ANNOTATED GAME

Salvage a Draw from A Lost Cause
superglue (1510) vs. fedayn1 (1504)
Annotated by: superglue (1561)
Chess opening: QGA (D20), 3.e4
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38. f5+
exchanges to keep his pawn on h6 isolated

 
38... exf5+ 39. gxf5+ Kg5 40. e6
White is looking better but still behind. Position has improved.

 
40... Re8
I think h5 march would be better in hindsight

 
41. Kd5
A forced move

 
41... fxe6+ 42. fxe6
I am surviving ok at this point

 
42... Kf6 43. Rf4+
the first check

 
43... Kg5 44. Rf7
some pressure for black

 
44... h5 45. e7
logical last ditch chance for a winning position

 
45... Bb4
ah the bishop! Thwarted...but the draw is still alive

 
46. Ke6 Kg6 47. Rf6+
check

 
47... Kg7 48. Rf7+
check

 
48... Kg8
here is where the draw is sealed

 
49. Rf8+
check to exchange

 
49... Rxf8 50. exf8=Q+ Bxf8 51. Kf5 h4
Would Be7 have won this for black? protect the pawn til the black king was in place to support the march from the front? I knew that with h4 that this was a drawn position.

 
52. Kg4
click ahead for the eventual draw. Thanks for the game and thanks for checking out my attempt at annotation. Cheers Superglue

 
52... Be7 53. Kh3 Kg7 54. Kg4 Kg6 55. Kh3 Kg5 56. Kg2 Kg4 57. Kh2 Bd6+ 58. Kg2 h3+ 59. Kh1 Kf3 60. Kg1 Ke2 61. Kh1 h2 62. Kg2 Ke3 63. Kh1 Bg3 64. Kg2 Ke4 65. Kh1

 

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