Tripled pawns imbalance
Posted: Tue Feb 05, 2019 1:03 am
I stumbled upon this blitz game on lichess. White is down the exchange but in return he possesses the bishop pair plus opponent's trio in the c-file. Maybe some practical chances of holding this for white.
Stockfish evaluation guide (-1.23)
[d]r1b1k3/p1p2pp1/2p3p1/2p5/4P3/5PP1/PPPB2P1/2KR1B1r b q - 0 15
[pgn][Event "Rated Blitz game"] [Site "https://lichess.org/G0SM6kf3"] [Date "2019.02.04"] [Round "?"] [White "Kelevra317"] [Black "Padenie_Zvezd"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "C45"] [WhiteElo "2716"] [BlackElo "2699"] [Annotator "lichess.org"] [PlyCount "29"] [EventDate "2019.??.??"] [EventType "blitz"] [TimeControl "180"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Bc5 5. Nxc6 Qf6 {C45 Scotch Game: Classical Variation, Intermezzo Variation} 6. Qf3 bxc6 7. Nc3 d6 8. Bd2 Qg6 9. Qg3 Nf6 10. Qxg6 hxg6 11. f3 Nh5 12. Na4 Ng3 13. hxg3 Rxh1 14. Nxc5 dxc5 15. O-O-O (15. Kf2 Ba6 16. Bb5 Rxa1 17. Bxc6+ Ke7 18. Bxa8 Rxa2 19. Bc3 f6 20. e5 Bc4 21. g4 g5 22. g3 Ra1 23. f4 Rf1+ 24. Ke3 Rg1 25. Kf2 Rc1 26. Be4 Bb5 27. Kg2 Bd7 28. fxg5 fxg5 29. Bd2 Rb1 30. Bxg5+ Kf7 31. b3 Bxg4 32. Be3 Ke6 33. Bxc5 Kxe5 34. Bd3 Bf5 35. Ba6 Bxc2 36. b4 Be4+ 37. Kf2 Rb2+ 38. Ke3 Rb3+ 39. Kf2 Rf3+ 40. Ke2 Rxg3 41. Bxa7 Ra3 42. b5 Bd3+ 43. Kd2 Bxb5 {Normal White resigns.}) 0-1 [/pgn]
Stockfish evaluation guide (-1.23)
[d]r1b1k3/p1p2pp1/2p3p1/2p5/4P3/5PP1/PPPB2P1/2KR1B1r b q - 0 15
[pgn][Event "Rated Blitz game"] [Site "https://lichess.org/G0SM6kf3"] [Date "2019.02.04"] [Round "?"] [White "Kelevra317"] [Black "Padenie_Zvezd"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "C45"] [WhiteElo "2716"] [BlackElo "2699"] [Annotator "lichess.org"] [PlyCount "29"] [EventDate "2019.??.??"] [EventType "blitz"] [TimeControl "180"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Bc5 5. Nxc6 Qf6 {C45 Scotch Game: Classical Variation, Intermezzo Variation} 6. Qf3 bxc6 7. Nc3 d6 8. Bd2 Qg6 9. Qg3 Nf6 10. Qxg6 hxg6 11. f3 Nh5 12. Na4 Ng3 13. hxg3 Rxh1 14. Nxc5 dxc5 15. O-O-O (15. Kf2 Ba6 16. Bb5 Rxa1 17. Bxc6+ Ke7 18. Bxa8 Rxa2 19. Bc3 f6 20. e5 Bc4 21. g4 g5 22. g3 Ra1 23. f4 Rf1+ 24. Ke3 Rg1 25. Kf2 Rc1 26. Be4 Bb5 27. Kg2 Bd7 28. fxg5 fxg5 29. Bd2 Rb1 30. Bxg5+ Kf7 31. b3 Bxg4 32. Be3 Ke6 33. Bxc5 Kxe5 34. Bd3 Bf5 35. Ba6 Bxc2 36. b4 Be4+ 37. Kf2 Rb2+ 38. Ke3 Rb3+ 39. Kf2 Rf3+ 40. Ke2 Rxg3 41. Bxa7 Ra3 42. b5 Bd3+ 43. Kd2 Bxb5 {Normal White resigns.}) 0-1 [/pgn]