ANNOTATED GAME

Round 3 of Norwalk Championships
bakerbaker (1545) vs. R. Luchetta (1484)
Annotated by: bakerbaker (1200)
Chess opening: Alekhine's defence (B02), Scandinavian variation
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25. Rxg5+
Black should resign now, because if Kf8, then Rh8#

 
25... Rg7
Black is still trying to get out of mate, but he is going to lose a lot of material so he may as well just resign.

 
26. Qh7+
Rxg7 was another way to win, but I like exploiting pinned pieces and I thought this was a more fun way to win.

 
26... Kf8
Forced.

 
27. fxg7+
Totally crushing.

 
27... Ke7
Forced.

 
28. g8=Q+
Black finally resigned, because Kd6 Rxe6# is mate. Here I have double the amount of heavy pieces Black has! This shows the devastating dangers of castling on the wrong side of the board.

 

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