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30. Bxc5
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Now of course my forces are anchored around the pawns on e3 and h5, and the black rook loses his hope of a penetrating the white position on the e-file. It seems that the rook should have been placed on c8 instead where he pressures the kingside. However, later in the game, white's attack may have been much more powerful without substantial coverage of the e6 square or an escape square on for the king via c8. |
 
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30... g5
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Striking out against the hungry white pawns utilizing the fact that the e-pawn is pinned. If white retakes with the g-pawn he then has an open file to attack the black King, but his passed pawn is isolated. |
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31. Qf3
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Freeing up the e-pawn. I would still probably retake the g-pawn anyway as I like the idea of an open file with the enemy King sitting at the end. |
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31... gxf4 32. gxf4
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Now white has unquestionable control of the kingside (and probably had it since the black d-pawn was removed). |
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32... a5
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Trying to create opportunities for the rooks to penetrate the white King's position. |
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33. a4
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Sealing the King's position at least temporarily. |
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33... Rab8
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White's b-pawn has become vulnerable and so black attacks it. White's b-pawn will be black's target for a while. |
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34. Kb2
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Giving the poor left-behind pawn some support and getting the King off of that nasty c-file. |
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34... Qh7
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There is one tactical theme here that I forgot in this position. I somehow forgot that my b-pawn was pinned and my knight was in danger. I should have either moved my King to the side or moved Na3-b5 and blocked the black rook's attack. |
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35. Bd4
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Although this is a good move-it puts my theme bishop into a more active position where it is putting a lot of pressure on the black King's position-, I should have solidified my position first. |
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35... Qf7
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now I should have moved my King to the side and shut out the black Queen. I still didn't see, however, that my b-pawn was pinned. |
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36. h6
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I thought my position was solid and so started my pawn roller. |
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36... Qxc4
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Boom! This honestly caught me by surprise. Wow! I just lost a knight and now I'm about to be put in checkmate. Well, I could just move Qd1 to defend, but then I lose the initiative and a knight. The tension is really building! Look at my Queen and rook. They're so hungry, but the black threat must be dealt with. |
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37. Qg4+
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Things are starting to get climactic. White has got a lot of pawn promotion ideas, but Black has got a checkmate knocking at white's door. White decides to try and sneak out the back door and flank the unwanted visitor. I knew here that I could always move my queen back to a defensive position in all the lines I was looking at, so I decided to see how accurately black could play. Black must play precisely or he loses everything, but if he plays correctly, he should be rewarded. |
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37... Kf7
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Black's only move. |
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38. Qg7+
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The white Queen is now filled with rage. For one, she's tired of all the black pieces chasing her around, but also black has threatened the life of her husband so she attacks furiously. |
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38... Ke6 39. Qxf6+
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Here black has two moves, Kd5 and Kd7. Kd5 loses outright due to 40. Qf7 Re6 41. Rh5 Be5 (if 41. ... Kd6, 42. Be5 Rxe5 43. fxe5 K moves anywhere 44. Qxc4 or 42. ... Kd5 43. Bxc7 with Bxb8 next and black has no more attack or 42. ... K moves anywhere on c-file and 43. Qxc7 Kd5 44. Qxc4 ), but Kd7 holds on. |
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39... Kd7 40. Qf5+
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Now black loses if he moves to a dark square except for d8 after which white forces a draw through a cool combination (If you want I'll post it. See if you can figure it out though). In any of these positions in which the white bishop remains on d4, I will gladly trade queens into an endgame where white has too many pawns for black to deal with and the bishop will trade on h8 (if black has good enough endgame technique) so the rook will be too tied up to help much. Also, if the rook blocks the check when the king is on c6 or d7, I would move Qc2 where the queen gets a more aggressive defending position than on d1 and the black queen should not trade and get into the same lost endgame with the white king starting a tad closer to the center. He should retreat the queen to the kingside; this will take a little time since the rook at e6 is blocking the most convenient way of getting there. In the time it takes to get the queen into a good position, white should already be able to promote his pawn or win a rook. The position explodes dynamically into the climax! What an exciting game! |
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40... Qe6
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Re6 may have been better. |
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41. Qxe6+ Rxe6 42. h7
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I believe it may have been better for black to take with his King. This is fine with me however. The climax has exploded and now things slow down to the ending of an exciting game. The marching advance of the pawn signifies the inevitable approach of doom for the black King. All the plans and tactics in the game have culminated in this position. White has a theme bishop that has played perhaps the most important role aside from the queen in the whole game. It has really seamed to hold the position together. (Of course that rook on h1 is a faithful soldier too happy with whatever his majesty commands, even staying on the same square the whole game!). |
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