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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