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16. Ne5
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I suspect that white realized all that, too :-D |
 
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16... Rf6
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Trying to surprise my opponent, depriving him of a place in g6, and defending h6 after the queens goes to h5. |
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17. f4
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White uses his advantage and returns me with the same coin. Now I'm not sure it is convenient for me to open the files, since my rook cannot move to the right place (g7) and I cannot exchange. I realized by now how different would have been my position having castled queenside - true is that probably white's moves would have been others. |
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17... Bf7
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It's useless to try to keep the advantage of a bishop's pair. At least, I can have white exchanging the strong knight.... |
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18. Nxf7
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Which he did, of course, since it didn't avoid him to have a strong column all wide open, and, of course, Qh5. |
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18... Rxf7
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Here, it is very depressing to try to decide if it is better to take with the rook or the king. It's just choosing the best way to lose. |
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19. fxg5
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I don't know what is more sadistic on white's part: to delay the deadly Qh5, or just wait to see me trembling. :-D |
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19... Bg3
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I thought that I had to make some room for my pieces. The check was futile, and Bf4 couldn't avoid g6 or gxh. |
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20. Re6
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Even more sadistic :-D Beginners, learn how to attack... in a sadistic way. I hoped for Re3?, f4, but of course such things happen only in dreams. |
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20... Nf8
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Ah ha! My knight can move, and he does a wonderful job defending, even if never for an attack. |
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21. Rxh6
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I feared g6, NxR, gxR+, Kxg7, Qh5, a sure mate net, with those nasty bishop aiming to my kingside. But my problems are still to come, of course. |
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21... Re8
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So I sat the only threat I could, just for bringing my rook into the game to help, trying to exchange as much as possible. |
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22. Bd2
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Of course not Qh5, Re1#. Now, the tricks are over, sadly.
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22... Re6
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The only way I saw to avoid the worst. |
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23. Qh5
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Finally. I know I can't survive this. |
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23... Rxh6
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Limiting white's firepower, but hopelessly. |
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24. gxh6 Bf4
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The bishop is no longer useful on g3, so better to exchange it. I know that the f pawn is a goner, but I couldn't allow the white's lsb to look undisturbed to h7. |
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25. Bxf4 Qxf4
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I even have a shadow of a check in e3! Oh! :-). To be truthful, I was looking for Rh7, and after the exchanges take the h6 pawn. But this leaves me against two joined pawns for an endgame, so even if I survive the storm, I'm doomed. |
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26. Rf1 Qe3+ 27. Kh1 Rh7
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What else? :-( |
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28. Qxf5
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Better than Bxf5. And now, everything could hold but for a "residual advantage", as you'll see. My Nf8 is threatened, so I can't take Rxh6. The knight cannot move or Qxh7. So... |
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