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The mobility of the queen
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Oct 8, 2009
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fairly well played game imo. Didnt see any huge big blunders, although not quite sure why black gave away that pawn in the middleggame. Didnt really check it out though tbh.(im too tired)
All the way to 15.0-0 - white's position just gradually becomes better, and by that move he has a nice advantage. It's far from over for black though, just a worse position.
Black's 15...Qc7 move really spoils it, and white hit him right where it hurts with 16.Bxf6 gxf6 17.Qg4+ ouch.
Not sure why black gave away a pawn. His position is already damaged almost beyond repair. Giving a pawn in adition to that is suicidal.
Black should just play 17...Kh8 even if after 18.Qh4 f5 white's position is so much better (even if the check on f6 will not be deadly anytime soon. I suppose black was afraid from something like that when he gave up the pawn), that perhaps it's winning if played correctly. Not sure, but white has all the potential play on both the kingside or the queenside. Later, a g4 break will shatter the black pawn structure completely.
Soon, an a4 break will tear the queenside open. White is the one who will decide when and where the action will happen. Using the g file will be very difficult for black with such a king position. Also it's the only form of potential play black has in the future, and white has no weaknesses there.
After choosing the much worse 17...Kf8 18.Bxh7, white is just winning for sure. No hope now.
19.Bg8 seems strange, since black can force you to retreat to h7 with 19...Qd8, and then come back. And you don't want a repetition when you're winning.
Either 21.f4 or 21.Rad1 (both trying to blast open the black king's cover) should have shortened black's life by a considerable amount, but...almost anything is good for white.
But, since white didn't try to be as severe as he(or she) can, were I black, I would go immediately for 21...a5, undermining the c5 knight's support. Black gains a lot of play that way. Still bad position for black. but it's looking much better than a few seconds ago (all because of one lazy move... it happens).
Black had to come back and defend the pawn with 26...Rd8 but...that would be equal to admitting he's in a lost position with no counterplay whatsoever... so it wouldn't really have mattered.
Black waited too long to resign in the endgame in my opinion (probably the fastest way to force a resignation was to sac the rook for the c4 knight and just queen the b pawn. the black king can't stop both h and b pawns...
Nice game. No big blunders (other than black giving that pawn. Probably was seeing ghosts with mates on h7 or checks on f6).
