ANNOTATED GAME

Challenge from bakerbaker
bakerbaker (1581) vs. miromcduck (1584)
Annotated by: bakerbaker (1200)
Chess opening: Scotch gambit (C44)
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20. Bf4
Now if Black takes my knight, then Bxe5 wins the g-pawn.

 
20... Nc4 21. Nd5+ Kf7 22. b3 Na5 23. Rac1
Now all my forces are very active, while Black's are either misplaced or undeveloped.

 
23... Be6
23...Be6?? Black tries desperately to activate a piece, but doesn't notice the tactic I'm about to play, which will either win a knight, or win a rook at the price of only a bishop.

 
24. Bc7
I'm attacking Black's weak knight. The first move of my genius tactic.

 
24... Nb7
If 24....Bxd5, then 25. exd5 Not 25. Rxd5 because Rc8 annoyingly pins my bishop.

 
25. Bb6 Raa8
At this point, I can play Rc7 and Rxb7, which was the point of my tactic, but Black's 26th move was terrible, so I don't even need to take the knight to win. The next eight moves are all checks, ending with a nice mate. Enjoy!

 
26. Rc7+ Kg6 27. Nf4+ Kf6 28. Bd4+ Kg5 29. Nxe6+ Kg6 30. Rxg7+ Kh5 31. g4+ Kh4 32. Bf6+ Kxh3 33. Nf4#
Usually a series of checks ending with mate only occurs with queens on the board, but here I have demonstrated that this can be acheived even in the endgame.

 

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