ANNOTATED GAME

- - The Annotation Project III - - A successful defense
yoshark (1581) vs. rookie879 (1538)
Annotated by: rookie879 (1200)
Chess opening: Caro-Kann defence (B10)
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27... Qxa2
? But wait! Black doesn't see it! 27...Rd8+! finishes him off 28. Rd7 Rxd7+ 29. Bd4 Qf3+ 30. Kc2 Qxe4+ 31.Kb3 Qxd4 32.Kxa3 Qc3#
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28. Rgxg7
alas,the fight continures

 
28... Qb3+ 29. Ke2 Ka5
understanding the pawn is a goner and avoiding 30.Rxa7+ Rxa7 31.Rxa7#

 
30. Rg5 a6
the pawn is now safe

 
31. Rc6 Rd8
? unthinkable! Black gives the rook back. My play was not very convincing in this game. At this point I thought I lost the win

 
32. Bb6+ Ka4 33. Bxd8 Qb2+ 34. Kf3 a5 35. Rb6 Qc3+
? little did I think that I could win the Bishop! 35...Qb3+! If 36. Kg4 Qd1+ and if King moves to second rank. 36. K?2 36...Qc2+ 37. King moves to the third rank Qd3+

 
36. Kg4 Qd4
alas,I thought this forked but White has

 
37. Bc7 Qg1+
Giving checks White's King is on the run now. Now we have another situation. Two rooks for a queen and a pawn. Black has two passers on the Queen side but White can create a passer in the center. So now it comes down to who can mate first or who can get their pawn to the Queening square. Most likely the latter.

 
38. Kf3 Qf1+ 39. Kg4
It is better to move 39.Ke3 Now the King will be stuck on the g and h files

 
39... Qg2+ 40. Kh4
40. Kh5?? Qh3#

 
40... Qxh2+ 41. Kg4 Qg2+ 42. Kh4 Be7
Now the rook is pinned and Black regains the advantage due to the mistake on move 39. But can he keep it?
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43. Rxe6
? Another mistake although I thought he was just trying to gain material

 
43... Bxg5+
?! Black can seal the deal by 43...h5! using the same motive on move 40. 44.Kxh5 Qh3+ 45. Kg6 Qxe6+ 46.Kh5 Bxg5 wins handily for Black
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44. fxg5 Kb4 45. Bg3 a4
make way for the a-pawn!

 
46. e5 Qe4+ 47. Kh5 a3
the pawn continues its march

 
48. Rf6 a2 49. Rf4
doesn't matter anymore

 
49... Qxf4 50. Bxf4 a1=Q
Black wins,the rest is without annotation

 
51. Kg4 Qb1 52. Kg3 Qf5 53. Kf3 Kc4 54. g6 hxg6 55. e6 Qxe6 56. Kg2 b4 57. Bg3 b3 58. Bf2 b2 59. Bg3 b1=Q 60. Bf2 Qg4+ 61. Bg3 Qb2+ 62. Kh1 Qh3+ 63. Kg1 Qbg2#
so it goes to show you Black can defend. While my play wasn't very convincing,White can't make a mistake while attack. Comments are welcome along with pointing out mistakes in my analysis
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