ANNOTATED GAME

The power of 3 pawns
cieloazul (1666) vs. ulrich321 (1766)
Annotated by: ulrich321 (1805)
Chess opening: Caro-Kann (B10), Hillbilly attack
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21... Rac8
I could not find a better move here. Suggestions welcome.
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22. Qg3
Threatening r x n.

 
22... Qc7
Hoping of an exchange. r x n will not work now because of q x q

 
23. Qh4
White must have trying to achieve a doubling of rooks on the f file and advance its pawns towards my king.

 
23... Nh7
This was to make a future f5 move possible

 
24. Nf3 Qd8
If the queens don't get exchanged, then at least the black knight move to g5 will be allowed.

 
25. Qf4 Qf6 26. Qg3 Qe7
Too scared to leave my queen on the f file
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27. Rcf2 Ng5
Was hoping for n x n, q x n, q x q and h x q. Rook endings are my favourite.

 
28. Nd2 f5
Opens up space to place my rooks on f file.
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29. Rf2f4
Not sure what white was trying to achieve here.

 
29... Ne4 30. Nxe4 fxe4
Now heading into and endgame, but a queen endgame not a rook endgame
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31. Rf1f2
It looks like white also wants a queen endgame.
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31... Rxf4 32. Rxf4 Rf8 33. Rxf8+ Kxf8
Not q x r, otherwise q c7, q f7, q x q, k x q, c4 ! With black having a bad pawn structure that white should be able to win against.

 
34. Qb8+ Kf7 35. Kf1 Qd7 36. Qf4+ Kg8 37. Qg4 Kf7
I was expecting a 3 fold repetition here with q f4
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38. Qe2
White must have wanted to carry on and see if he get find a win somewhere.

 
38... Qa4 39. Ke1 Qb3 40. Kf2 Kf6
Looks dangerous, but its perfectly safe.

 
41. g4
White wants to break through on the kings side.

 
41... g5 42. Kg3 Qb6 43. h4
Not sure what white wants to achieve by exchanging pawns. The next few moves are queen maneuvers to find some kind of advantage, but the game in my opinion was effectively drawn.
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43... Qd6+ 44. Kh3 gxh4 45. Kxh4 Kg6
Wanted to get my queen on the g5 square.

 
46. Kh3 Qf8 47. Qg2 Qf6 48. Qe2 e5
The queen on e5 is a nice spot
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