ANNOTATED GAME

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thereaper1 (1125) vs. club player (1733)
Annotated by: thereaper1 (1985)
Chess opening: English, 1...Nf6 (Anglo-Indian defense) (A15)
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20. Nxd5
So of course having missed that I played this thinking I had won a pawn.

 
20... Bxf3 21. Bxf3 Nd4
Nacth, I hadn't thought about this.
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22. Nxe7+
? this seemed most logical however an intersting idea occured to me. by leaving the knight where it was I might actually have been able to keep material relatively even with 22.Bxh5!? Nxe2+ 23.Bxe2. Now I am two points down the same as If I had preserved the queen. however white is threatning to is threatning to gain the exchange for compensation which would leave material even. It would leave the position unclear as white has many ways in which to gain the exchange.
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22... Qxe7 23. Qe3
Now that white has given up the knight on d5 this is probably better than Bxh5.
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23... Nxf3+ 24. Kg2 Nxd2 25. Rxd2 Nf6 26. e5 Ng4 27. Qe4 Nf6 28. Qe2
threatens the knight.
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28... Nd7 29. Re1
I had been thinking of playing Rbd1 with the idea that white complicates things if Nxe5, then I realised that Qxe5 would be fine for black.

 
29... b5 30. f4
I deciced to solidify my main asset and hopefully this gives my other pieces more freedom of movement.

 
30... Nc5 31. Red1 Qb7+
Of course having pushed my f pawn my king is now a little more exposed that he otherwise would have been.

 
32. Kg1 Nd3
this is good, I also wondewredif black might have played ...Qb6 but this is I think even better.
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33. b3
This was a tough descision for me on one hand it challenges the c pawn but on the other hand it now means the c pawn is passed and is a real threat.

 
33... Qb6+ 34. Kg2
?! wrong square I think. After this move I realised black had potential forking ideas. this allows ...Rxf4!
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34... Qg6
I think Rxf4! right away would have won on the spot. I thought I had something prepared but I cant see how white gets out of it after that.
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35. Kh1 Qc6+ 36. Qg2
Offering a queen trade in the hopes thatthe knight vs panw would be difficult for black to win.

 
36... Qc5
Declining the trade. I wonder what would happen if lack had tried to push the c pawn instead. I suppose 36. ...c3 37.Qxc6 Rxc6 38.Rxd3 c2 39.Rc1
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37. a4 a6 38. axb5
My understanding that pawns should be traded in the endgame.
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38... axb5 39. bxc4 bxc4 40. Rc2
threatning the knight.

 
40... Qb6 41. h3
giving my king some better sqaures where there is no check threatned.

 
41... Rfd8 42. Kh2 Kf8
?!
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43. Qe4
Because my queen has f5, maybe g6 clamps down on that.

 
43... Qb3 44. Rcd2 Kg8
admitting Kf8 was an inaccuracy.

 

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