Annotated chess game

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You could try for a stalemate, i guess, but it would have been more achieveable with your rook still on the board. The trick is to get your king into a 'stalemate position, then sacrifice the rook. For an example of this king of thing, check this out: game In this apparently losing position, I have managed to get my King in a movebound (stalemate) position. As it is my move, had my rooks not been on the board, it would be Stalemate - a draw. That suggested a plan: get rid of my rooks! 57. Re7+ Kh6 58. Rh7+ Kxh7 59. Re7+ Kh8 60. Re8+ Kg7 61. Re7+ Kf6 62. Re6+ Kf7 63. Re7+ Kf8 64. Re8+ Kg7 65. Re7+ Kf6 66. Re6+ Kf5 67. Rf6+ Kxf6 Stalemate! From my 57th move onwards, Black could not escape the Stalemate.

Black's 22...h3 was a clever move and a good recovery from his earlier blunder. White was being offered a tempting way to go badly wrong, which she took. Much better would have been 23.Qd3 or Qd1, taking the Queen off the dangerous e-file. True, Black might then have threatened to promote the pawn by playing 23...h2, But White could have defended well enough by 24.Kf2, allowing her rook to cover the h1-square.