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1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Be7 6. Bf4 O-O 7. Qd2 Nc6 8. O-O-O Nxd4 9. Qxd4
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9... Be6 10. f3 c5
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Creating a backwards pawn on d6, hoping for queenside expansion? |

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11. Qe3 Nh5
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threatening 12. Nxf4, Qxf4 13.Bg5 pinning the queen. |

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12. Kb1 Nxf4 13. Qxf4 Bg5
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Now that the king has moved to b1, this move doesn't pin the queen, but simply loses the backward D-pawn. |

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14. Qxd6 Qxd6 15. Rxd6 Rad8 16. Rxd8 Rxd8 17. Be2 Bf6 18. Rd1 Rxd1+ 19. Bxd1 Bxc3
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This seems to be a mistake to trade the bishop pair for doubled queenside pawns. White's kingside pawn majority will easily win now. Keeping the bishop pair may have proved a better defense. Now white just has to create a passer and prevent black from counterplay. |

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20. bxc3 Bc4
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The rest is simply grinding out the win with the extra pawn. |

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21. a3 g5 22. Kc1 Kg7 23. Kd2 f6 24. Be2 Be6 25. g3 a6 26. Ke3 b5 27. f4 gxf4+ 28. gxf4 f5 29. exf5 Bxf5 30. Bd3 Bg4 31. Be4 Bc8 32. Kf3 h6 33. Kg3 Kf6 34. Kh4 Bf5 35. Bxf5 Kxf5 36. Kh5 Kxf4 37. Kxh6 Kg4 38. Kg6 Kh3 39. Kf5 Kxh2 40. Ke5 Kg2 41. Kd5 c4 42. Kc5 Kf2 43. Kb6 Ke2 44. Kxa6 b4 45. cxb4 c3 46. b5 Kd2 47. b6 Kxc2 48. b7 Kd1 49. b8=Q c2 50. Qb3 Kd2 51. Qb2 Kd1 52. Kb5 c1=Q 53. Qxc1+ Kxc1 54. a4 Kb2 55. a5 Ka3 56. a6
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