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21... Qxb4
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The Black Queen is forced to retreat, but decides to take out the White Pawn on b4 on her way. By doing this she successfully isolates the White Pawn on a2. |
 
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22. Rxh5
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The second White Rook decides that it's time to take a hand in events, he destroys the Black Pawn on h5 and threatens to finish the battle by destroying the Black Rook on h8. |
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22... Rxh5
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This forces the Black Rook to attack the White Rook on h5, knowing that he is doomed as the White Queen has him locked on. |
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23. Qxh5
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She rushes forward, destroying the Black Rook and leaving the defences of the Black King on the Kingside decimated. |
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23... Qxb2
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Meanwhile, the Black Queen continues her assault on the Queenside of the White King, obliterating the undefended White "dark-side" Bishop. In the last few moves, Black has won a Rook, a Bishop, and a Pawn for a Rook and a Pawn which places Black in the lead for material gain for the first time during the game. |
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24. Qh8+
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The White Queen is not finished yet, she shoots down the h-file and places a direct attack on the Black King, forcing him to retreat. |
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24... Ke7
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As the Black King is skewered, he is forced to move to e7. |
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25. Re1+
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However, the up until now neutral White Rook sees a chance to make the Black King retreat further and shifts to e1. This places another threat on the Black King, successfully removes the threat that was placed on the White Rook by the Black Queen and removes the threat on the White Queen placed by the Black Rook! |
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25... Kd6
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Black's King retreats further to d6, away from his defensive back-rank. |
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26. Qxa8
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The White Queen destroys the formerly neutral Black Rook, a funeral is planned. The White Queen is forced to apologise for attacking a neutral unit without first sending a warning. |
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26... Qh2
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The Black Queen capitalises on the free h-file by jumping to h2. This threatens the White Pawn on f4. |
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27. Qxb7
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The White Queen ignores this threat, destroying the Black Pawn at b7 and isolating both the Black Pawn at a7 and the Black Pawn at c7. This move also threatens the end the conflict with a move of Qc6#. |
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27... Qxf4+
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Black Queen decides to destroy the White Pawn at f4 and places a threat on the White King. This means over the last few moves that White has won a Rook and a Pawn for a Pawn which puts the lead in material firmly in White's favour. |
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28. Ke2
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White King retreats from the threatening Black Queen. |
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28... Qg4+
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But wait! Black King makes his first major mistake in this conflict. By sending his Queen to g4, he attacks the White King but leaves himself vulnerable! 29.Kd2 Qg5+ 30.Kc2 Qe5 31.Qc6+ Ke7 32.Rxe5+ Nxe5 33.Qxc7+ Kf6 34.d4 Nd7 35.Qxd7 Kg5 36.Qxf7 g6 37.Bd3 Kh4 38.Qxg6, would win a Rook for a Queen, a Knight and three Pawns! A far stronger move would've been for the Black King to retreat to e7, leading to 29.Kd1+ Kf6 30.d6 Qg4+ 31.Kd2 Nb6 32.dxc7 Kg5 33.Kc3 Qg3 34.Rf1 Qg4 35.Rxf7 g6 36.Qxa7 which only loses three Pawns. But in all honesty the game is all but over at this point regardless. |
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29. Kd2
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The White King notices the possibilities, moves himself out of danger and threatens to end the conflict with Qc6#. |
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29... Qf3
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But Black King doesn't notice the danger, ordering Black Queen to f3 and giving White the field. The better move was sending the Black Queen to g5 and keeping the pressure on the White King. |
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30. Qc6#
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In the end, the White Queen finishes the conflict. The epic battle has finished and all those that gave their lives for the battle will never be forgotten. |
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