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36... Qd3
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Now the King is going to come under a strong attack on the dark squares. See why it's a good idea to keep this Bishop in the Benko? |
 
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37. Ba5
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A rather clueless move but nothing else works. |
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37... Qg3+ 38. Kf1 Qxh3+ 39. Ke2 Qe3+ 40. Kf1
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If 40. Kd1 then Qd3+ and mate on the next move. |
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40... Qf3+ 41. Kg1 Be3+
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41...Bg3 would have lead to a forced mate but this is good enough. |
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42. Kh2
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The only way to prolong things was 42. Rxe3 but White wasn't looking at such moves. |
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42... Qf2+ 43. Kh3 Bf4 44. Re3
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Now White has to give up the Rook for nothing to stave off mate. |
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44... Qxe3+
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44...h5 would have mated sooner, but again, in blitz you tend to make forceful moves, like grabbing material and giving check, to save time. I guess it was just my luck that I got to give more checks and capture more material than my opponent. |
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45. Kg2 Qe2+ 46. Kg1 Be3+ 47. Kh1 Qf2
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47...Qf1+ would have been mate in two. But this looks more aesthetic. Plus it gives White a chance to go kamikaze with his Queen. |
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48. Qh8+
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Which he does. Sometimes, you get so frustrated in blitz when you lose a game like this, that you just won't give up and play till the very last move. |
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48... Kxh8 49. Bb6 Qg1#
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Hope you enjoyed the game and I hope you won't be playing the Benko against me in blitz, since I might play as bad as my opponent did here. It's very annoying playing against the Benko at blitz. In almost all the games I played with it, with either colour, Black scored heavily. |
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