Annotated Chess Game 11054905 by moonbus

Annotated Chess Game 11054905 by moonbus

Annotated Games

down to the wire

  • 27. Kd2d3 e5 28. dxe5 fxe5 29. f3 Ke7d6 30. b3 e4
    This is a mistake which gives White's rook counter-play on the soon-to-be-opened f-file. Better was 30. ... Rb4 forcing White's rook to defend pawns.
  • 31. fxe4 Rc4xe4 32. Ra1f1
    The game is now wide open, with rooks threatening to go marauding through the pawn lines. Black must try to hang onto the d-passer.
  • 32... b6
    Immobilizing White's queen side.
  • 33. Rf1f7 Re4e7 34. Rf7f5 Kd6c5
    Preventing the White king from seizing d4.
  • 35. Rf5f4 Re7e4
    Setting a trap, which White does not fall into.
  • 36. Rf4f7
    If 36. RxRe4, PxRe4+; 37. KxPe4, Kb4 there follows a race which White looses: once the White king reaches f7, Black interposes ... g7-g6!! which costs White the game: his king will take h7, then take g6, the Black a-pawn queens first and covers the queening square of White's h-pawn.
  • 36... Re4xg4 37. Rf7xa7 Rg4h4 38. Ra7xg7 Rh4h3
    A critical in-between check which forces White's king to a less favorable square and gains a tempo for Black.
  • 39. Kd3c2 Rh3xh2 40. Kc2c3 Rh2h3 41. Kc3c2 h5
    The mad dash of the h-pawn is a diversion. It will never promote; its purpose is rather to force the White rook to chase it rather than do anything else. The trump card in Black's game is the passed d-pawn, which Black must keep in peto.
  • 42. Rg7g6
    White prepares to snap up the Black b6 pawn and advance his own b5 pawn. It is going to be a tight race.
  • 42... h4 43. Rg6c6
    43. b4+ Kxb4; Rxb6 Kxa4; Rb8 & b6 etc. was worth considering, as was 43. a5 Kxb5; axb.
    Game started
    15 Feb '15
    Last move
    25 Mar '15
    Game Lost
    Created
    25 Mar '15
    Updated
    01 Apr '15
    Comments
    0
    Annotation Id
    4446

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