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31. h3
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Threatening to take on g4 |

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31... h5
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So I protect, with a threat of h5-h4. |

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32. h4
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And he blocks it up again. |

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32... b5
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So I try to open the position on the queen-side. |

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33. Qd3
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His queen comes back over. |

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33... bxc4
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I take. |

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34. bxc4
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He takes back. Computer now gives black an microscopic edge. |

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34... Qa4
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I try to attack on the queen-side. |

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35. Nc3
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He protects and attacks my queen. |

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35... Qa5
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Queen drops back. |

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36. Rxe7+
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He takes my rook. |

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36... Bxe7
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He takes back. |

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37. Be1
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In some variations now he is threatening to move Nc3 and have a discovered attack on my queen. |

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37... Bf6
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I return to take control of this lovely long diagonal. |

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38. g3
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He stabilises his king-side pawn formation. if 38. Ne4, with a discovered attack on my queen, simply fxe4 and I am attacking his queen too! |

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38... Nf7
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I am brinign my knight to h6 to free my Bf6. |

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39. a3
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Played so he can move his Nc3 without losing his a2 pawn. |

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39... Nh6
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I complete my plan. |

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40. Qd2
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Not sure why he played this. |

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40... Be8
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Carrying on with my plan to mobilise my white squared bishop. |

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