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31. Kc2
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Again, white sees the obvious tactic and evades the check. I'm betting he hoped to exchange rooks via the d file, and head into an endgame of my pawns vs. his pieces. |
 
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31... Nxb4+
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I really liked this move. Since I am a pawn up, I offer to exchange a knight and a pawn for a knight - getting back to even material. I envision 32. Kxc Rd3 33. KxN RxN 34. Nxb c3! with hopes of making him defend against promotion. |
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32. Kc1
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Once again, my friend bly_garcia sees this, and sidesteps it nicely. He has, however, broken the connection between his two rooks. I'm wondering how to best take advantage of this fact. |
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32... e4
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As I feel that my 2 is only temporary, I opt to start my isolated pawn down the lonely road towards promotion with a tempo move. I have no illusions of it actually promoting, but its threat of doing so will keep my opponent on the defensive. |
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33. Ne5
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! Nice. The threat of forking my two rooks must be dealt with immediately. |
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33... Rde8
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What better way to defend than to attack. Any check the Ne5 throws my way can simply be evaded, and this rook move to e8 supports the isolani. |
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34. Nd7+
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Of course I saw this coming. |
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34... Kc7
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Threatening the attacker, but leaving the b pawn vulnerable. |
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35. Nf6
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This lone wolf knight is causing all kinds of problems. The pawn on e4 must still be protected, so.... |
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35... Re5
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! Evading the threat on the rook and reinforcing the weak b and h pawns. |
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36. Rb1
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Threatening the Nb4 and putting a wicked X ray on the weak b pawn. |
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36... Nd3+
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A time gaining check that will allow the black king the chance to get back to the defense of the b pawn. |
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37. Kc2
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White evades the check, and threatens to gobble up the c pawn. |
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37... Kc6
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The black king now assumes his role of protector from a square that cannot be checked. Once again, it is decision time for white....... |
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38. Rbg1
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! White chooses correctly, and does not take the "free" pawn on c3 as it does not threaten anything and is going nowhere. White intends to wreak havoc on the extremely weak 6th and 7th ranks. |
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38... e3
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As protecting the weak 6th and 7th ranks will simply take too much time, I opt to press the one big advantage that I have, which is the supported passed pawn. |
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39. Kxc3
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White goes ahead and takes the freebie, and I got a little confused. Was he intending to sac his weak Na3 for my b and c pawns? Or perhaps slide his king to d4 and threaten my Re5? I wasn't going to give him time to decide, so I kept pushing for a new queen. |
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39... e2
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White MUST play correctly and prevent my promotion - not only will the scales of material be tipped my way, but also because a new queen will created with a check as well. |
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40. Nc2
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White over-protects the queening square while getting this knight back into the fray. |
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40... Rf8
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! Giving up hope of the h pawn ever meaning anything and attacking the knight that is camped out in my back yard. The real strength of this move, however, is that it targets f1, where a favorable exchange may be possible. |
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