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Submitted by GM vbhat on Mon, 12/28/2009 at 2:21pm.

In my last tournament in Navalmoral, I finished with 7.0/9 and in clear 3rd place behind Fedorchuk (who beat me in a game I annotated here last I week: http://www.chess.com/article/view/building-a-fortress). I had 5.0/7 going into the last day, and it was my two wins on that final day that propelled me to 3rd place. The first of those wins was as black against the young Spanish IM, Alvar Alonso Rosell.

It was a weird game in that even though I won, I didn't really feel like I played that well. I sort of just hung around long enough for him to mess things up, and when he did, I was ready to take care of business. I did play the opening fine, which was mostly notable for the surprise I sprung on him (and myself), using a line I had never played or prepared for Black! We skipped the middlegame phase and went straight to a complex endgame, where I decided to maneuver around, thinking myself to be rather clever. Unfortunately, it then dawned on me that I was walking into trouble all over the place, and was only saved by my opponent's time trouble and his resulting oversights.

Maybe the most important lesson I took away from this game is that, even in the endgame, attacks are possible. I let my guard down thinking that the queen trade removed any danger of being checkmated, but my opponent smartly didn't make that assumption. As Stewie would say about my early endgame maneuvers, "Hoisted by my own petard!"

 
 
 

Question 1: What would you play for White after 17...Kb8?

 

Question 2: What would you play for White after 21...Ka8?

Question 3: What would you play as Black after 27.h4?

 

And here's the whole game in one viewer:

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Comments:

by Gummug - 2 years ago
Wichita, Kansas United States
Member Since: Apr 2009
Member Points: 50

Very interesting game, shows the power of an advanced pawn (I confess I didn't follow all the side variations) Embarassed

by kaushikdr - 2 years ago
London United Kingdom
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awesome , game!!

by GM SultanOfKings - 2 years ago
Oslo Norway
Member Since: Jul 2009
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Nb5 was cool :)

by ericycsong - 2 years ago
Toronto Canada
Member Since: May 2009
Member Points: 540

nice

by LEE2000 - 2 years ago
down the road United States
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Member Points: 121

now this is the type of game and commentary that helps me learn.  thank you.

by AitorOrtiz - 2 years ago
Barcelona Catalonia
Member Since: May 2009
Member Points: 67

Nb5 was great! Is a difficult move, really hard to see.

The best free engine, needs 4 minutes too see it, and that's pretty much.

18.Cb5 

  =  (0.21)   Profundidad: 21/49   00:03:58  240mN

Great Game!

by heatsh - 2 years ago
Kluang, Johor Malaysia
Member Since: Nov 2009
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nice game.tnx

by merchco - 2 years ago
Dublin Ireland
Member Since: Dec 2008
Member Points: 2551

move 26 for white rb8 with the intention of pushing the pawn to b7 also i am new to chess how long do you get to play the game

by SonofPearl - 2 years ago
Wales
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Great article, thanks! Cool

by Sas3 - 2 years ago
Chandigarh / Hyderabad India
Member Since: Jun 2008
Member Points: 4023

Thanks. Smile

by IM dpruess - 2 years ago
California United States
Member Since: Dec 2007
Member Points: 3349

i don't know the reason for that occasional glitch, but i've fixed it.

by Sas3 - 2 years ago
Chandigarh / Hyderabad India
Member Since: Jun 2008
Member Points: 4023

Is it one more site-glitch, or is it just my system? The top 3 diagrams just have the place holder. Frown

 

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