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33... d4
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Very good was 33...e4. It doesn't win any material (I can save both pieces with 34.Nd4+ Kb6 35.Rb3) but it's still a very strong move since my position gets even more cramped and Black is in total control of the game. I did see the move just after I had played my 33th move.
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34. c3
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! Finally I make a pawn move to try and free my position a bit.
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34... Rxf5
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? A blunder. I had seen that 34...e4? wouldn't work anymore due to 35.Nxd4+!, but this move is maybe even worse. |
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35. cxd4
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?? But right at the moment that I could really have freed my position and got an advantage, I make the decisive mistake. With the beautiful 35.Rxd4! I finally get out of the bind that I have been in for the last 20 moves. 35...exd4? fails to 36.Nxd4+ forking king and rook, but if Black doesn't take he has simply lost a pawn and let White free his position. |
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35... e4
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? I had actually seen this one coming before I played my move, but I thought I could get out of it. It was only now that I realized that Black has another trick up his sleeve at the end of this line...
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36. Rc3+ Kb6 37. Nh2 Bb4
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... And this is it. White loses the exchange and with it the game.
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38. d5
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My only trump is the passed d-pawn, but it's not going to do any damage to Black. |
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38... Bxc3 39. bxc3 Rg7
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More precise was 39...Rg3, when the d-pawn will immediately fall, for example 40.Rd1 Rd3 41.Re1 Rfxd5 etc. |
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40. d6 Kc6 41. Ng4 Rd7 42. Ne3 Rc5
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But here d6 is still going to fall and then c3 is doomed as well, so I decided I had seen enough and resigned this game. I had had my chances, but overall Black was better in this game, assessed his position better and deserved to win it. A disappointing start of the second half of this tournament... Still 3 games to go. Will I get over this? |
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