ANNOTATED GAME

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vrychkov (1635) vs. jschulte (1577)
Annotated by: jschulte (1200)
Chess opening: Ruy Lopez (C62), old Steinitz defence
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36... Rc8 37. Rxc8 Kxc8 38. Nh2
He's backed his knight to protect against Rf1 and Rf3. He has no attacks and need to advance pawns. Ne4 attacks g3 and protect rook if I got to f2 to attack pawns on the other side. Do I have enough time???

 
38... Ne4 39. g4 Rf7
Trying to stop the pawns...

 
40. g5 Rh7 41. Nf3 Ng3 42. Kg2 Nh5
I'm setting my knight at h5 to defend against the pawns. I'll have to protect it from the King.

 
43. Kh3 Kb7
Trying to use king on far side to open a pawn lane.

 
44. Kg4 Kb6
I may sacrifice the knight and run my rook over to a to clear pawns.

 
45. g6 Rh8 46. Kg5 a5 47. bxa5+ Kxa5 48. Nd2
He's coming to help on the far side, my Knight can escape...

 
48... Kb4 49. Ne4 Ka3 50. g7 Nxg7 51. Nxg7 Kxa2 52. Nc3+ Kb3 53. Nxb5 Rd8 54. h5 Kc4 55. Nc7 Kd3 56. Nce6
Well, he felt sorry for me and offered a draw. I would move the rook and let the king work. I need to leave 8 open for the pawn.

 

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