Oxford & District League: Didcot 1 v Oxford Uni 2
Bob Jacobs (1592) vs. Chris Moses (1520)
Annotated by:
rjacobs
(1688)
Chess opening:
French (C11), Steinitz, Bradford attack
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20... h5
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Threatening to attack my Ng3, which has nowhere to move! So either I create a hole for it or lose some material. |
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21. Bxh5
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!? I rather liked this solution, giving up the otherwise fairly redundant bishop for his two pawns and allowing the N to defend f4 from h5, in an apparently threatening manner. The question then arises whether I can exploit his exposed King position before he uses the half-open files to batter my King's position with his Rooks and Q. I think it's an innovative move in a difficult position but probably not very sound! |
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21... gxh5 22. Nxh5 Nd3
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I'd expected ...Ne4, now that my N had been lured away from covering that square. I now pondered whether to ignore the attack on my R and go for a quick attack but common sense prevailed. |
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23. Rc2
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It took a while to spot the simple elegance of this move, after I'd wasted several minutes on either giving up the Rook (23. Nf6 ?, 23. Qe3?, 23. Rf3?) or wasting its power with 23. Rb1 |
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23... Rh7 24. Qe2 Rf5 25. g4
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!? my heart in my mouth because of the potential exposure of my King but it brings immediate reward. |
3 comments
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25... Nxf4
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? I think 25.... Rff7 would have been better |
2 comments
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26. Nxf4 Rg5
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?? |
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27. Nxe6
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! Obvious but strong |
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27... Qd7 28. Nxg5 Bxg5 29. Qf3 Qg7 30. Rcf2 Be7 31. e6
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!! I love this move |
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31... Qh6 32. g5
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! Distraction from f8 |
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32... Qg6 33. Qf8+
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! Everyone likes a Q sac, even when it's obviously leading to Mate. I thought very carefully about this first, just to make sure I wasn't blundering. |
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33... Bxf8 34. Rf2xf8#
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Very satisfying. |
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