ANNOTATED GAME

Najdorf for fast players
edler (1536) vs. thitho (1790)
Annotated by: thitho (1200)
Chess opening: Sicilian (B98), Najdorf, 7...Be7
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21... Bd7 22. Rc5
ah, finally... but this is pointless.

 
22... Bc6
a very good option, as it threatens, if necessary, Rad8 and Ne3. So black has to find a way out for his bishop.

 
23. d4
one option. Not mine. I would have played Rcc1.

 
23... e4
and here is my past pawn... brave soldier is going to win my esteem.

 
24. Re1 Rad8
go away, you fool.

 
25. Bg3 Nb4
overprotecting e4, but also threatening Nd3... So white has to retreat on c3 and loses his pawn d4.

 
26. Bf2
but he prefers to keep the pawn...

 
26... Nd3 27. Rxc6 bxc6
I am not sure I played the best move here. But I already have a quality and a pawn.
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28. Rb1 Nxf2
once again, maybe not the best move... I should have consider more carefully e3.

 
29. Kxf2 Rxd4
so finally white will exchange the bad pawn...

 
30. Rb6
... against my own bad pawn :-) So i agree

 
30... e3+
step by step...

 
31. Ke2
maybe Ke1 was better

 
31... Rd2+
have you seen what I missed???

 
32. Ke1 Rxa2
but ok, I am still well ahead...

 
33. Rxc6 a5
the second soldier is on his way... what left has white? Wouldn't you have resigned for a long time? edler wouldn't...

 
34. Rc7+ Re7 35. Rc1
exhcange is of course excluded for white.

 
35... a4 36. Ng6
finally the knigt awakes (well, I should have killed him a few moves ago, but... ok)

 
36... a3
Is it a mistake? No, I said to myself: if you want to take the quality back, it is ok for me: my 2 pawns are ready to make some better improvements.

 
37. Nh8+
but white has a final trick in mind!!!!

 

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