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16... gxf4 17. Rac1
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Contesting the open file that white wrenched open back on move twelve. The threat is removing the guard on e6 with Rxc8. It also gives the b5 knight a mission, at long last. |
 
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17... Bd7 18. Nc7
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Since the knight hits both e6 and my a8, I'm obliged to capture. |
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18... Nxc7 19. Rxc7 fxg3 20. fxg3 Rad8
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In this position, I was initially going to play 20. ...Bd8, with the idea of re-routing both bishops to c6 and b6 respectively, with and a lot of dangerous pressure on the King-side brewing after a subsequent ...Ng4. However, I saw that white could, and should, simply play the positionally solid exchange sacrifice with 21. Rxd7 Nxd7 22. Qe6, with just as much piece play as Nosferatu, especially with the two cardinals on an open board. So I decided this was a necessary defensive move before I belted out any more shenanigans. |
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21. Nh4
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On 21. Rxb7 I planned on: 21. ...Ng4 22. h4 Ne3, and then snapping off white's light-squared holy defender, so my LSB could move to c6 with searing pressure. Of course, white should counterstrike in the center with 23. d4, but I figured I'd burn that bridge when I came to it. |
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21... Ng4
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Freeing up the range of my DSB, the f-file, eying white's dark-squared color complex, and basically sharpening the position threefold. The position is very byzantine. When I ran it through my alkaline-blooded rat Junior 10 afterward, its evaluations changed a great deal the more it burrowed into the tread of things. |
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22. Rxf8+ Rxf8 23. Rxd7
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?? But this is not a simple win of a piece, but rather the blunder I've been waiting for so the rest of my army springs into action. |
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23... Bxh4
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! The bishop cannot be taken, as after 24. gxh4 Qxh4 black's threats are too numerous. 25. Rf7 Qe1ch (and not 25. ...Qxh2ch?? letting white slip away with 26. Kf1 Ne3ch 27. Kf2 and black's attack fizzles; there's no crushing followup) 26. Bf1 Qe3ch 27. Kh1 (or 27. Kg2 Rg8) Nf2ch and black wins. |
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24. Be4
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!? A good try in a grim position, taking advantage of his rook on my 2nd rank to target my vulnerable h7 point. |
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24... Nf6
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I make a human oversight and don't find the most crushing followup, which is the zwischenzug 24. ...Be7!! 25. h4 Ne3! when the threat of ...Rf1ch & ...Qe2ch is just too devastating to convincingly meet. After 24. ...Nf6 black still has a decisive edge, but there's still wiggle-room for a battered opponent to fight. |
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25. Rxd6
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25. Rxb7 probably didn't occur to my opponent (it didn't to me), as white's counter-chances rest in undermining the central blockade of my pawns to unleash his own DSB. |
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25... Bg5
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Re-routing the bishop, with the nav point delineated at e3. Note that white's queen and DSB are poorly placed to aid in repelling invasive piece maneuvers into his king-side by black's army. I can play ...Be3ch with tempo, so white cannot snatch my e-pawn (Bxe5) scot-free. |
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26. h4
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White only has bad moves and worse moves in this position. This hastens the end. |
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26... Be3+ 27. Kh2 Nxe4
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Removing white's last kingside defender before swooping in for the kill. |
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28. dxe4
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White staves off mate (and its equivalents) with the computer-like 28. Bxe5ch Qxe5 29. dxe4 Qxd6 30. Qxe3, "only" a rook for two pawns down. Now a series of "box", or forced, moves commence as I prod the king from pillar to post. |
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28... Qe2+ 29. Kh3 Qf1+ 30. Kg4 Rf4+
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!! Probably the prettiest move of the game, and the Coup de grâce. |
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31. gxf4 Qxf4+ 32. Kh3
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32. Kh5 Qf3 mate. |
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32... Qf3+ 33. Kh2 Bf4+
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And with my deflective pseudo-sacrifice, I'm able to win the queen. |
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34. Kg1 Qxb3 35. Bxe5+ Bxe5
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White resigns. One of the most satisfying attacks I've conducted in a chess game, and so far my favorite Dutch concoction. Don't forget to rate the annotation, good mortal gameknoters, and freely comment. |
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