ANNOTATED GAME

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loevlazer (1200) vs. zakaria169 (1583)
Annotated by: hanasdaddy (1722)
Chess opening: QP counter-gambit (C40), Maroczy gambit
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1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 d5 3. exd5 Qxd5 4. Nc3 Qd6 5. d4 Bg4 6. Qe2 Bxf3 7. gxf3
thinnk about your pawn structure. why not qxf3?
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7... f6 8. Nb5 Qe7 9. dxe5 fxe5 10. f4 Qb4+ 11. c3 Qc5 12. b4 Qe7 13. fxe5 h6 14. Qe3 Nc6 15. f4 Qh4+ 16. Qg3 Be7 17. Nxc7+ Kd7 18. Nxa8 Kc8 19. Bb5
you could have gotten another pawn for your knight with be3
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19... Qxg3+ 20. hxg3 Kb8 21. O-O Kxa8 22. a4 h5 23. a5 a6 24. Bxc6
good exchange - you separate his pawns

 
24... bxc6 25. Be3 Nh6 26. Bc5
now you make the mistake of letting him separate your pawns
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26... Bxc5+ 27. bxc5 Nf5 28. Rf3 h4 29. gxh4 Rxh4 30. e6 Rh8 31. Rd1 Re8 32. Rh3 Kb8 33. Rd7 Kc8 34. Rh5 Rxe6 35. Rf7 Re1+ 36. Kf2 Rf1+ 37. Kg2
why not take the rook? then you're left with rook vs. knight - an easy win
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37... Ne3+ 38. Kg3 Rd1 39. Rxg7
besides being as stupid move, you could again have forced the rook exchange with rh8
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39... Rg1+ 40. Kf3 Rxg7 41. Kxe3 Re7+ 42. Re5 Rh7 43. f5 Rf7 44. Kf4 Kd7 45. Kg5 Rg7+ 46. Kf6 Rg3 47. Re7+ Kd8 48. Kf7 Rxc3 49. f6 Rxc5 50. Kf8 Rxa5 51. f7 Rg5 52. Re6 Kd7 53. Re3 Rg1 54. Rh3 a5 55. Rh7 c5 56. Rg7 Rf1 57. Kg8
very bad. you could have kept his king away from the pawns with rg6
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57... Kc6 58. f8=Q Rxf8+ 59. Kxf8 Kb5 60. Rg4
don't waste that move - you needed to get your king back quick
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60... c4 61. Ke7 c3 62. Kd6 c2 63. Rg5+ Kb4 64. Rc5
looks like a draw now
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