Just one slight mistake!
Piotr Swiech (ECF176) vs. Charles Higgie (ECF172)
Annotated by:
charleshiggie
(2140)
Chess opening:
Gruenfeld (D87), exchange, Spassky variation
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23. Bxa5
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He takes. |
 
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23... Qxa5
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I take back. |
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24. Qb3+
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Ouch! That was the move I missed when I was considering my 19th move. How could I miss it, when I noticed it when considering my 14th move? I put it down to two things. One "is playing for win". The other is "dizziness due to success" 0- I was getting so carried away with how I had pressure on his position and was getting my pawn back, that I didn't notice this. I don't have much choice now, as advancing the king loses the b7 pawn with check, and moving to f8 allows his rook to come over to f1 with a killing check. I think black is lost now. |
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24... Kh8
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As I said, this is the only square left. |
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25. Nxd4
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He takes here. I make another mistake here. Taking back with the rook is pretty dreadful. After Rxd4 26. Qxb7 Qxa2 27. Rxc5 he is threatening Rc8 he is threatening both 28. Rc8+ forcing Qg8 and black's queen goes, and if Qg8 28. Rc8 Rd8 29. Rc7 with the dreadful threat of Qb2+, but black may be able to hold on for a bit longer. As played, the c file is opened for white rook to come into the position immediately and black is lost. |
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25... cxd4
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So I took this way. While studying this position, I thought at first 26. Qxb7 could be met with Qb6, but then I saw that he just plays Qf7 followed by Rc7 and it is all over. Come to think of it, can't he play 26. Qf7 immediately? It looks all over for me. With some relief to me, he didn't play that and played. |
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26. Qxb7
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This. I tried the one move I thought may hold on a while. |
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26... Qxa2
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This briefly restores the material balance. |
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27. Rc7
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With a threat to h7. |
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27... Qg8
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Queen comes back to protect. I offer a draw. He rejects, not surprisingly. |
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28. Qxa7
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He is not just a pawn up, his queen and rook have dominating positions. |
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28... h6
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Played with my next move in mind. |
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29. e5
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The pawn starts to roll. This move is not necessary. He could already play the winning manoeuvre of Rf7 followed by Qe7. |
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29... Qf8
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Threatening some checks. |
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30. Rf7
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Rook hits the queen. |
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30... Qg8
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The queen is forced back. |
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31. e6
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Again, not sure why he plays this. Qe7 simply wins. |
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31... Rd5
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I am not sure why I played this! I think I was just basically running out of moves. My king can't move. My queen can't move without allowing a quick mate. My rook can't move along the back rank without allowing Qxd4+ mating. d4-d3 allows Qa1 mating. Rd6 loses to Qc5. |
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32. Qe7
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He finally sees it, and I resign. Many thanks for reading this annotation. Please leave your comments and rate it on the star system. Until next time dear reader! |
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