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42. Be1 Ne2 43. Bd2
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directly winning is Bxb4, Ng3 (Nxb4, Kxb4, Nxf4, a4, Nd5+, Kb5, and Blacks' Knight gets cornered), Bxd6, Nxf5, Kc5, with a hopeless position for Black... |
 
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43... Ng1 44. Kd5
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also here Bxb4, is better... |
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44... Nb8
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a bad move: better Nf3, Kxc6, Nxd2... |
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45. Kxd6
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better Bxb4... |
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45... Nf3 46. Bxb4 Nxh4 47. Be6 Ng2 48. Bd2 h4 49. Bd5
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stronger is Bc4, h3, Bf1, Na6, a4... |
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49... h3 50. c4
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still easily winning, but Bxg2, hxg2, Be3 was more than sufficient... |
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50... Na6 51. c5 Nh4 52. Be6 h2
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White has succeeded in getting in trouble again; 52. c6 or better 51. Bxg2, were still easily winning... |
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53. Bd5 Nb8
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luckily, Black is betting on the wrong Knight: after Nxf5+, Kd7, Nxc5+, Kc7, Ng3!, winning a Bishop for a pawn, Black might well be winning this... |
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54. c6
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best here was Kc7, Na6+, Kb6, Nxc5, Kxc5, Nxf5, a4... |
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54... Nxf5+
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still, after Kc7, Ne7, Bh1 (Kxb8??, Nxd5 ends all for White), Nxc6, Kd7, White would easily be winning this: White however, produces a terrible move... |
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55. Ke6
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now after Nxc6, a4 (Bxc6??, Nd4+, or Kxf5??, Ne7+; Bd5 falls and h2 promotes), White can start all over again from a fairly equal position; the chances for promotion are getting slimmer by the minute, and if Black can capture the a-pawn, even at the cost of a Knight, a draw is in sight; White would have simply no mating chances left against the cornered King; there were no problems on the clock for both... |
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55... Ng3
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they say, fortune favours the brave: Black is trying to win a piece here; unlucky for him, the bravely favour fortune... after Nxc6, a4 (the only one to keep sustaining leverage against h2), Nce7, Blacks' object is clear: eliminate the f- and g-pawn, in order to push our own; meanwhile we try to eliminate the Whites' LSB to bring about promotion chances; not a small task for White, against two Black Knights... |
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56. c7
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injustice is harsh, so Black resigns: there is no stopping promotion and mate... |
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