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21... f6
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Preparing to re-develop the bishop on the other side of the board. |
 
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22. Nd3
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Knight drops back. |
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22... Bg6
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Hoping for 23. Rc1??? Bxd3+ winning for me. I rather expected 23. Nf4 Bf7, but my opponent finds something much better. What would you play here dear reader? |
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23. Nc5
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Did you find it? Of course, if 23....Bxc5 24. Rc1 and white regains the piece without losing the pawn. |
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23... a5
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As I am losing, two pawns down with now minimal compensation, I try and avoid piece exchanges, and move my a pawn to safty, making his b pawn backward on a semi-open file. |
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24. Rc1
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Finally mobilising his rook. |
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24... Kf7
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Centralising my king. |
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25. Rc3
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Not sure of the point of this move. Fritz prefers f3. My opponent says "I did think of 25 f3 but I wanted to manoeuvre the knight from d2 to d3 and I thought it wouldn't harm to overprotect b3. Besides there is no need to hurry." |
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25... Ke8
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My king is coming over towards the queenside to help matters there. |
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26. Nf3
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He calmly manoeuvres his knight. |
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26... Bf7
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Protecting d5 and stopping his knight from coming in on e6 |
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27. Ne1
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Continuing.... |
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27... Rc7
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Stopping his knight from hopping in on b7. |
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28. Ned3
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Completing his knight manoeuvres. |
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28... Kd8
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Maybe I can use the king to stop his rook coming in along the c file I thought. |
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29. Kd2
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Calmly improving the king position before the break. |
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29... Bd6
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Hitting h2 |
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30. h3
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Stopping any problem there. |
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30... Ke7
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I couldn't see what else to do |
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31. b4
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The break comes. |
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