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15. c4
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15. c4. white's pawns not terribly impacted by the earlier exchange. |
 
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15... Bb7
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15. ...Bb7 |
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16. Bf3
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bishops face off. |
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16... Rd7
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16. ...Rd7 |
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17. Rb1
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I begin to see nothing but problems. And I am going to need my queen to be able to move away from the knight. So... |
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17... g5
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17. ...g5. I am picturing his dsb moving back and THEN I'll play Ne4. But of course... |
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18. Bxb7
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white clears the way for his queen and black has nothing but problems. |
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18... Rxb7 19. Bg3
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Specifically, this arrangement puts black in a very awkward position, there being no simple way to keep white's N off c6. Black's N is suddenly in trouble. My head is spinning with ideas of how many moves I'd like to take back, ...not to mention how to solve the problem at hand. Any initiative I might have found moves further away. And so... |
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19... Qd7
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I play this odd looking 19. ...Qd7. While not pretty, this solves a few problems. It puts some protection on c6, removing the threat of a Q-R fork, while also keeping protection on b7. Perhaps I have bought some time to regroup. Unfortunately... |
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20. Qf3
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...white continues improving his position while limiting my options. |
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20... Ne8
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Q can not move back to e7 (and Kg7 invites Be5), so knight retreats. not bad in some ways, having some influence over the 2nd and 3rd ranks as it does. |
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21. Rfd1
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21. Rfd1 keeps the pressure on. |
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21... Qc8
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continues to protect b7. the start of an attempt to untangle things before it's too late. but update: it IS too late! |
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22. Rbc1
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not needed to protect pawn. |
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22... Na6
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rook had to stay put. freeing this N will hopefully allow things to open up a bit. quite a cost to all these moves spent untangling. no investment in building a strong position. |
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23. Nc6
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oof! here, I think of the line from "The Perfect Storm," ..."it's not going to let us out." While I had alleviated some of the problems with white playing Nc6, battlefleet makes black suffer with those that remain (queen about to be trapped; rooks still pinned down; unoccupied e7 square still a checking square; jumpoff to e5 for white's N; etc). |
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23... Rd7
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I expect to exchange R+R for R+N, the least damaging scenario I can find. |
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24. Rxd7 Qxd7 25. Ne5
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but white has an easy way to keep his N. game is lost. |
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25... Qd2
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a quick hail mary with a conditional 26. Qxf7+ Kh8 set for battlefleet's convenience. |
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26. Qxf7+ Kh8 27. Ng6#
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another game beautifully played by a WTW Master. thank you to battlefleet for playing. |
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