ANNOTATED GAME

Prog' Rock Fans 1st Tournament
bobfox (1571) vs. kingstuart (1589)
Annotated by: kingstuart (1200)
Chess opening: Vienna game (C28)
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17... g4
the pawns continue to roll towards there goal

 
18. hxg4 fxg4 19. Ne4
giving the h2 square to the f3 knight and attacking the dark square bishop

 
19... Be7
naturally black simply moves the bishop as he is in no way interested giving up his bishop pair.

 
20. Nh2
the only square

 
20... h5
Black simply solidifies his position on the kingside, there is no rush, white can achieve nothing active as all his pieces are so passive and disorginised

 
21. Nc3 Bc5+ 22. Kh1 Bf5
threatening the rook, white can't even exchange here as after 23.Rxe8 Rxe8 white can't defend the back rank

 
23. Ne4
? i think moving the rook was stronger, this just steps into a powerful pin

 
23... Kb8
again black need not act on the pin now as white needs at least 2 moves to defend the rook. trying to exploit the pin straight away with 23...Rxd3 is infact bad here as white simply replys 24.Nd6 winning the exchange

 
24. b3
24.b4 is a better try but that to loses to 24...Bf2! (not 24...Nxb4 25.Ba3!) 25.Re2 Bd4 26.Rb2 Bg7 27.Bb2 (27.Ba3 Rxd3) 27...Bxb2 28.Rxb2 Rxd3

 
24... Rxd3
now black is winning a piece

 
25. Bb2
finally white manages to develop the c1 bishop, but its already to late.

 
25... Bxe4 26. Rac1 Bb6
the bishop is monsterous on that diagonal

 
27. Nf1
?? steps into forced mate, but then there aren't exactly many alternatives. Re2 seems best, defending the g2 square and preparing to double rooks, but i very much doubt that it would affect the final result. notice that moving the c1 rook off the back rank to c4 also allows forced mate after 27...Bxg2 !

 
27... Rh3+ 28. Nh2 g3 29. d4 Nxd4 30. Kg1 Nf3+ 31. Kf1 Bd3+ 32. Re2 Bxe2#

 

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