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19... Nc6 20. h4 Nd4
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It is a good square for the knight and should the kingside attack fail, I will have to attempt to remove it. |
 
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21. h5
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21.Qh4 preventing 21...Qd7 before playing h5. |
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21... Ne6
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Sensing danger, he brings the knight in closer to aid in defense, but Qd7 was better. |
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22. hxg6
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Computers are fallable: Shredder says 22.Be3 Qd7 23.Bh3 b5 24.Qc2 when the developed attack is dissipating and the white king is vulnerable. |
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22... hxg6
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And the h file is open. 22.fxg6 f7+! |
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23. Kf2
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This has to be counted as a mistake. It all spurs from wanting to place the rook on h1, but Kh2, Qg4, Rh1, Kg1 would probably keep the pawn securely on f6 in preparation for connecting rook and queen on the h file. |
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23... Bg7
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! I have not run any computer analysis on this, but it is a very good move! It covers h8 and diffuses the attack. Shredder once again likes Qd7. |
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24. Qf3
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? See black's next move. Any time that white takes to reposition his king gives time to black to prepare an initiative. The problem is that white's pieces are somewhat in the way of each other. Ke2 blocks the queen in. Ke3 hangs the g pawn. The bishop will be traded for two pawns, but white can exert some control on how it happens. Shredder recommends fxg7. I recommend 24.Qg4 Bxf6 25.gxf6 Qxf6+ 26.Ke2 Qg7. White is safe and has a lead although it is still a fight. I had considered Nh5 instead, but I suspected he would gladly trade the bishop for two pawns plus knight as 24.Nh5 gxh5 25.Qxg5 Bxf6 26.Ke2 (26.gxf6 Qxf6+ 27.Ke1 Qg6! leaves black exposed but okay with the white attack dissapating) Nd4+ 27.Kd4 Qg6!. |
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24... Nd4 25. Qg4
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Perhaps Qf3 isn't so bad, I am not sure I would like black's knight any better sitting on e6. |
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25... Bxf6
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Obviously he had this in mind since moving the bishop to g7. I only wish I had more time to prepare an alternative. I am thinking that it may be time to call off the hunt. |
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26. gxf6 Qxf6+ 27. Ke3
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The g5 square is protected and this move compels him to move. These sort of moves help retain control of the game even when things are not going exactly the way you would want. |
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27... Qg7 28. Kd2
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His kingside is about to come alive, and I think it may even favor me, but I am moving my king to safety. In an unusual turn of events, Shredder agrees with both black and white moves here. |
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28... f6 29. Bh3
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Time to get some compensation out of all that effort if I can. The game has mostly gone my way, but the edge is rather small. |
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29... Kf7 30. Qd7+
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Black's move was not an out and out blunder as I first expected, Shredder on my move: 30.Kc3 as 30.Qd7 allows 30...Re7 which Shredder values as putting the game back to even! 29...f5 30.exf5 gxf5 31.Qxg7+ Kxg7 32.Nxf5+ Nxf5 33.Bxf5 seems to allow white to continue attacking when black cannot afford to drop the c8 rook. |
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30... Kg8
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Keeps the game in favor of white. |
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31. Qxg7+ Kxg7 32. Bxc8 Bxc8 33. Bb2
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And if I can I will trade pieces until I reach a favorable end-game. |
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33... Rh8
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Reasonable but a little dificcient. |
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34. Bxd4 exd4 35. Rf3 c5
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I don't like this move. With white in the posession of a theoretical +3 material advantage, black offers an attacking lane that also hampers his queenside advance. It's hard to see an immediate downside to white accepting the offer. If white accepts, black will be compelled to recapture with the 'wrong' pawn. |
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36. bxc5 bxc5
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Is he a magician able to wiggle his way out of this? White's kingside attack has payed off. |
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37. Rbf1
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The decision to play for the f pawn seems direct and resonable. The other choice, Rb8, only seems to pin the bishop which is free to move to g4. The trade is only equal which actually means it is winning for white, but the bishop is free to move. |
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