ANNOTATED GAME

A dangerous french game...
Me (----) vs. dragonlore (1789)
Annotated by: crtexxx12345 (1200)
Chess opening: French (C14), classical, Steinitz variation
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21... Nb7 22. Na4
Now look at the position. White is attacking with 4 pieces, which is usually not enough if black has all these pieces in the area. However, the pawn cover is down, and the threats being generated are very strong.

 
22... Nd6 23. Rxd6 Bxb5 24. Rxe6 Qc7
Now I find a simple way to simplify into a won endgame.

 
25. Re7
*Now for the solution to the question on move 20: 20...axb5? 21.Nxb5 Na6 22.Nd6+ Kc7 23.f6! 23...Rxf6 24.Ne8++ when white wins a lot of material

 
25... Rd7 26. Re8+ Rxe8 27. Qxe8+ Kb7 28. Qe4+ Kc8 29. Nc3
The position is now crystal clear. White is 3 pawns up, and black's weak king gives him a lot of headaches.

 
29... Bc6 30. Qe3 gxf5 31. gxf5 Bxf3 32. Qxf3 Nc6 33. Re6
I still have a nice initiative, and I use it to make more threats to the enemy.

 
33... Rd6 34. Rxd6 Qxd6 35. f6
my short term plan is to simply create a sort of "2nd weakness. The passed f pawn is a dangerous threat which must be stopped, but black needs to safeguard his king as well.

 
35... Ne5 36. Qa8+ Kd7 37. Qa7+
Just as I said, the black king is very exposed.

 
37... Ke6 38. Qxh7 Kxf6
Losing the queen, but white would have won easily anyways.

 
39. Ne4+
black resigns. One of the best games I have played.
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