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15. a3
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Please take, please take, please take............ |
 
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15... Bd6
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Black wisely refuses, but moves his DSB to a vulnerable square. |
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16. Nb5
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I now see doubled d pawns on the horizon. |
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16... a6
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?! 16...Rd8 17. Nxa7 c6 drops a pawn, but makes my knight vulnerable. |
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17. Nxd6+ cxd6 18. Rac1
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Ok, things are looking good. I'm a pawn up, his six pawns are on four islands, and I have a juicy open file to work with. Time to clean house. |
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18... Kd7
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Connecting his rooks and keeping me out of c7. |
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19. Rc2
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Preparing to double up while latently protecting g2 should he get any ideas of doubling down the g file. |
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19... Rg7
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Which he does. |
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20. Rfc1 Nc6
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Trying to squash my ideas of play down the c file, but severely limiting this piece. |
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21. b4
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I'm fully prepared to drop my a pawn if need be to harrass his knight. |
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21... Rag8
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Hitting g2 twice. |
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22. Bf5+
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No need to panic about g2 just yet. ...let's get his king moving. |
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22... Ke7 23. f3
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g2 is now protected. |
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23... Kf6
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Black understands that the king is also a weapon, but moving it in front of its protection is not wise. |
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24. g4
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As we both hit g4 three times, I felt comfortable making this aggressive move. The pin will have to be broken however. |
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24... Ne7
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! Removing one of the g4 protectors. |
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25. Bd3
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I gasp in horror when I see that I'm about to return the pawn with check tempo for black. |
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25... Nf5
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?? 25...hxg 26. fxg Rxg was the correct play. This was an outright blunder. I felt like the convict who was already strapped to the chair when the Governor calls at 11:59 pm. |
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26. Bxf5 hxg4
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My good friend Matt just shook his head when he realized that I knew that I had dodged a bullet. With a chuckle to himself he rids himself of a pawn island. |
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27. hxg4 Rh8
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As the g file is now a dead end, black moves over to the h file and hopes for action down it. |
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(1700)