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Why beginners should not resign - a drawing example - 2006/08/21 18:17
Here's a game that's a further illustration of my theory that beginners should not resign after blunders in blitz/rapid. Reason: It is not the person who blunders *first* who should lose, but the person who blunders
*most*.
c) A drawing example
[Site "www.chess21.com"] [White "NN"] [Black "me"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [WhiteElo "1350"] [BlackElo "1389"] [TimeControl "15/0"]
1.f4 d5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 g6 4.c3 Bg7 5.Be3 Nf6 6.Nbd2 O-O 7.h3 h6 8.g4 Ne4
9.Nxe4 dxe4 10.Nd2 Qd6 11.Nxe4 Qe6 12.Bg2 b6 13.d5 Bxc3+ 14.bxc3 Rd8 15.dxe6
Rxd1+ 16.Rxd1 Bxe6 17.a3 f5 18.gxf5 Bxf5 19.Ng3 Bc2 20.Bxc6 Bxd1 21.Bxa8 Ba4
22.Ne4 c6 23. Bxc6 Bxc6 24.Rg1 Bxe4 25.Rxg6+ Bxg6 26.Kd2 Kf7 27.c4 Bf5 28.h4
Kf6 29.c5 bxc5 30.Bxc5 a6 31.Kc3 Ke6 32.Kd4 Kd7 33.e4 Bg4 34.f5 Be2 35.Kd5 h5 36.e5 Bg4 37.f6 exf6 38.exf6 Ke8 39.Ke5 Kf7 40.Bd4 Kg6 41.Kd6 Kf7 42.Kc6
Be2 43. Kb6 Ke6 44.Kc5 Kf7 45.Kd6 Bg4 46.Be5 Ke8 47.Kc7 Kf7 48.Kb6 Be2
49.Kc6 Bg4 50.Kd6 Ke8 51.Kd5 Kf7 52.Kd6 {draw by repetition}
1/2-1/2
Analysis:
10.Qd6? was a genuine mouseslip (intended was 10.Qd5), resulting in the loss of a pawn.
12.b6? Allows white to fork the queen and the knight with a pawn after
13.d5!
13.Bxc3? A foolish sacrifice that doesn't resolve the fork problem. Better was .Qd7, giving up the knight.
14.Rd8? Leads to a queen and rook exchange, but black is still worse off than after .Qd7.
16.Bxe6? Black needed to ignore the threatening pawn, and instead protect the knight on c6 which will be pinned on the g2-a8 diagonal after white moves the knight off e4.
17.a3?! Missing 17.Ng3! to eventually win the bishop on c6.
17.f5?! Missing 17.Rd8, preventing further material losses of either the knight or the rook.
19.Ng3! At last. Computer evaluation puts white ahead by a score of more than 12!
23.Bxc6? Fearing a trapped bishop and wanting to exchange it for a pawn, but the loss is more costly than white thinks, because the knight on e4 will be helplessly pinned.
24.Rg1? Now black wins the knight for free. Less costly for white was
24.Nf2, giving up the rook and winning the bishop.
25.Rxg6? Obviously not seeing that the rook is hanging. After 25.Bxg6, white has an extra pawn, but by playing carefully black is able to secure a draw.
Summary:
The blunders I made in the beginning of the game led to great losses, but weren't quite as foolish as merely hanging my pieces, and were the result of less immediately obvious tactical shots. Although I was down by an evaluation of more than +12, my opponent made three consecutive blunders to throw away the game and allow a draw.
Should I have resigned after 21.Ba4, clearly behind a bishop, knight and a rook?
As the final result indicated, I'm glad I didn't, and given that my opponent 's blunders were equally bad as my own, I think a draw was a fair result..
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