Wrexham 1 vPen-y-Ffordd 1
Charles Higgie (BCF158) vs. Charles F Morris (BCF186)
Annotated by:
charleshiggie
(2140)
Chess opening:
QGD (D34), Tarrasch, Prague variation, 7...Be7
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21. Kh1
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I was quite happy with this position. His queen has no checks on the long white diagonal. |
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21... dxe2
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So to avoid the lose of another pawn he has to exchange now. |
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22. Qxe2
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and I recapture. |
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22... Nc6
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This move surprised me. I thought he may be aiming for Nb4 and exchanging on a6 |
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23. Qc4
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so I put a stop to that |
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23... Nd4
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He centralises his knight. |
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24. Rfe1
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I contest the open e file. |
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24... h6
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He wisely gives his king a square. For instance I had been dreaming of variations such as 24....Rbd8 25. Rxe8 Rxe8 26. Rd1 Nf3 27. Qc6 threating Qxe8 mate and if 27.....Qxc6 28. bxc6 he can't play Re2(threatening mate on h2) as I have Rd8 mate! |
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25. Rad1
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Now I think this is the losing mistake. Perhaps Kg2 or Qc3 or d3 prevents the combination that follows. What do you think dear reader? |
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25... Rxe1+
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This is more or less forced, and I was still quite happy, I thought he was giving up control of the e file. |
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26. Rxe1
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so I recapture. |
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26... Nf3
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But this is the problem. If my rook advances, he has Qg1 mate, or if it moves to any square other than f1 he has Qf2 and Qxh2 mate, so f1 it has to be. |
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27. Rf1
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and it attacks the knight, but...... |
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27... Nd2
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He has this fork, and now black is winning. Although a pawn is sometimes enough compensation for being bishop v rook down, this is not one of those positions! |
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28. Qd3
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so queen moves. |
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28... Nxf1
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Knight takes. |
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29. Qxf1
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queen takes back |
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29... Qe3
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his queen centralises |
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30. Qg1
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now, normally I wouldn't try and exchange queens when materially down. "Exchange pawns not pieces when materially down, exchange pieces not pawns when materially up" is the usual advice. However this is not one of those positions. White is in grave danger of being mated by black's queen and rook, white the queenless endgame is probably just about ok for white. |
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30... Qe4+
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So for those reasons he does not exchange |
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