ANNOTATED GAME

kingstuart
(103BCF) vs. unknown (100ish)
Annotated by: kingstuart (1200)
Chess opening: Bird's opening (A03)
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19. Bxf6 Rfe8 20. Qb2
lining up on the long diagonal

 
20... Rxe3
?? loses to many moves like Bc3 or b4, playing for the cheapo but im really not gonna fall for dxe3 Qe1# now am I

 
21. Bh8
i felt this was slightly stronger than simply winning the rook with b4

 
21... Ne5
Nd4 is prehaps slightly better but at this stage its all oneway traffic

 
22. Bxe5 Rxe5 23. Qxe5
now im up a whole 2 pieces for a single pawn the game is effectively over

 
23... Rf8
i was expecting Re8 when Qc3 keeps hold of the e2 knight

 
24. Qc3
? i don't like this move. its motivated by my desire to simplify but only allows him to relocate his queen from that awful square its on now.

 
24... Qc7
blacks queen looks much better here

 
25. Be4
improving my bishops position and allowing my rook to enter the game

 
25... Re8 26. d3 Bg4 27. Ng3 Qf4
giving up 2 more pawns for some play i probably shouldn't have accepted but i couldn't see any winning lines for black after i take the pawns

 
28. Qxc5
so i took them

 
28... Rc8 29. Qxb5 Qe3+ 30. Kf1 Rc2
?? ooops, looks threatning unfortunatly i have a forced mate...

 
31. Qe8+ Kg7 32. Qxf7+ Kh6 33. Qxh7+ Kxg5 34. Qxg6+ Kh4 35. Qf6+
and black resigns. although not part of the quickest mating combination it forces the queens off which means all of blacks play will be gone. there was a better move than Qf6 which leads to mate in 3. see if you can spot it...

 

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