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11... Qe8
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Forced. |
 
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12. Nxc7
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He takes. |
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12... Qd8
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Preventing the knight coming out again. |
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13. Nxa8
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And he recaptures his rook. |
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13... Nf6
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Preparing to move my bishop on c8 to attack his knight with my queen. |
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14. Qa4
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Attacking a7. |
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14... Nc6
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Protecting the a pawn. Fritz actually prefers 14......Bg4 here. |
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15. Bb5
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White continues to attack, threatening to take twice on c6 and if 15....Bd7 then he can take on c6 followed by a7. The problem with this move is that white's queen-side is completely undeveloped, and hard to develop. His developed pieces are all over on the queen-side, leaving the king only protected by pawns. After a think, Fritz's evaluation of this position gradually gives black a bigger and bigger advantage - over plus 7 eventually! OK, so, given those clues, what would you play as black? |
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15... Ne4
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Fritz also gives Ng4 as a good alternative. |
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16. Nd2
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As good as anything. What would you play now? |
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16... Qh4
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The best move, stopping white from playing 17. Nxe4 as Qe1+ is mating. |
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17. Qd1
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Again the best defence. What would you play now? |
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17... Bg4
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Developing with tempo, black maintains his advantage. |
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18. Be2
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And now? |
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18... Qf2+
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Did you find this? White picks up a bishop. |
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19. Kh1
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Forced. Ok, take with bishop or queen, or play something else? |
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19... Bxe2
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This is best. No need to exchange our active queen for his passive queen. |
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20. Qg1
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This is forced, otherwise white loses his queen immediately, or falls for a back-rank mate. |
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20... Qh4
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This is good - Fritz evaluates this position as plus 8.59 - but Fritz thinks that Bh6 is even better - plus 9.24
What is black threatening now? |
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21. h3
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Black was threatening Nf2+ winning the white queen. What would you play now are black? |
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