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25. Na4
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Then I began looking at playing Na4 again. Black's last move seemed to indicate that a ...b6 break was indeed in his plans, taking his eye off e2 in the process.
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25... Re7
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I thought Black might try to double his rooks. The knight on a4 will move back to c3, but White has a move to work with before then. Is it of any use?
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26. Rxf6
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Despite all my qualms about this sacrifice, I went for it now since Black's queen has a harder time defending the kingside with a rook on e7. So I went for it instead of passively defending a hopeless position. I wasn't even sure if I would continue 27.g4 or 27.Qf5 or some other way. Hopefully the computer could tell me where I went wrong before this point, even if it was just the 11.c5 move and maybe the Na4 moves.
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26... gxf6 27. Qf5
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Chose this because after 27.g4 it's much harder for White to protect the king from back rank threats. If I can last just 10 more moves, this game is a moral victory for me.
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27... Ng7
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And already 10 moves was looking wildly optimistic. This was not a move I was expecting, although perhaps it should have been, with White's queen and knight attacked simultaneously.
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28. Qf3 Rbe8 29. Nac3
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Having the knight on a4 actually become one reason I went for the sacrifice, because being able to jump to b6 was useful in lines where Black allows White's queen to start checking and tries to escape a draw by running to the queenside. But it was already time to give up that pipe dream. If White can get to an endgame, perhaps the slightly better pawn structure gives drawing chances (yeah, right).
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29... Qd7 30. Ng1 Re7e1 31. h3 Qf5 32. a4 Qxf3 33. gxf3
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Now my pawn structure is a *LOT* better than Black's!
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33... Rxd1 34. Nxd1 Nf5
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White resigns. So I made it 7 more moves after the exchange sacrifice instead of 10. Close enough!
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