Annotated Chess Game 13499962 by moonbus

Annotated Chess Game 13499962 by moonbus

Annotated Games

Caro-Kann Exchange Variantion

  • 19... Be7xc5 20. dxc5 Rc6xc5 21. b4 Rc5c6
    Both sides are poised to break open the opposing king position. Which side will break first?
  • 22. f5
    This is a high-risk gambit. I expected h4 first, to hold the g5 pawn.
  • 22... Qd8xg5
    This too is a high risk pawn grab, as it gives White a half-open g-file straight to the Black king.
  • 23. Kc1b1 Qg5f6
    Threatening mate on b2.
  • 24. c3
    This loses yet a third pawn (a3) with check. The alternative, Qb3 holding b2 and a3, also loses a pawn (f5) but might have offered White some counterplay by putting his rooks on the half-open king-side files.
  • 24... Nc4xa3 25. Kb1b2 a5 26. bxa5
    Of course not KxN, for then . . . Rxc3+ winning the White queen. The White king is now perilously exposed; the tide is turning in Black's favour.
  • 26... b4 27. Bg3e1
    A serious error, as it loses control over the crucial b8 square and disconnects the White rooks. Better was Rc1, or f5xe6 in order to expose the Black queen to a rook threat on f1.
  • 27... Na3c4 28. Kb2b3 bxc3 29. Be1xc3 Rf8b8
    See note to move 27.: this encroachment of the rook via b8 is decisive.
  • 30. Bc3b4
    The final fatal error; mate follows in short order now. Relatively better was 30. Kc2 Nb2; 31. Qf3 NxRd1; 32. RxNd1 Rbc8 33. Rd3 d5d4 and the White bishop is lost.
  • 30... Qf6b2 31. Kb3a4 Rb8xb4
    0 - 1
    Game started
    16 Nov '19
    Last move
    22 Jan '20
    Game Lost
    Created
    24 Jan '20
    Updated
    15 Feb '20
    Comments
    0
    Annotation Id
    6227

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