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11. Qh5
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This move pins a pawn to the already cramped up rook, and more importantly pins a pawn to Black's king! |
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11... gxf4
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Takes my f-pawn.
He has now doubled pawns on the f-file, and i must deal with the f4 one. |
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12. Bxf4
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My DSB leaves its post to take the f4 pawn.
d-pawn is now unprotected.
I could have probably taken with Nxf4, but what i didn't like about that was the position the knight would have been in afterwards. |
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12... Bf8
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DSB now defends g7 in case i decide to place my queen in there. |
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13. Bd2
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Looks like a bit of a mistake i made there.
I meant to free the f-file, but it would probably been more effective to move Be3, going back to defending the d-pawn, which is now hanging.... |
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13... Nxd4
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... And black takes it, rightly so, freeing up c6 , and placing his knight in a strong central position.
From here he's attacking different squares and is potentially dangerous, but he needs backup! |
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14. O-O
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Castling protects my king, and seizes control of the f-file.
the poor f7 pawn is now attacked twice, and pinned to Black's king.
He will be the target of my attack plan.
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14... Qd7
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Gets the queen off the back rank.
At this point i was sure black was going to castle on the queenside next. |
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15. Ng5
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F7 pawn is now attacked thrice. Black cannot take my knight with his h-pawn because it's pinned to the h-rook.
With this move i was actually hoping to win material, namely the cramped up rook and knight on the kingside. |
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15... Bc6
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Why not castling?
This move defends two pawns that are already well defended, and defends the queen.
Perhaps Black was hoping to exchange queens while keeping his castling option open. |
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16. Rxf7
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But it's now too late, the decisive attack starts!
my rook now attacks black's queen, and is hiding a discovered check on the King.
Again, my greatest hope at this stage was to win material, as there were several ways for black to escape checkmate, although all of these involved him losing strong pieces. like so:
16. ... Qxf7
17.Nxf7 Bg7
18.Nxh8+
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16. ... O-O-O
17. Rxd7+ Kxd7
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16... Qd8
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It looks like a blunder.
I understand not wanting to lose the queen, however this move blocks Black's king.
Better would have been 16. ... Qd8 giving space to the king, although it would have been followed up with 17 Rxc7+ Kd8 18.Rxc8 |
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17. Rh7#
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Checkmate! |
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