Walking the Walk and Learning to Run Welcome MT #1
hogfysshe (1756) vs. dynamic_dv (2110)
Annotated by:
hogfysshe
(1862)
Chess opening:
Sicilian (B67), Richter-Rauzer, Rauzer attack, 7...a6 defence, 8...Bd7
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19... Qxc6 20. Bxf6
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BxN. Ditto. I was seeing all sorts of offensive potential in black's position. I felt these two captures were necessary to limit black's options. At the same time, I am now without two pieces expended with no real gain (though I had perhaps headed off trouble). A bad expenditure? Comments? |
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20... Bxf6
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20. ...Bxf6. This is the last point where white is still in a reasonable solid position. I almost played the obvious fxe4, but a combination of concern over black's queen then coming to a very central location and also the (bad) idea that grabbing the b pawn and preventing the a and b pawns teaming up prompted... |
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21. Qxb4
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21. Qxb4. Now I'm not totally doomed yet. But it's not far off. |
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21... exf3
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21. ...exf3 |
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22. Ng3
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22. Ng3. Plan here was to move my lsb to e4 (two moves required), possibly causing trouble for an out-of-position black queen and possibly picking up his lsb. Slightly surprisingly, but not really... |
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22... Qc7
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dynamic_dv sidesteps any potential trouble with 22. ...Qc7. Drat! |
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23. Bd3
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23. Bd3. Probably the losing move. Not bad in itself but bad because of the poorly positioned queen, which black capitalizes on with the obvious... |
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23... Rfb8
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23. ...Rfb8. In the course of three moves, the game has shifted to where white was ok to where he is in big trouble! |
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24. b3
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24. b3 I believe was my only move. However, it sets up the final fatal position, ...a nice funnel down to the hole on c3. I don't see this here due to (general blindness and) the immediate concern with b2. |
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24... f2
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24. ...f2. that pawn's final position. Nine moves left in the game, all of which reinforce that I should have captured that pawn at move 21! I now clearly see the problem with the Queen coming to c3 and almost resign here. But as d2 was available as a flight square, I played on a bit. Plus, he MIGHT let me play c4! Not wanting to lose the rook... |
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25. Ne4
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I play 25. Ne4. |
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25... Bxe4
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25. ...Bxe4 |
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26. Qxe4
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26. Qxe4, and as expected... |
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26... Qc3
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26. ...Qc3. |
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27. Kc1
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from here on, I'm on the run and will resign in 6 moves. |
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27... Rbd8 28. h4 Rac8 29. h5 Qa1+ 30. Kd2 Rxc2+ 31. Ke3 Bg5+ 32. Kf3 Rxd3+
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32. ...RxB |
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33. Qxd3
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33. QxR |
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33... Qf6+
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33. ...Qf6+. I Resign. All routes lead to either immediate checkmate or to being pushed down to the first two ranks to checkmate. Thank you to dynamic_dv for playing. Good game. Comments from club members appreciated. |
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