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18... Qe4
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to be honest i didn't even consider the sacrifice Rxf4 here, its quite difficult to get out of the defencive mind set. |
 
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19. Bf3 Qf5 20. g4 Qf7
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the black pieces are now very passive and so can in no way exploit the exposed white king, whites pieces however are very threateningly placed, the two adjacent bishops look especially powerful |
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21. f5
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prehaps wrongly white presses on with his kingside pawns, i think a better plan would be to release the kings rook and start a kingside attack |
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21... exf5 22. Bxa7 Rde8
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from a purely analytical stand point it is probably correct to trap the bishop with b6 and allow the black king to become exposed leading to a very tactical position with both kings exposed and white on the offencive. in such postions it is easy to overlook some tactics and lose, so i rejected traping the bishop as i thought i was more likely to make a mistake |
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23. Qd3 fxg4 24. Bxg4+ Nf5
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forced, obviously black can't move his king into the pin on his d6 bishop |
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25. Rf1 g6
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the knight needs to be secured |
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26. c5
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the only try for an advantage, white needs to keep his attack going and make sure the black pieces remained hemmed in as if the blacks forces unwind whites exposed king and trapped rook will mean black will be easily winning |
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26... Be5
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better than Be7 when blacks pieces are more cramped |
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27. c6
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again the only try, attempting to expose the black king |
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27... b6 28. Qa6+
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as so often in chess the threat is stronger than the execution, here Rd1 with the threat of Qa6 was far stronger |
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28... Kd8 29. Rd1+ Bd6
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if white had played Rd1 on move 28 black would have to have played Bd6 anyway now white wins the b pawn but it is not enough as the black forces are ready to spring into action |
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30. Bxb6 Ke7
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? not nessisary here, black should immediatly activate his forces with Re4! when it is whites king who is in danger not blacks. black now decides to move his king over to the kingside to find cover |
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31. Bf2
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a good move, but the sacrifice Bxc7 is also very strong |
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31... Kf6
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the king continues his walk to the kingside |
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32. Kg2
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white frees his kings rook, relocating his queen by something like Qd3 also looks good |
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32... Kg7
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here black might want to consider activating his forces with moves like Qb3 or Re4, the computer sees a very strange move that it suggests is best by a long way, but i doubt there are many human players that would have played 32....Kg5!! |
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33. Rhf1 Kg8
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? the king is fine on g7, this just unneccisaryly lines the king and queen on the a2-g8 diagonal, black should be looking for ways to activate |
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34. Bf3 Ne7
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Qf6 was a better way to prevent the pin |
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35. Bh4 Reb8
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! a cunning defence, the exclaim is not for the actual strength of the move but for the chances it creates, the simple Kh8 was stronger but this move gives black fighting chances instead of settling for a position where white has all the play |
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36. Bd5
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?! this is what black was playing for, b4! blocks all blacks counter play. |
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