ANNOTATED GAME

A Dutch tragedy
Evan vs. Sam
Annotated by: sotw (1856)
Chess opening: Dutch defence (A84)
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26. Qxe3 Qxe3+
Now white has little reason to keep on playing except to wait for an error from black

 
27. Kxg6 Qg3+ 28. Kxh5 Qxg2
??? with just a little more effort, 28. ... Qh2 29. Kg4 Qxg2 and the rest was history. Now the queen is lost with 29. Rg1

 
29. Rfg1 Rf5+ 30. Kh6
Here black drew. However the continuation that follows offered him an excellent position against white

 
30... Rg5 31. Rxg2 Rxg2
All white's moves to protect the bishop are ugly: Nd1 shuts the rook, so does Bc1, Na4 gets removed by ...b5, Ra2 and Rb1 are not much better. Plus, black has two passed pawns.

 

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