ANNOTATED GAME

charleshiggie's Christmas/New Year Tournament 2016
knight_nite (1358) vs. charleshiggie (2030)
Annotated by: charleshiggie (2222)
Chess opening: Sicilian (B30), Nimzovich-Rossolimo attack (without ...d6)
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31. Rxe7
He take a defender.

 
31... Nh3+
I throw in a check
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32. Kh2
Forced, as he has to protect his rook.
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32... Rexe7
So I get first one rook for my queen.
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33. Kxh3
This is given as a mistake by Gameknot which gives 33. Rxg7+ Rxg7 34. gxh3 a4 35. Qd1 Ra7 36. Qh5 Rae7. It seems strange to allow doubled h pawns, but in the game the white king is drawn to g3, meaning the white queen cannot check on g6 or g5 as black can defend with Rg7, pinning the white queen against the black king.

 
33... Qxg3+
Taking a second rook, and also drawing the white king onto the g file

 
34. Kxg3
Forced.

 
34... a4
This pawn is a winner.

 
35. Qe2
The white queen hurries back to stop the pawn, but as the next few moves show, she is incapable of doing so.

 
35... a3 36. Qa2 Rea7 37. Kh3
This is a bit of a strange move, perhaps freeing up the g pawn?

 
37... Rfb7
Black is clearly winning.

 
38. h5 Rb2 39. Qa1 a2 40. Qxb2 a1=Q
The game is over really, the rest is just mopping up and need few comments.

 
41. Qxa1 Rxa1 42. Kh4 Kg7 43. Kg5 Rh1 44. g4 Rg1 45. h6+ Kh7 46. Kf6 fxg4 47. Kxe6 g3 48. f5 g2 49. f6 Rf1 50. Ke7 g1=Q 51. f7 Qg5+ 52. Ke8 Qg6 53. Ke7 Rxf7+ 54. Ke8 Qg8#
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