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19. Qf4
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Mistake! What I expected was:
19. Rxe4 Rxe4
20. dxe4 Rxd1+
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19... Rxd3
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Time to get a little aggressive and see how far I can drive this advantage. |
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20. Rdxd3
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Another mistake. Either Rf1 or Re1 would have been better. Now things are about to get ugly for White. You don't want your opponent to have a passed pawn so close to promoting. Not having an escape route for your king also causes some of this trouble, due to potential for a back-door mate. White will be constricted in their choices because they will leave themselves open to mate otherwise. |
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20... exd3 21. Rxe6
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I haven't explored it fully, but Bd1 might be worth considering as well. |
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21... Qxe6 22. h3
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Major blunder. White desperately needed to play Qd2 here (which would have been followed by 22. ... Qe2), but this move seals White's doom. |
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22... Qe1+
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Now White can only trade queen for pawn and slowly die. |
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23. Kh2 d2 24. c4 d1=Q
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This game was really close for a while, but a few key mistakes let it slip away. Black was able to capitalize on a back-door mate threat to ram a pawn down the center for promotion. Thanks for your comments/review. |
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