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19. Qxc5
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Forced. White cannot allow 19...Qxc2 . 19. Qd3 Nxe5 and threatening the white queen is a crushing attack. The only other option, 19. Rc1, may have been marginally better, but in either case black succeeds in trading queens. |
 
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19... Bxc5 20. fxe6
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The second time white has had initiative since 5. h4. Unable to protect the e pawn, white presses on with a doomed strategy. |
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20... fxe6 21. Bg2
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Pathetic. 21. Ne4 would have be nice but first the bishop must be moved to its only available square. |
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21... Nxe5 22. Rhh1
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Terrible. At least 22. g5 would have saved the pawn. It is hard to remember what I was trying to accomplish, but I do remember calculating that material could be equalized. |
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22... Nxg4 23. Bh3
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At last the bishop is in commission.... |
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23... h5
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...sort of. |
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24. Nd4 Rf2 25. Nxe6 Ba3
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Black now exploits the weakness of white's castle. |
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26. Nd4
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Serves the double purpose of protecting c2 and pinning black's knight. |
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26... a6 27. Rhg1 Bc5 28. Bxg4 hxg4 29. Rxg4 Bxd4 30. Rgxd4 Rcxc2 31. Ra4 a5 32. Rxd5 Rce2 33. Rd1
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White has equalized material but is completely hogtied. I considered myself lost in this position. |
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33... Rfh2 34. Rc1 Kh7
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Considered resignation at this point. With my king blockaded on the first rank and my rook pinned to the a file, I saw no way of stopping black's push. |
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35. Rc6
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Completely ineffective--a waiting move. Doesn't even brush back the tempo of the advance of the black king. |
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35... Rh1+ 36. Rc1 Rxc1+ 37. Kxc1 Kh6 38. a3 Kh5 39. b4
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?? I considered the h pawn lost, and thought this the only viable move, even though I anticipated the pinning 39. Re4. I just played on hoping for a blunder.
Indeed, 39. Rd4 leads to all sorts of variations that look at least superficially closer to a draw. In the end my losing mentality seems to have done me in. |
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39... Re4 40. Kc2 Kxh4 41. Kb3 g5 42. bxa5 Rxa4 43. Kxa4 bxa5
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