ANNOTATED GAME

Challenge from jstevens1
jstevens1 (1876) vs. charleshiggie (2087)
Annotated by: charleshiggie (2222)
Chess opening: Sicilian (B21), Grand Prix attack
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31. Kxg3
So white takes
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31... Rxc2
And I take. Although this looks logical to me, the computer thinks this is a mistake and favours … Rf7 32. h4 Qb4 33. Re4 Qb6 34. Re6 Qa5 35. h5 Qb4 36. Be5 Rf8 37. d4 c4 38. bxc4 Qxc4 with black 1.05 ahead. After this blunder computer thinks white is 2.34 ahead and gives the continuation Rxc2 32. Be5 Qb4 33. Rg6 Qxb3 34. Be6 Qxa4 35. Rg8+ Qe8 36. Rxe8+ Kxe8 37. Bd5 Rd8 38. Bxb7 Kd7 39. h4 Rf8 40. Bf4
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32. Bg7
But luckily for me, she didn't play that! Computer gives this as level now.

 
32... Qb4
So I go after her pawns.

 
33. Rde1
Computer gives this as a massive mistake and gives 33. h3 Qxb3 34. Rf1 Rc4 35. Rf8+ Kd7 36. Re4+ Kd6 37. Re6+ Kd7 as the best way to maintain the equality.
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33... Rg2+
It is all over now. After she takes the rook, she loses both her bishops and is queen for rook down. Funny how quickly a game can go from being level to being hopeless, with moves which look sensible and are not apparent blunders, but subtle mistakes. Bad luck Jo, but you gave me quite a fight! Many thanks for reading this, please leave a comment or two and rate the annotation with the star system.
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