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37... Rxa5 38. Rc1
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Much better than Qb2 IMHO. Qb2 is met with Qa4. |
 
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38... Bb3
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All right then.....step one of the plan accomplished. I've won the pawn. Now for some exchanges. And if I may, let me just give a quick shout out to my own queen. Look at everything she is doing and holding together:) |
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39. Bd1
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White desperately tries to untangle himself by offering up his bad bishop for my good one. |
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39... Ra2+
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Of course I don't take the bishop yet. Time for some tempo. |
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40. Kf3 Bxd1+
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Now I take with a check tempo. |
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41. Rxd1 Ra5
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?? Huge mistake on my part. I failed to see the upcoming tactic. |
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42. Qxc4+
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! Great move. White regains the pawn, throws a check, and dares black to take his queen. White's best move of the game. |
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42... Rb5
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Recoiling in horror at my last mistake, I try to regain my focus. I can still do this. My plan may still have a good chance to work. This move does pin me, but I can still safely evade. |
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43. Ra1+
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Naturally. |
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43... Kb6 44. Qd4+ Rc5
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Carefully plotting my kings escape route. |
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45. Rb1+ Kc6 46. Qa4+
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Oh geez.....have I really screwed up this pretty game? Black now threatens to go a pawn up. |
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46... Kc7
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Forced. |
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47. Qxa7+
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I'm completely suicidal now. Forget about the pawn deficit, I now have a rook hanging. |
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47... Kd8 48. Rb8+
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?? Incredibly, white misses the free rook. I will say in my opponents defense, however, that he was very low on time. Perhaps his idea was to quickly exchange off the pieces and press his own pawn advantage. I dodged a howitzer here............... |
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48... Rc8
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Being given the reprieve, this rook returns home to defend, most likely to die on c8. |
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49. Rxc8+
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White's plan is clear to me. His problem is his clock. He's under 3 minutes. |
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49... Qxc8
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Threatening my queen to c3 then d4! |
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50. Qxf7
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White is clearly winning, but is taking a whole lot of time. He's now under 30 seconds or so. I would obviously love a draw right here, but I may be able to run out his clock. He doesn't seem to perform well under pressure, so I keep piling it on by playing extremely fast myself. Even though I have something like 22 minutes left, I play the rest my moves in appproximately 10 seconds. |
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50... Qd7
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Confusing the issue for white, and eating up valuable time. My opponent is fairly out of seat with hand poised over the board, plainly stressed. |
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51. Qg8+
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?! QxQ KxQ e4 and it's all over for black. White is panic stricken for more time. |
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(1700)