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20... g6
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? Black tries to take advantage of my pinned bishop, but it cuts the queen's defence of e6, which allows me the following tactical shot. |
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21. Nxe6
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! I attack the queen and the rook at the same time. More importantly, I took out Black's backbone of her central pawn formation. |
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21... Qh7 22. Nxf8 Kxf8
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The downside of this tactic is that I cannot save my bishop. |
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23. gxf5 gxh5 24. f6
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In short, I traded a knight and bishop for two pawn, a rook and a dominating pawn chain from b2 to f6. |
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24... Be6 25. Kh2 Kf7
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Both sides try to set free their rooks to control the g file. |
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26. Rg1
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However, having less undeveloped pieces, I gain control of the crucial g file. I also prepare to lift my rook to g5, attacking her h pawn. On a side note, Black can't move her e8 knight (and thus freeing her rook) as it prevents a Rg7+ King-Queen fork. |
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26... Bf5
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Black prepares the defence of her h pawn via 27...Bg6. |
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27. Rg5 Bg6 28. Bd2 Nc7 29. Rag1 Rg8
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Both sides free up their remaining pieces. How to proceed? |
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30. c4
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! The break-through begins! |
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30... Ne6
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? Understandable, but a mistake. Black absolutely had to reduce my central pawn mass. |
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31. cxd5
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! I sacrifice my rook to get 4 central passed pawns. |
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31... Nxg5
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Black takes my rook. |
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32. Qxg5
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And I retake with my queen, retaining the status quo on the kingside. (My queen wasn't doing much on h4 anyway.) |
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32... Nxd4
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Black takes my backwards d pawn, which saddens me. She also threatens Nf3+, a quadruple fork, but she does not have the time in this position. |
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33. e6+
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Check! |
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33... Nxe6
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Forced. 33...Ke8 would leave the king in a very vulnerable back rank, with two mean pawns looking at him. |
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34. dxe6+
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Check! (Again!) |
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34... Kxe6
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Forced, for the same reasons as the previous move by Black. |
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35. Re1+
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! This forces the win in a nice way. |
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35... Be4
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Black blocks my rook and attack my queen at the same time.
Other alternatives: 35...Kf7 36.Re7+ 1-0 --- 35...Kd7 36.Re7+ 1-0 --- 35...Kd6 36.Bc5+ Kc6 37.Qc5+ Kd7 38.Re7+ 1-0 |
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