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20... c5
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Attacking the bishop and the queen, though providing a further tactic a couple of moves down the line. |
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21. Qd5
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Forced, with the advantage of hitting black's bishop too. |
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21... Rb8
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I can't forget that I'm material down here, so the swap of pieces doesn't suit. |
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22. Bc6 Qe6
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Again, the swap doesn't suit. Black's defending fairly doggedly here, I think. |
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23. Qd1
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Black's rook is still hanging, of course. |
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23... Rg8
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Hoping for chances down the g-file. White has to be careful. |
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24. Bxc5
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Taking advantage of the pin on the knight to pick up another pawn. |
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24... Rc8
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? I think 24. ... Qg6 is called for here; 25. BxN BxB 26. g3 seems forced, when there's a threat of 27. RxN QxR 28. QxP+ and a possible mating attack with the f-rook to join the attack. |
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25. Bxe4
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Better than 25. Bd5, when ... Qg6 threatens mate, with my bishop on c5 still hanging. |
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25... Rxc5 26. Bxf5 Qxf5 27. Qxd6+
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Material up now, and the three heavy pieces are bearing down on black's king. |
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27... Kc8
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Only move. (27. ... Qd7?? 28. QxR) |
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28. Qa6+
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Here, I missed 28. Rb1 - a better way to continue the attack. The only defence to Rb8# seems to be 28. ... Rb5, which allows my f-rook into the attack with tempo. The text is winning too, but nowhere near as clear-cut. |
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28... Kd7
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28. ... Kb8 29. Rb1 and the a-pawn is gone anyway. |
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29. Qxa7+
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An important pawn to gain; black has fairly little to play for if the game reaches an ending. |
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29... Kd6 30. Qe7+
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I want to bring my rooks into the attack, but don't want black's king escaping to f6 and g7. This keeps black's king in the open while I call up the rooks. |
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30... Kc6 31. Red1
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Again, 31. Rb1 probably causes black more problems. But here, he figured the best way to proceed was to swap off, which suited me. |
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31... Qe6 32. Qxe6+ fxe6 33. Rdc1
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Endiing any chances of annoying double-rook counterplay. |
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33... Rxc1 34. Rxc1+ Kd5 35. Re1
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Stopping the king encroaching on my kingside majority, and also restricting the e6-pawn's movement. |
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35... h5
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36. Re5+
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The rest is trivial enough. |
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