ANNOTATED GAME

yoshark's mini-tournament II
yoshark (1484) vs. payam_eagle (1714)
Annotated by: yoshark (1409)
Chess opening: Queen's pawn (D00), stonewall attack
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21... fxg6 22. Qxe1 Nd3 23. Qe6+ Kg7 24. cxd4
Now it is as if I lost a pawn for a knight but my doubled d-pawns will be a problem.

 
24... Qd8 25. Qe3
I didn't want black to be able to try to force a queen exchange.

 
25... Nb4 26. Qb3
Protects d5 and attacks the b4 knight.

 
26... Qb6 27. Rd1
Defends d4 from Qxd4+.

 
27... Nf6
Double attack on my d5 pawn. I decided to push it though its pretty much lost.

 
28. d6 Nbd5
I think black could have done better here Qxd6 seems logical.

 
29. Qxb6
Why would I trade queens when I'm down well one the queen really didn't have any good squares to go to and two do to my kings exposed position; I'm better off with the queens off the board.

 
29... Nxb6 30. Rc1
My plan is to play Rc7+ Rxb7 if possible.

 
30... Rd8 31. Rc7+ Rd7
Stops Rxb7 but I noticed that maybe I could make the trade of rooks good for me. At this point I was trying my best to make my opponent give me as many chances back into the game as possible.

 
32. Ne3
Trying to make a queen if Rxc7.

 
32... Ne8
My rook can no longer hold this position I decide to exchange so I don't lose a pawn.

 
33. Rxd7+ Nxd7 34. Nc4
Protects d6 and creates the possibility of Ne5 trying to queen still.

 
34... Kf6
Black brings the king into action.

 
35. Kf2
I bring my king closer as well because a centralized king is best in the endgame. I also hoped that black would force me into e5 with b5 and that's exactly what happened.

 
35... b5 36. Ne5
Black has no reason not to exchange but black may have been better of with Ke6.

 
36... Nxe5 37. dxe5+ Ke6
Note Kxe5 d7 and I queen!

 
38. Kf3
attempting to come to the defense of the e5 pawn.

 
38... Ng7
I would think blacks best would be to exchange knight for two pawns here but I think that may actually give white chances the computer shows this move as best.

 
39. Kf4
I was hoping to lure blacks knight to h5 but black can punish me here with Kd5.

 
39... h6
My king can't attack the pawns now.

 

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