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28... Bg4 29. Qc2
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Threatening the e4 pawn with check, and moving out of a possible knight fork on d3. Also white
now has to worry about ...Bxe2 30 Kxe2? Qxg3 |
 
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29... Qf5 30. Bxe5
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!! A sequence that exploits blacks over reliance on his queen and ends with the winning of
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30... Bxe5 31. Bxg4 Qxg4 32. Qxe4+
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Black has invested a lot in the e4 pawn and now it has been taken. |
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32... Qf5
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Only way to avoid losing the bishop. |
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33. Qxf5+
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White is happy to swap down to an endgame with a passed pawn and a more centralized king. |
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33... Rxf5 34. Rad1
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Challenging black for control of the open d file. |
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34... Bxf4
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? A strange move. Unites white's pawns and swaps a more active bishop for a pinned knight.
Also black, who is positionally weaker should not simplify. |
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35. exf4
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Of course white doesn't play 35 Rxd8? Bg5 ! 36 Ke2 Bxd8. (Which wins a piece for Black.) |
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35... Rfd5 36. Ke2
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Another possibility would be Rxd5 Rxd5 37 Re1.
If black tries ...Rxd1 37 Rxd1 Rxd1 38Kxd1 h5 39Ke2 Kg6 etc,
then the white f pawn will queen one move before the black h pawn.
Then white can force a swap of queens and (with his king on e5) win the resulting endgame. |
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36... h5
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Bad move. Weakens blacks h pawn unnecessarily. Black needed to play something like ...Kg6 first. |
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37. Rxd5
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? White misses out on the stronger 37 Rxh5 ! Rxh5 38. Rxd8 which wins a pawn. |
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37... Rxd5 38. g4 Rxc5
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Restoring material equality but with a much weaker position. |
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39. Rxh5+
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! Forcing the swap of rooks. |
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39... Rxh5 40. gxh5 Kh6
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Black will regain material equality but his king will be marginalized |
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41. Ke3 Kxh5 42. Ke4
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Even though white is not up in material his centralized king and advanced passed pawn means he
has won the game (if he plays carefully.) |
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42... Kg6 43. Ke5 Kf7 44. Kd6
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Sacrifices his passed pawn to win blacks pawns. |
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44... Kf6 45. Kc7 Kf5 46. Kxb7 Kxf4 47. Kxc6 Ke4 48. c4 Kd4 49. c5 Kc4 50. Kd6
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And its all over bar the shouting. |
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