ANNOTATED GAME

Challenge from chad777
chad777 (1173) vs. guy04 (1789)
Annotated by: guy04 (1200)
Chess opening: Four knights (C46), Italian variation
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17... Bxe3 18. Qxf6 gxf6 19. Bxe3
So now the smoke has cleared and the white's sacrifice on move 15 resulted in losing the exchange. But with a piece behind it was worth trying.

 
19... b6 20. b4 Bxa4
Black can try this because of white's weak first rank (the rook can not leave because of mate).

 
21. g3
This is not the right way to free the rook. As will be clear later, f3 or h3 (or h4) would have been better.

 
21... Bc6 22. h4
And this does not help either. f4 was the lesser evil.

 
22... Be4 23. c4 Rd3 24. Rxa7
But unfortunately white's rook still can not leave the first rank.

 
24... Rd1+
Finis!

 
25. Kh2
The solution to the problem on move 12: Black exchanges bishops first, then takes the pawn on d3 with the knight. The queen can not take the knight because of Bh2 winning the queen.

 
25... Rh1#

 

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