ANNOTATED GAME

Challenge from mel-lo
mel-lo (1185) vs. jonny1988 (1109)
Annotated by: tully15 (1372)
Chess opening: French defence (C00)
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20... d5
Trying to gain control of the e file
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21. Nc1
He denies the en passant capture
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21... Qe8 22. Qg3 Qa4
Trying to attack his bishop and the c2 square which is his weak point in the pawn structure cause it can lead to the capture of b2

 
23. Qh3
He attacks my bishop
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23... Bd2
And i move it to safety, i cant afford to lose any more material
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24. Qd3 Bh6 25. f4
Strengthing the e5 pawn
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25... g5 26. Qh3 Qc2
Sacrificing the bishop to attack his pawn structure
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27. Nb3 Qxb2 28. Qxh6 g4 29. Qg5+ Kh8 30. Qe7 Rae8 31. Qxa7 Qxc3 32. Qxb6
Remember how i wanted to attack from the sides, i think this plan failed :)

 
32... Qe3+ 33. Kh1 Rfg8 34. Nc5 Rg6
Protecting the e6 pawn, and leading to rook to the h file to put pressure on his king

 
35. g3
To protect his pawn on h2

 
35... Rh6 36. Rfg1 Rh3 37. Nxe6 Rg8 38. Ng5
Attacking the rook

 
38... Rxg5
Removing the threat and attempting my first rook sacrifice

 
39. Qd8+
He denies it, and i protect my king with it
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39... Rg8 40. Qxd5 Rg5 41. Bf1 Rg6 42. Bxh3
My first sacrifice, and now i need to get his queen of the a diagonal for my sacrifices to count

 
42... Re6
My second rook sacrifice

 
43. Qxe6 gxh3
I have mate in two now, his last hope now is to move back on to the a diagonal but the lure of more material must have won my opponent over
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44. Qxf5 Qf3+ 45. Rg2
His only move
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45... Qxg2#
I think my main point of this game was to show you that everyone makes mistakes but if you keep fighting and making good moves you can still win. As i said this is my first annotated game so any input will be greatly appreciated. I would like to thank my good friend mel-lo on a good game!
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