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ANNOTATED GAME

A Benko gambit
Opponent (1552) vs. Me (1413)
Annotated by: thereaper1 (1812)
Chess opening: Benko gambit accepted (A58)
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26. Nc6
I had been hoping white would miss this.

 
26... fxg5 27. Nxb8 g4
Cramping whites king and pawns, and also preventing the bishop coming into play via h3 where it will eye the e6 square. I also could have exchanged bishops now with ...Nd2 but the exchange would only have favoured white, this is a better move.

 
28. Nc6 Kf7 29. h3 h5
I want to keep a pawn on g4
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30. hxg4 hxg4 31. Be4 Ra1
Finally realising that I have no winning chances whatsoever I decide I have to exchange rooks and play to draw.

 
32. Rxa1 Bxa1 33. Bd3 Ne5 34. Bb5
Ba6 seems better looking to redeploy to c8 where the bishop would hit e6 and g4

 
34... Kf6
I would have liked to get in ...e6 but that just drops a pawn.

 
35. Ba6 Bc3 36. Bc8 Bb2 37. Nxe5 Kxe5
And now we agreed on a draw since its an opposite coloured bishop ending, thus shouldn't be too difficult to hold.
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