ANNOTATED GAME

Attack! E61 King's Indian defence, 3.Nc3
Sarasani (-) vs. Umashankar (1412)
Annotated by: sarasani (1868)
Chess opening: King's Indian (E91), 6.Be2
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13... Bd3
!?This came as an unpleasant surprise to me..I had completely missed this move, wich leads to a nice combination!

 
14. Ne6
Black must still move his queen first.

 
14... Qb6
And does so very effectively!

 
15. Nxf8 Bxe2
The point of 13...Bd3: 16.Re1 Nd3! wins for black.

 
16. Nxd7 Nxd7
These moves are almost forced...

 
17. Qe1
? Here I missed a win, because after 17.Re1!? Bxb2 18.Qb1 Bxa1 19.Qxa1 Bxc4 20.Bh6! black is lost!

 
17... Bxf1 18. Qe6+
Much stronger than 18.Qxf1. White can now regain some initiative. Somehow the previous moves of my opponent served as a wake up call for me, since I slowly felt my position slip away..

 
18... Kh8 19. Rxf1 Ne5
? 19...Qxb2 20.Bc1 Qf6 21.Qxd7 Qxh4 22.Qxb7 Rf8 is ok for black, with a more or less equal position.

 
20. Bc3
Finally, the bishop becomes more active. Let the attack begin!

 
20... Qc7
?? A blunder in a bad position. Black should have tried 20...Nxc4 21.Bxg7 Kxg7 22.Qxe7 Kg8 though white is still better.

 
21. Re1
The rook is on its way to h3!

 
21... Re8
? 21...Qc8 was the best move here I think. Blacks play is becoming increasingly more passive.

 
22. Re3
Here I was trying to provoke 22....Nxc4?? 23.Nxg6 ! followed by 24.Rh3 and mate follows.

 
22... Rf8
?? A fatal blunder from my opponent! 22...Qc8 would have saved him as we'll see after my next move..

 
23. Bxe5
Taking away the defender of g6!

 
23... dxe5
23...Bxe5 24.Nxg6 hxg6 25.Qxg6! ( not 25.Rh3 Kg7 ) threatening mate with Rh3 , 25...Qc8! 26.Kf1!! and black is also lost. ( again not 26.Rh3 ? Qxh3! 27.gxh3 Rg8 and black comes out a bishop ahead. ) Regarding the note at move 22: if black had played 22...Qc8 then after 23.Bxe5 Bxe5! 24.Nxg6 ? hxg6 25.Qxg6 the position is uncertain. I tried analysing some lines but the postion is full of pitfalls. Here is one line I liked: after 25.Qxg6 25...Rf8 26.Kf1! Rxf2 ? 27.Kxf2 Bd4 28.Ke2 Bxe3 29.Kxe3 This was all hard to see and I doubt I would not have played 23.Bxe5 and 24.Nxg6 because it was simply to deep to calculate for me at that time...

 
24. Nxg6+
And so after waiting patiently for ten moves, the knight on h4 makes his third move of the game and my opponent simply resigned because of: 24...hxg6 25.Rh3 Bh6 26.Rxh6 Kg7 27.Qxg6 mate. Needless to say, that night I had some sweet dreams ;) Hope you enjoyed, Sarasani PS. If you have suggestions or corrections please message me!

 

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