ANNOTATED GAME

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gsani (1200) vs. zalethon (1200)
Annotated by: zalethon (1200)
Chess opening: Van't Kruijs opening (A00)
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16... Kh8
So I move my King.

 
17. Bxa8
He takes the rook.

 
17... Rxa8
Taking it back, I notice his King is open to attack.

 
18. Nd5
He does too perhaps but I believe he intended to take my Bishop or Queen.

 
18... Qe6 19. Nxc7
He goes for the pawn, forking my Queen and Rook instead.

 
19... Qc6
I move my Queen to a position where I could not only take his Knight, but get into a good attacking position.

 
20. Nxa8 Qxa8
My mistake is taking his Knight. Although this could help in the long run, it would have been simpler to move the Bishop to b7, and attack his King.

 
21. Qf3
He tries to trade Queens, and I refuse, attacking his Queen in such a way that I could gain material.

 
21... Bb7 22. Qe2
He retreats

 
22... Qc8
I begin moving my own Queen around to attack the King again.

 
23. Qxb5
He takes my b pawn, threatening to check my King. It wouldn't be checkmate at this point, but I protect the King anyway.

 
23... Nf6 24. Re1
He brings in another attacker.

 
24... h5
I open up an escape route, and take it next move.

 
25. c4
Meanwhile he's protecting his Queen.

 
25... Kh7 26. Re7 Ba8
I move my Bishop to prepare for the attack.

 
27. d5
He moves his Bishop to a similar purpose.

 
27... a6
I attack his Queen to get it out of the way. This is a bad move as it allows him to advance it down the board, attacking my Knight.

 
28. Qb6 Nd7
I attack his Queen, making it possible for him to checkmate.

 
29. Rxg7+
Check, forces me to move my King. I move my king to h6, allowing checkmate in the next move.

 
29... Kh6 30. Qxg6#

 

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