ANNOTATED GAME

e4/e5/Nf3/Nc6, Three Knights Game
rpilaud (1447) vs. crunch8 (1452)
Annotated by: rpilaud (1200)
Chess opening: Three knights game (C46)
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33... c5 34. bxc5
I'm expecting ... 34. ... dxc5 35. Nc6 a6 36. a5

 
34... dxc5 35. Nc6
I get a bit luck with my knight. I expected 35. .. a6, but he responds with Kf5. This is probably the critical mistake in the game for black.

 
35... Kf5 36. Nxa7
36. ... Kg4 37. a5 Kxh4 38. a6

 
36... Kg4 37. a5
Here were my thoughts at this point: 37. ... Kxh4 38. a6 Ba2 39. Ke4 Bb1 40. Ke5 g5 41. Nc6 gxf4 42. Kxf4 h5 43. a7

 
37... Kxh4 38. a6
He's running out of time and space.

 
38... Kg4 39. Nc6 h5 40. a7 h4 41. a8=Q
The beginning of the end.

 
41... h3 42. Ne5+
I plotted out the possible scenarios. 42. ... Kg3 43. Qf3 Kh4 44. Qf2 Kh5 45. Qg3 42. ... Kh4 43. Qh8 Kg3 44. Qxg7 Kh4 45. Qg5 42. ... Kh5 43. Qh8 Bh7 44. Qxh7 42. ... Kf5 43. Qc8 Kf6 44. Qxh3

 
42... Kg3 43. Qf3+ Kh4 44. Qf2+ Kh5 45. Qg3 Kh6 46. Qxh3#

 

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