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21. Qf2 Nxg2
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It may have been better for White to play the queen to g3 and then have the option of recapturing on d3 with the queen, rather than the pawn. |
 
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22. Qxg2 cxd3
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Black still has pressure on f4, which will make it hard for White to contest the c file. |
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23. cxd3 Rac8
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Now to confuse the issue, White plays a daring pawn sacrifice, and I fell into a trap. Thankfully he failed to spot the tactic which would have saved the game for him! |
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24. e5 fxe5
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So may as well take it! |
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25. Ne4 Qd5
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Qd5 is actually a dreadful mistake. Find White's best move! |
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26. Qg5 exf4
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As I had seen - but after I had moved Qd5, 26. f5! would have given White a good game. The points being is the White would love to play Nf6+ and either fork my king or queen, or win my queen with a discovered attack on my queen with his queen. Now for that to work either my protection of f6 by my rook on f8 has to be broken, or my bishop's protection of my queen needs be ended. So I cannot retreat my bishop to f7 because of the former, nor to d7 because of the latter. Likewise I cannot safely take on f5 without losing my queen. So I would have had to lose my bishop for a pawn, and with Knight v 3 pawns, White would have a slightly better ending. |
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27. Rxf4 Qxg5+
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White now resigns, as after 28. Nxg5, Rxf4 29. Nxe6 he is an exchange and 2 pawns down. Thanks for reading my annotation, please leave a comment and rate my annotation. Many thanks! |
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