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11. Bxb5
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Here, the wise one is castling, of course, and accept I lost a pawn.
I cannot accept this so plainly. But I think I am almost lost, anyway. |
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11... Qa5
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Ok, so no castling. If c7+... what? Kf8 and my rook is blocked in but I'll take care of this during the tempoes white uses to castle and activate his rook.
I don't fear b4, after the bishop is protected, because I would have Bxc3, and the black queen can retire confidently to c7 while the minor piece dancing over white's king/rook. |
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12. Qa4
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I wonder what white thought here. If attacking, don't exchange pieces.
Was white "scared" of the threats on the black diagonal, and wanted just to loosen the pressure? But was (s)he sure I would have accepted the exchange?
Anyway: even accepting the exchange would have given me a good edge after Nxc3. With the help or my lsb I will force the black king to the 1st row, then chop the white rook.
Did Joanne see this?
To protect the knight was a must. Qb3 was another possibility, or a4 - the one I mostly was worried about. Remember white has two pieces solidly defending d2, so, while the white rook is protected by the queen, a possible BxR QxB, threatening Rh8, would have given some compensation for the rook, making the line playable.
But the good one, I think, was Bd4.
And I would have given Qd5 a look, either.
Did Joanne?
I know she is not an aggressive player, but I think this was a good opportunity for her to try (it was an unrated game, remember).
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12... Bxc3+
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I was sure QxQ first was good tactics for me, but I wanted to get the most of the game, and explore more complcations. Note I cannot play here Nxc3, since my queen is hanging. Playing the bishop, I'm giving out my bishop fork (that's why I consider this a "crazy" move), but wait... a queen and a knight can do miracles, if well placed against an exposed king. With the quick help of the bishop, that wisely kept patiently in his place so to came out with a good purpose, and not just "for developing". |
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13. bxc3
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Trusting that his king would be safe. Did Joanne see I had at least a drawn here? |
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13... Qxc3+ 14. Ke2 Qb2+
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Threatening Nc3 forking king and queen. Wicked, isn't it? I've seen this. White's problem is the a1 rook... and c7+ doesn't give white a good enough compensation. My knight is hanging, and white threats Bd4, but I am checking... |
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15. Kd3
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I thought here about a typical attraction: Qc3+, KxN, and... no mate. A lot of checks, but no mate. I started to sweat. A sac is good... unless the storm goes over and I just stay a piece down... gulp!
Fortunately, the inspiration (followed by lot of analysis), came to me.
b2-c3+
16. d3-e2 c3-b2+
17. e2-d3 e4-c5+
18. e3-c5 c8-f5+
19. d3-c4 d6-d5+
20. c4-d5 a8-d8+
21. d5-c4 f5-d3#
2-c3+
16. d3-e4 c8-f5+
17. e4-d5 e7-e6+
18. d5-d6 e8-c8+
19. d6-e7 h8-e8+
20. e7-f7 e8-e7+
21. f7-e7 c3-g7#
c8-f5
16. e3-d4 e4-f2+
17. d3-e3 f2-g4+
18. e3-f4 e7-e5+
19. f3-e5 d6-e5+
20. d4-e5 b2-f2+
21. f4-g5 h7-h6# |
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15... Bf5
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Was it or not wiser for white to play BxNc5 earlier? Yes. But it was very hard to spot it some moves before.
Now is a mate threat, or a fork threat... white should have lost the rook, tempting me to lose a tempo and a queen playing Qxh1 too, winning precious tempoes to build his attack on my king.
In fact, I would have gone for a repetition checks here, for a draw. Probably. |
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16. c7+
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Did Bd4 have saved white? It gives e3 to the king, so after Nxf2++, Ke3, Ng4+, Kf4, d5+, Kg3... I'm not sure, but it doesn't look good for white.
Now, if he manages to save from mate, he's still a piece above, and has a pawn in the 7th row. So maybe it was better.
This move is not good or bad. |
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16... Kf8
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What else? |
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17. Bh6+
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...but this IS bad. The dsb is somewhat protecting the black diag f2-a7, maybe it is not enough, but it shall be there. Bd4 was the move, I think. |
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17... Kg8
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Now, Qd4 would be a good way out of it, if black accepts the exchange (being one move from mate). But it would be my turn checking, so: Nxc2++, Ke3, Ng4+, then NxB the least. No way. |
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18. Ke3 Qxf2+
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...loses the queen by a fork, if not mate. So Joanne gave up.
As a trainer (I am not), I would say: "even if you don't want to be aggressive, think that the opponent can be. Give a look futher to "tricky" moves, think about any possible sac from your opponent. Think he is a kamikaze. Care about "banzai" attacks, crazy ones... and get mad! :-)".
Another one? :-) |
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