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18. O-O
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I ignore any invasion on e3. Finally my king is tucked away. |
 
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18... Be3
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Black was hoping for a re-capture here so as to fork both of white's rooks and his queen with the d5 knight. |
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19. Qd3
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White supports e3. |
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19... Bxf2+
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Black takes the defensive bishop off the board. |
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20. Kxf2
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White takes with the king as taking with the rook was awkward. |
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20... e6
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This move supports the d5 knight. Black has his own positional trump now. This knight is almost immovable and, like an eagle, it has a massive wing span, hitting many of the weak squares in White's camp, (e3 & c3 in particular) and on the queenside (b4 and b6). It will use these latter squares as pivot points for some nice tactics later on. |
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21. g3
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A queen check at h4 was threatened after which White may as well have resigned. Good defensive move by White. |
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21... Qd6
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Going for the weak squares on the queenside (squares a3, b2, etc.) |
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22. Rfc1
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White ignores any queen voyage to the queen side as the c4 rook has unfettered access to the a-file. This is enough to repel any invasion by the queen, as will be shown. |
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22... Nb4
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Forks the queen and the a2 pawn. |
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23. Qd2
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Defends a2. |
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23... Nd5
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The knight comes back to its d5 outpost. |
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24. Nc3
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White tries to challenge black knight's central dominance. |
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24... c6
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Black supports it further and indicates that any exchange of the knight will entail a repair-job to his queenside pawn structure. |
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25. Ne4
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White hits the black queen with his knight. More prudent would have been to get the Black knight off the board. White is over-playing is hand and trying to play for finesse that has little yield. |
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25... Qa3
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The queen invades the queenside, but... |
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26. Ra4
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It is repelled and White wins a pawn. Now White's advantage appears to be palpable. But this is the point of the game in which the advantage starts to turn over to Black... |
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26... Qe7
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The queen retreats, and Whit is suddenly up a pawn after the capture on a6. |
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27. Rxa6
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The a6 pawn falls and White is both up a pawn. However he is "cruising for a bruising". This pawn capture begins a series of moves in which White's position slowly unravels, leading up to the 32nd move knock-out. |
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27... Nb4
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Black hits the rook with his knight. |
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