ANNOTATED GAME

Let's play chess
donnell (1556) vs. rodlestrange (1584)
Annotated by: rodlestrange (1678)
Chess opening: Caro-Kann (B12), advance variation
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37. Kg4 e2 38. Kh5 e1=Q 39. g6
As time grew closer, I realized instead of letting him almost promote, I have something faster, his own pawns forming a barrier against the king's escape. In this case it's super basic, but in other cases, was a pattern I found very handy, especially in fast games.

 
39... Qe2#

 

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