc6 might have been slightly better, with the possibility of supporting the c-pawn; the king will now be cut off on the back rank. | ||||
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39. Rxg7 Rxb2 40. Rh7 Rb3 41. Rxh6 c3 42. Rc6 Rb1+ 43. Kf2 Rb2+ 44. Ke3 c2 |
....Rxg2 was the only chance to reduce the material deficit slightly. | ||||
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45. Kd2 c1=Q+ 46. Kxc1 |
I thought my opponent might resign at this point, as that pawn was his last whiff of counterplay. However he decides to play on, as he is entitled to do. He starts, naturally, by clawing back one of the white pawns. | ||||
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46... Rxg2 47. Rc2 |
Releasing the black king, but with the aim of driving the rook to an unfavourable position. | ||||
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47... Rg1+ 48. Kd2 Rh1 |
The rook is behind the pawn, but very short of space. My strategy will be to keep it there, and push the other pawn instead. | ||||
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49. Ke3 Ke7 50. Rg2 |
Not fully consistent, but i wanted to occupy this file before black did. | ||||
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50... Ke6 51. Kf4 |
In this position black resigned (1-0). Neither his king nor his rook seems to have any good move to stop white advancing his pawns. | ||||
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