ANNOTATED GAME

bigpeta's mini-tournament I
snowman100 (1573) vs. efc8 (1451)
Annotated by: snowman100 (1743)
Chess opening: English opening (A20)
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14... Nbd7 15. Rac1 Rc8 16. Rc2
I want to double my rooks then rip up the c file.

 
16... Ng4
I can win a pawn here.
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17. Bxg4 Bxg4 18. Ndxe4 Ne5
Lets get shot of that Bishop and stop the knight coming to g4 later. I'll play h3

 
19. h3 Qh4
Oh damn!...I didn't see that coming at all! Suddenly I am in a lot of trouble. He can play Bxh3 and after gxh3 he plays Qxh3 and his knight can come safely to g4 with mate threatened. I need to do something quickly all my pieces are trapped on the Queenside and I am caught wrong footed. It is difficult to defend.
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20. Ne2
I think I can just about wriggle out of things with Ne2 because I am now attacking his knight one5 and I can chop it off just in the nick of time. Yes Ne2.
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20... Bxh3
OK ...I can't take the Bishop because he gets a mating attack with Nf3+ then Qxe4 threatening an unstoppable double check then mate.
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21. Ne4g3
N4f3...removes my unprotected Knight from e4 as well as guarding the e4 square it also gives me breathing time to whip his knight off and take the wind out of his attack. If he plays Nf3+ I just take it and I get 2 pieces for my rook when he takes on F1 with his Bishop. If he takes on g2 straight away I just take back with my King and if he plays Ng4 to threaten mate I can bring my rook to h1...yes it looks safe..N4g3.

 
21... Bd7
That Knight has got to go pronto. Bxe5

 
22. Bxe5 dxe5 23. Rfc1
Double the rooks on the open file...can't be bad.

 
23... Qe7 24. e4
Stabalising the centre.
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24... Qe8 25. Rc2c7
Grab the 7th rank while it's up for grabs.
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25... Rxc7 26. Rxc7 Bb6 27. Rxb7
Might as well gobble up the pawn on offer..it looks safe..if he playsBc8 I just playRa8 and its safe because its pinning his Bishop against his Queen.
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27... Bd4 28. Nxd4
I think I can win another pawn here forking his pawns on d4 and a6 with my Queen.
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28... exd4 29. Qd3 Bb5 30. Qxd4
may as well grab the extra material.

 
30... Qc8 31. Nf5
Nf5 looks pretty good. Multiple threats. Mate on g7 or forking the Queen with e7 He can't take the rook and my king is safe...he has a couple of checks on c1 then on f4 but it 's no problem. Yes Nf5 looks excellent.
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31... Qc1+ 32. Kh2 Qg5
OK ..I don't want to playg3 because his Bishop zooms into f1 with a mating attack..so easiest is just to face off Queens..if he exchanges I've got an easy push down the centre with me prawns.

 
33. Qe3
inviting the exchange of Queens for an easy endgame.

 
33... Qf6 34. Qf4 Bf1 35. Ne7+
Forcing the exchange of Queens and an easy endgame.

 
35... Kh8 36. Qxf6
Off she comes!

 
36... gxf6 37. a4
Just to stop his Bishop coming back to b5 which would make queening the d pawn a bit harder.
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