Was this sound?
05 Sep '12 11:29| EVENT | Open invite |
| SITE | http://www.redhotpawn.com |
| DATE | 2012.08.18 |
| ROUND | ? |
| WHITE | WanderingKing |
| BLACK | TheMetaBaron |
| RESULT | 1-0 |
| WHITEELO | 1347 |
| BLACKELO | 1113 |
[Event "Open invite"]
[Site "http://www.redhotpawn.com"]
[Date "2012.08.18"]
[EndDate "2012.09.04"]
[Round "?"]
[White "WanderingKing"]
[Black "TheMetaBaron"]
[WhiteRating "1347"]
[BlackRating "1113"]
[WhiteElo "1347"]
[BlackElo "1113"]
[Result "1-0"]
[GameId "9475247"]
1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nb1c3 Ng8f6 4. Ng1f3 dxc4 5. a4 {The Alapin Variation of the Slav Defense} b5 {5.a4 is aimed specifically at b5. b5 in this position just gives up a pawn.} 6. axb5 a6 7. e4 {Not sure about this move. It's pretty aggressive I think. The obvious think to do is to take another pawn here. But even if Black plays cxb5 here, he can't hold on to the pawn, as it will be demostrated.} cxb5 8. e5 {The idea is to play Nxb5. If Black then plays axb5, then Rxa8. But the intermediate e5 is necessary to counteract Bb7 forking the rook and the unmoved pawn on e4.} Nf6d5 9. Nc3xb5 Bc8d7 10. Nb5c3 Nd5xc3 11. bxc3 e6 12. Bf1xc4 Bf8e7 13. O-O Nb8c6 14. Ra1xa6 {I think it must be better to take with the rook. I don't want my bishop pinned to an undefended rook.} Ra8xa6 15. Bc4xa6 O-O 16. Bc1e3 Nc6b8 17. Ba6d3 Nb8c6 18. Qd1c2 {This forces black to move one of his kingside pawns, opening the king a little bit.} h6 19. Rf1c1 {I have a passed pawn so I put a rook behind it. That's what I've read I need to do.} Qd8a5 20. Qc2d2 {Bxh6 gxh6 Qxh6 is the idea, with the possiblility of Qh7#.} Be7a3 21. Rc1a1 Rf8b8 22. Be3xh6 gxh6 23. Qd2xh6 {This is a trap. Will he play Qxc3? According to my experience, there was a huge probability that the Black would think I was going to blindly play Qh7+ after that, which leads nowhere. That's how I thought about it myself at first: Qh7+ doesn't do anything so I've got nothing. But then I saw:} Qa5xc3 24. Bd3h7 Kg8h8 25. Bh7g6 Kh8g8 26. Qh6h7 Kg8f8 27. Qh7xf7 1-0
[Site "http://www.redhotpawn.com"]
[Date "2012.08.18"]
[EndDate "2012.09.04"]
[Round "?"]
[White "WanderingKing"]
[Black "TheMetaBaron"]
[WhiteRating "1347"]
[BlackRating "1113"]
[WhiteElo "1347"]
[BlackElo "1113"]
[Result "1-0"]
[GameId "9475247"]
1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nb1c3 Ng8f6 4. Ng1f3 dxc4 5. a4 {The Alapin Variation of the Slav Defense} b5 {5.a4 is aimed specifically at b5. b5 in this position just gives up a pawn.} 6. axb5 a6 7. e4 {Not sure about this move. It's pretty aggressive I think. The obvious think to do is to take another pawn here. But even if Black plays cxb5 here, he can't hold on to the pawn, as it will be demostrated.} cxb5 8. e5 {The idea is to play Nxb5. If Black then plays axb5, then Rxa8. But the intermediate e5 is necessary to counteract Bb7 forking the rook and the unmoved pawn on e4.} Nf6d5 9. Nc3xb5 Bc8d7 10. Nb5c3 Nd5xc3 11. bxc3 e6 12. Bf1xc4 Bf8e7 13. O-O Nb8c6 14. Ra1xa6 {I think it must be better to take with the rook. I don't want my bishop pinned to an undefended rook.} Ra8xa6 15. Bc4xa6 O-O 16. Bc1e3 Nc6b8 17. Ba6d3 Nb8c6 18. Qd1c2 {This forces black to move one of his kingside pawns, opening the king a little bit.} h6 19. Rf1c1 {I have a passed pawn so I put a rook behind it. That's what I've read I need to do.} Qd8a5 20. Qc2d2 {Bxh6 gxh6 Qxh6 is the idea, with the possiblility of Qh7#.} Be7a3 21. Rc1a1 Rf8b8 22. Be3xh6 gxh6 23. Qd2xh6 {This is a trap. Will he play Qxc3? According to my experience, there was a huge probability that the Black would think I was going to blindly play Qh7+ after that, which leads nowhere. That's how I thought about it myself at first: Qh7+ doesn't do anything so I've got nothing. But then I saw:} Qa5xc3 24. Bd3h7 Kg8h8 25. Bh7g6 Kh8g8 26. Qh6h7 Kg8f8 27. Qh7xf7 1-0
What do you think? Especially, was my finish sound? (Starting from move 22.) I don't think I have a mate here -- I just relied on Black playing Qxc3.
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