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15. Bf3
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Necessary to defend the pawn. |
 
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15... f5
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Threatening to win a pawn. |
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16. g5
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?! My first mistake of the game. This gives up a pawn in order to launch an attack on the black king. |
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16... fxe4
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Free pawn. |
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17. Bg4
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Keeping the second rank clear. |
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17... Nd5
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Putting even more pressure on the Nc3 while also hitting f4. White is looking like he may lose another pawn unless some defensive measures happen. |
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18. Rhf1
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?! Defending against the triple threat on f4, but this move fails to press the attack on the kingside and concedes a material loss near white's king. |
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18... Bxc3
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Nxc3 was also playable; this forces recapture with the pawn. |
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19. bxc3
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Forced. |
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19... Qxc3
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! I like this move for black, getting the queens off the board and winning a second pawn. |
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20. Qxc3
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Forced, as any attempt to keep the queens on loses the Be3, and maybe even more. |
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20... Nxc3
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Black is up two pawns, and can win a third (the a-pawn) with check next move. This can get ugly for white, but even with the queens off there are still a few threats. |
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21. Rd6
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A good square for the d-rook, which had to move. If white wants to stay in this, he has got to put pressure on black's remaining army. |
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21... Nxa2+
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?! A little weak. How can winning a pawn with check be weak? Black's advantage is material only; his pieces are uncoordinated and his pawn structure is a mess. This not only fails to address that, it moves the knight farther away from where the action is taking place. |
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22. Kb2
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Tempoing the knight, and taking away the c3 square. |
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22... Nb4
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Forced. |
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23. Nc5
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Here's the thing about chess when you're down-but-not-out yet: you're not going to get anywhere making the "objectively best" move most of the time. You've got to put pressure on your opponent, and make it easy for him to make a mistake! |
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23... Bc6
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Saving the bishop while also protecting d7. |
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24. Bd4
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An easy move to make, but not necessarily the best; gxh5 offered a number of good threats, too. But it's important to remember that black has a lot of threats of his own, most of which take the form of exchanging pieces to a won endgame! My goal is to prevent that and drum up threats against his king and pieces! |
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24... hxg5
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?! A weakening move, although I can understand the desire to prevent gxh6, which was tempting last move. h5 looked better. |
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