ANNOTATED GAME

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ashmal29 (1451) vs. rblock (1474)
Annotated by: ashmal29 (2158)
Chess opening: Bishop's opening (C23), Classical variation
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51... Kf5 52. Nd6+ Ke5 53. Nxc4+ Kd5 54. Nb6+ Kc6 55. Nxa4 Kb5 56. Nc3+ Kc4 57. a4
Black can't take the knight, otherwise the pawn would queen and he couldn't stop it.

 
57... Kb4 58. Bd2
Now that the queenside is all protected, I'll move my king towards his knight to queen my h pawn.

 
58... Ka5 59. Kf3 Nf6 60. Kf4 Nh7 61. Kf5 Ka6 62. Kg6 Nf8+ 63. Kg7 Ne6+ 64. Kg8
Game over, but we continued playing.

 
64... Nd4 65. h7 Nf3 66. h8=Q Nxd2 67. Qe5 Nb3 68. Qb5+ Ka7 69. Nd5
I didn't want to take his knight, so I could mess up and let him leave with a stalemate. I want the win. Don't we all?

 
69... Nd4 70. Qb6+
Mate in one.

 
70... Ka8 71. Nc7#
1-0. I know that at first my aim was around my dark square bishop and dominating the dark squares, but mid-way through my plan changed. I saw that I could win most of his pieces and have a good endgame for white so I took that option. Again, this is my first attempt at annotating so feedback would be appreciated, both good and bad.

 

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