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15. Nxd5
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And if White ignores the threat to his own Queen to take Black with 15. Nxd5... |
 
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15... Nxe2+
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15...Nxe2! Black responds in kind, at the same time placing White in check. |
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16. Kh1 Bxd5
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16...Bxd5! Black justifies the Queen exchange by solidifying his advantage in material. |
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17. Rfe1
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A good move. The Knight now has nowhere to go, and so Black abandons it to play... |
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17... c3
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17...c3. At first glance the pawn is not a threat, and White continues with the Knight capture. |
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18. Rxe2 cxb2
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18...cxb2! The pawn threatens bxa1 and promotion, followed by a back rank mate in three. |
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19. Rb1
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Practically forced. The Rook blockades the pawn, but will now have to babysit it for the rest of the game. |
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19... Ba3 20. Bd4 Rb8 21. Bxg7
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21. Bxg7?? White lashes out, threatening Bxh8 and preventing the castle, but what he has really done is... |
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21... Rg8
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...bring the second Rook into play... |
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22. Be5
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...by creating an open file for... |
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22... Bxg2+
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22...Bxg2 !! |
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23. Kg1
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Forced. Black now dangles the option of retreating the Bishop to f3, placing the King in a discovered check while winning the Rook on e3. |
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23... Rd8 24. f4
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24. f4?? White tries to threaten Rxg2, but opens the diagonal for... |
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24... Bc5+
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24...Bc5 ! White's only option now is to block the check. |
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25. Rf2
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Forced. Black no longer has to worry about the threat to his light-square Bishop, and practically all of White's pieces are immobilised. |
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25... Rd2
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Black now threatens Bxf2#. |
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26. Rbf1
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The only reasonable move. White attempts to reinforce the f2 square, at the risk of leaving the b2 pawn free to promote itself. |
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26... Bxf2+
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26...Bxf2 ! The final nail in the coffin; White resigns. If he recovers with Rxf2, Black promotes the pawn on b1 into an immediate check, blockable only by Rf1, which inevitably leads to Qxf1#.
The early Bc4 essentially leaves White a piece and several tempos down from the opening, which allows Black to establish a strong discovered attack and gain another piece advantage. Finally, the errant pawn of the original defensive chain proves to be the key piece of the game by both keeping White's Rook out of play and by continually threatening promotion and check.
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