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ANNOTATED GAME

The Plight of Passive Play
lukemichael (1854) vs. yrahcaz1990 (1758)
Annotated by: yrahcaz1990 (1593)
Chess opening: King's Indian (E91), 6.Be2
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24... fxe3
So here i think i have a nice advantage but i do need to keep that passed pawn in check.

 
25. fxe3 Ra4
? I think better would have just been to recapture the pawn with the rook. My goal here was to protect my a pawn as well as keep multiple threats.
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26. Rd7
adding an attacker to my a pawn.

 
26... a6
? i really believe i was far too passive here and just gave up my advantage. I am too focused on his threats and not enough on my plan. In retrospect i would of taken at e3.

 
27. Ne7+
! Now his c pawn is looking pretty intimidating right now. The price of passive play...

 
27... Kf8 28. c6 Rxe7
Wins his Knight but that is short lived as that pawn is about to promote.

 
29. c7 Rxd7 30. c8=Q+ Rd8
So a Knight, Rook, and Pawn in exchange for a new queen. At this point i offered a draw which my opponent accepted. Looking back i think that i still had a slight advantage, but at the time i was intimidated by His newly acquired queen on an open board. If i had a bishop pair rather than the Knight i would of been far more comfortable. Ultimately i think i played too passive and i think i shouldn't have been as intimidated at this position props to my opponent for staying in the game. Any thoughts are greatly appreciated.
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