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17. a5 Qc7
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Winning a pawn. He can't play queen a2 or I will take the pawn on e4 with my knight |
 
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18. Bb2
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So he develops |
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18... Rxa5
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I just take the pawn. |
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19. Rxa5 Qxa5
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Too bad I wasted some moves playing the queen around, but I got a pawn in return. |
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20. Ra1 Qc7 21. c4
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I'm not sure this was good. The intent is obviously to capture my knight on f6, but he gives me a passed pawn. |
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21... b4 22. Ra8 O-O
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Castling into safety |
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23. Ba1
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Odd move. I suppose tricks on the long a1-h8 diagonal are the reason why this was played, but this move gave me the opportunity to pull my position together again |
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23... Nbd7
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Finally developing my last piece, threatening his rook on a8 and protecting my knight once more. |
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24. Rxf8+ Kxf8 25. f4
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Attempting counterplay, but this is not so hard anymore |
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25... Qa7
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Attacking the bishop and preparing my queen to support the passed pawn |
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26. Bxf6
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Not much other good squares left, because if the queen protects the bishop, the defense of the e4-pawn is gone. |
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26... exf6
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I felt my knight was more useful on d7 because I could easily bring it to the queenside to protect the passer. It can go to b6 with just a single jump. |
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27. Kg2 Qa3
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Penetrating his position |
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28. e5
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Not sure what the goal was of this move. Desperate perhaps? |
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28... b3
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Always push passed pawns |
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29. Qc3
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Pinning the passer, but no problem |
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29... Qa2
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Protecting the promotion square and attacking his knight, gaining that all important tempo |
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30. exf6
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Last hope, my 'weak' king. |
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30... Qxe2+ 31. Kh3 b2 32. Qb3
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Threatening mate and indirectly covering the promotion square, but no problem |
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32... Qf1+
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0-1. Gaining a tempo because of the check and afterwards promotion. Because the pawn becomes a queen, it can now cover the c8-mating square, leaving him with no check, and a queen and a knight down. Thanks for reading, and I hope you enjoyed it! |
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