Annotated chess game: rook "sac"

ANNOTATED GAME

rook "sac"
pepecastro (1741) vs. water123 (1814)
Annotated by: blitzkov (1200)
Chess opening: Sicilian (B50)

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1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Be2	closed Sicilian.



3... Nf6 4. d3 Nc6 5. O-O	castled early!



5... g6 6. Nc3 Bg7	g6 was to "better guard my king"
	3 comments liam1260 (1806) on 16-Apr-12: I understood that an early Nc3 would mean a Closed Sicillian, I mean earlier than move 6. Obviously now, Black has taken up a Dragon Variation position dmaestro (1646) on 16-Apr-12: This is still a closed sicilian blake78613 (1200) on 16-Apr-12: An early Nc3 does not necessarily mean a closed Sicilian. d3 means a closed Sicilian and d4 an open Sicilian. In fact 2.Nc3 followed by Nge2 is called the Chameleon Sicilian as White leaves open the option to play either an open or closed Sicilian.


7. Bd2 a6 8. h3 O-O 9. Nh2	plan is to go f4 f5 g4



9... b5	attacked on the queenside



10. f4 b4 11. Na4 Nd4 12. b3 Ne8	threating nxe2+ than Bxa1



13. Rb1 Bd7 14. Nb2 Nc7 15. Nc4 Ncb5 16. Nf3 Be6	this is to get rid of the a3 defender so i can go na3 with a better game



17. Nxd4 Bxd4+ 18. Kh1 Bxc4 19. bxc4	ok... na3 rc1 Bb2!? wins the exchange but, my king side is weak



19... Nc3 20. Bxc3 bxc3	!! if with the bishop? no open lines! no way to attack! not now!! the a2 pawn is weak!!!
	1 comment dmaestro (1646) on 16-Apr-12: Opposite color bishops require imbalances to win, here white has bad bishop and Black has a good one.


21. f5 Rb8 22. fxg6 fxg6 23. Qc1 Qa5 24. Rxf8+ Rxf8	forced, if the king??????? than rxb8+!
	1 comment liam1260 (1806) on 16-Apr-12: Before 21.f5 should White prepare with a Queen move first? Qc1 or Qe1, Qg3.


25. a3 Qc7 26. Qg5 Kg7 27. Bf3 Qd7	!!! a secret threat!!
	1 comment dmaestro (1646) on 16-Apr-12: I think !!! is an exaggeration but the threat of rxb is subtle.


28. Qd5	??? this loses!! is threat is rb7 but, I'm one move ahead!!!



28... Rxf3	!!! he cant take if so i go qxh3 mate!! i'm up!!



29. Rb7	??? he did not see my next idea! (do you?)
	3 comments dmaestro (1646) on 16-Apr-12: Well the theme remains, the same reason why he can't take the bishop is why Rxh3+ is deadly. However there really wasn't much to be done, so I would not call that ???. schakertje (1200) on 16-Apr-12: Yes g4 doesn't help here. Only Qxd4 gives hope but maybe it would have been better to just pray black doesn't see the move and play Rb7. blitzkov (1200) on 16-Apr-12: only kh2 safes himself!


29... Rxh3+	!!!!!!!!!! resigns!! forced to take than Qxh3 mate!! please leave a comment or two and rank it on the star system thank you!!!
	4 comments dmaestro (1646) on 16-Apr-12: Good combination. papanna (1200) on 16-Apr-12: Nice game,very good understanding chicoboy (1281) on 10-Jun-12: and yet again, a rather ruthless way of forceful play by black! kingofchess12345 (1200) on 21-Oct-12: Wow! nice way to win the game - very unexpcted and subtle!