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34... Rb2
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Black penetrates the White position. |
 
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35. Bd1
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35.Ba4 would amount to the same thing. |
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35... f5
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This is not so much my resisting the pawn grab 35_Rxg2 in as much as its my failing to resist a mate threat with 36_f4. |
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36. g3
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I can still grab a pawn on the Black kingside. But that mate threat...has it really been nullified? |
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36... g5
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Nope. |
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37. Rxd4
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Forced. |
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37... exd4+ 38. Kxd4
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And now that I am up the exchange I will surely grab the h2 pawn and try to convert it to a win right? My last game with this opponent proved to me that I need every last advantage. |
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38... Rd2+
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I see something more appealing. |
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39. Ke3 Rxd1
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Two for one! |
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40. Rxd1 Rxc3+ 41. Rd3 f4+
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The point of the previous liquidation. |
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42. gxf4 gxf4+ 43. Kd4 Rxd3+ 44. Kxd3 Bb3
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Making way for the king on the important e-file and lusting after the f3 pawn. |
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45. Ke2 Kf6 46. Kf1 Bd1
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Originally I played this to pin the king down to the defense of the f-pawn. But then I realized that the pawns are equal in the number of their potential moves on the h-file. This seemed a small fact but it made my next move possible. |
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47. Kf2
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Defending. |
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47... Bxf3
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This was what I realized on my last move. Once the King recaptures there is nowhere for him to go that can protect the e4 pawn. And since the h-file is moot, he has no choice in the matter. |
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48. e5+
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Amounts to the same thing. |
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48... Kxe5 49. Kxf3 Kf5
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And the game is over (though White resigned a few moves later). |
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50. h3 h5 51. Ke2 Ke4
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