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49. dxe5 Qxe5 50. Qf2 Qg5 51. Qf4 Qxf4
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I didn't want to have my queen forced back, with the white queen causing havoc on my side of the pawn structure. |
 
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52. exf4
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Entered a pawn ending, with a both sides having a passed pawn protected by another pawn. The game was still a draw as far as I can see. |
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52... h5
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This will break up the two white pawn supporting each other. If white plays g5 ? then black plays e3 followed by h4 and the white will not be able to stop both passed pawns. |
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53. gxh5+ Kxh5 54. Kg3 Kg6 55. Kf2
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This move really surprised me, I was pretty sure that white was going to play k g4. I was thinking the game would go something like this: kg4, kf6, f5, ke4, kg5, e3, f6, e2, f7, e1 = q, f8 = q. With both queens back and now too much open space to avoid perpetual checks from either side. |
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55... Kf6 56. Ke3
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This move lost white the game. The black king can now move onto f5 and the f4 square is now open to move towards to in the future, bringing on a zugswang sooner or later where black has to move away from e3 and lose the pawn on f4. |
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56... Kf5 57. b3
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It does not matter how many pawn moves white can make compared to black, the black king can keep on moving between f5 and g4 until white runs out of moves and has to move his king. |
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57... b5 58. b4 Kg4 59. c4
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When I first was looking at this position and saw c4 I thought that the game was still a draw. If d x c4 then k x e4 and the black king cannot move too far away from the f pawn. If c3 then the black king can chase it down and white will not be able get in, believe me I tried all possibilities they will not work because white can simply move a4 at the right time and black cannot win no matter where he has opposition the white king. |
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59... bxc4
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This move at first looks bad, white can now simply play a4 and create two passed pawns that the black king cannot both chase down. While blacks passed pawns are all facing a white king in front of them that he can stop, or can he ? |
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60. a4 c3
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All seems good for white, after c2, the king stops it with kd2. |
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61. b5 axb5 62. axb5 d4+
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If the king takes either black pawn then black will win the promotion race. |
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63. Ke2 d3+ 64. Kd1
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Again the king has to move back otherwise black promotes first. |
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64... e3
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White cannot stop all three pawns. Not a position I come across often. |
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65. b6 c2+ 66. Kc1 e2 67. Kd2 e1=Q+ 68. Kxe1 c1=Q+ 69. Kf2 d2 70. b7 d1=Q
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And white resigned, I hope that you liked that last little pawn tactic. |
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