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11. Nxf7
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I take his queen. All I could do in that situation if I wanted to stay in the game. |
 
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11... Kxf7
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Here's where the early knight capture comes back. I got a little cocky with my material advantage, and I went from up 4 to up 1 very quickly. |
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12. O-O
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I castle to get my rook involved in the attack. |
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12... Be2
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He goes to attack my rook, but I'm not really sure why. I would've gotten some more pieces involved before attacking the 1st rank. |
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13. Re1
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I protect my rook and attack his bishop, which sets up an interesting battle for the e file. |
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13... Re8
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He protects his bishop and gets his rook involved. |
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14. Nc3
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I get my knight involved, attack his bishop, and protect my rook. I thought this was a really good move at the time, but he proved me wrong. |
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14... Bb4
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This was a very good move. He's attacking my knight but if I move it, he takes my rook. So I had to figure something out. |
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15. Be3
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That's something. I protect my d file pawn and block his rook, opening up his white bishop to attack. |
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15... Bxc3
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Now we trade knight for bishop. |
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16. bxc3
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Finishing the trade. |
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16... Ba6
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I'm not sure what he was going for there. I realize that he saved his bishop, but he also locked it to one diagonal for at least the next few moves. |
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17. h4
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Here I wanted to prevent something that had burned me a couple of times in the past. I'd leave me king on g1 and my pawns on f2, g2, and h2, then I would get careless and mated by a rook on the 1st rank. |
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17... Re4
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He goes to attack my pawn and likely double up his rooks. I never gave him the chance. |
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18. Bg5
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I protect my pawn and open us up for a rook trade. |
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18... Rxe1+
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He accepts, and I start to get an idea. |
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19. Rxe1
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I finish the trade and realize that I can attack e7, which would put him in check and restrict his king to a few spaces in the corner. As long as he doesn't play Re8, it will be wide open. |
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19... Bc4
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He moves his bishop to where he should have moved it 3 moves ago. No effect on my plan. |
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20. Re7+
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There's the check. I wasn't sure at this point how it would lead to a mate, but I just went for it anyway. |
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20... Kg6
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He takes what looks like an open path, but is actually pretty restrictive. Now I start to formulate a plan for mate, but it still seems like a long shot. |
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