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15... Nd7
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Offering up an exchange of knights. |
 
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16. Nb3
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Rebuffing the offer, white retreats to safety. Again, white forgets his clock, and another 10 minutes or so is lost. This time, I just sit and analyze on his time. He finally comes to his senses, and I hear some interesting four letter words mumbled as he hits his clock. |
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16... a5
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Threatening a4, but more importantly allowing an avenue to exchange bishops. |
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17. a4
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Stopping the threat against his knight. |
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17... Ba6
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At a minimum, the bishops come off. At the maximum, I win the exchange. |
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18. Bxa6
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?! White assists my cause, and hits first. Perhaps better was Qe7. |
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18... Rxa6 19. Qd3
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Hitting my rook. |
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19... Rb6 20. Nc5
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White keeps helping me out here. He should probably play to keep all of his pieces on the board. |
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20... Nxc5 21. dxc5
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And believe it or not, he forgets his clock again. He is down to about 10 minutes now, and I still have close to an hour. As the seconds tick away, I stay focused on the board and decide Rb2 is my play. When he finally hits his clock at around 3 minutes, I snap off a very quick......... |
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21... Rb2
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......and white resigns in disgust. I felt kind of bad for the guy, and we shook hands with smiles. I could tell, though, that this fellow was furious with himself. He whipped out a piece of paper, wrote a message to the TD, and promptly left the site. Sorry Jerome - I'm sorry you struggled. But I'm not sorry at all about winning - that's 3/5 and I still have a little hope of cashing in on some runner up money. See you in the last round:) |
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