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21. Qh5+
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Thankfully he misses that, but this is still strong. |
 
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21... g6
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The obvious block. |
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22. Qf3
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But now he has three attackers on f6 and I have only two defenders. |
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22... Qa6
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Fritz prefers 22..... c7-c5 counter-attacking his rook first, and then 23... Qa6 after his rook moves. |
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23. Nxc7
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So one pawn goes. |
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23... Qb6
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Counter-attacking rook and knight. |
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24. Qc3
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And he protects them both. |
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24... Kg7
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My king moves to a safer square. |
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25. Rb4
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He attacks my queen. |
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25... Qd6
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I move, returning the second pawn, but taking control of the d file and eyeing the b8-h2 diagonals. |
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26. Rxb7
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He takes. |
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26... Rhf8
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I finally mobilise this rook. |
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27. Qb3
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With a threat of Ne6. |
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27... Kh8
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Has my king finally found a safe square? |
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28. Rxa7
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Another pawn goes. |
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28... Ne5
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But my pieces are coming to life. |
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29. Ne6
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He forks my rooks. |
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29... Ng4
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I attack h2. OK stop and find white's best move. |
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30. Rfa1
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Instead of this, he could have won with 30. Rxh7+. After the game we were looking at this, and he was following it up with, after Kxh7, 31. Qh3+ but then black has Nh6 defending. The correct follow up, which was pointed out to me later was 31. Qb7+. Now 31... Kh8 or g8 leads to 32. Qg7 mate, and if 31...Kh6 then 32. Qg7+ Kh5 33. Qh7+ Nh6 34. g2-g4+ and white is mating (Kxg4 35 Qxg6+ or Kh4 35. Qxh6+).
That means after 31. Qb7+ black has to block on d7, after which white simply exchanges on d7 and then plays Nxf8, forking King on h7 and whichever piece black has on d7, and ends a rook and pawn up. Luckily, my opponent missed that and allowed me to play.... |
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30... Qxh2#
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This simple mate in one. So I managed to win a game I should have lost. Many thanks for reading. Please leave a comment or two and rate the annotation on the star system, to let me know how I am getting on. Until next time dear reader! |
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