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27. Qe3 Ra6
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This is not bad. Yes, the rook is at the moment only defending, but the Knight will go to a8 and then to c7. And in this position, that knight will be very strong, because if black succeeds in trading his knight, white's attacking chances will evaporate, AND that black rook will then move to an immediately useful square. But, there is a more interesting move: Ra1! If ...QxN, then Rxf1+ Kxf1; Qa1+ Ke2; Qb2+ and although I did not bother to think about what comes next, it looks very bad for white. Just as bad for white is ...Rxa1 Qxa1+ Kh2 Rh8+ Kg3 and Qe5 forces a queen trade, after which black wins with a rook and knight vs the bishop. Fortunately for me, black missed Ra1+, intent on getting his Knight into the game. If Ra1, white's position is hopeless. But now white can play on a little longer... |
 
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28. g3
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Necessary for any hope of activating the rook, and black still doesn't see Ra1. I really should have resigned long ago, but I wanted to see what would happen. |
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28... Na8
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Here comes the knight. Now, in chess, it's important to have a plan. In a blitz game, we can't always see everything on the board; and so, black continued with his plan, a good plan. He had many to choose from. At this point, I had finally begun to calculate, and had foreseen what I hoped would happen, and what actually did happen. |
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29. Kg2 Nc7 30. Rh1
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This is another fun position, easily avoidable by black but his plan was to activate the knight, by golly. Here is where black panicked a little, and instead of calmly taking the bishop with the knight, he moves Rh8!? Instead, after Nxe6 Qe6+ Kf7 dxe6+ Ke8, white has to return to the defensive, and again black easily wins. |
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30... Rh8
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So I of course knew that the white rook was untouchable, and after I took the black rook, he quickly realized this and quit in disgust at himself. (Rxh8+ Kxh8 Qh6#) Play might have continued... |
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31. Rxh8
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At this point he had left the game. But playing a bit futher we find... |
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31... Nxe6
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Pg5 might actually turn out better for black. We could have ...Pg5 Rg8+ Kh6 and it looks like black can play on only a pawn down. Qc1 threatening Qh1 of course fails to ...Ra1 still a useful rook move for black. Now if black takes the Bishop, things get interesting... |
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32. Qh6+ Kf7 33. dxe6+
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Here black must take with the King; (Qxe6 Qf8#) |
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33... Kxe6 34. Rf8
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Rf8! And with this move, g6 will fall next, and depending on where black moves, mate follows or black loses too many of his pawns, and white wins. |
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34... Qc3
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Qd4 is better, because it puts pressure on f2 and protects the d pawn later on. Not sure if Qb2 was an option to keep pressure on f2 and attack b3. Still think Qd4 looked better. But I put it here where the queen is not doing anything useful for black, and did not feel like redoing this annotation to show the better position. It's late, and I'm tired. EDIT: And now if I fix the annotation, comments at the end would be lost. Qd4 or Qb2 is much better for black, and the endgame uncertain. But I'll leave this as it is now, so no comments are lost. |
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35. Qxg6+
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...Ke5 leads to mate, so... |
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35... Kd7 36. Qe8+
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Now Ke6 leads to mate via Qc8+ Ke5 Qf5+ etc. |
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36... Kc7
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And at the least, two more black pawns fall, and with some care, white has a won game. But this was more fun than looking at Pg5, wouldn't you say? ;) A very fun blitz game. EDIT: Early I spoke about Qd4 for black as being better, and perhaps it is. But it looks like black's chances for winning remain slim although a perpetual might be very possible. Anyone gets to this point, still would like a comment as to where white's rook should go on move 16. |
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