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18. g4
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She moves the attacked g pawn. OK what would you play here dear reader? |
 
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18... Nxg4
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Stockfish doesn't like this move and prefers 18....Ng6 with advantage to black, while now Stockfish puts the game as level. Black sacrifices a knight for two pawns, but gets a certain initiative. I think white's position is harder to play, there are traps she could fall into! |
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19. fxg4
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She takes |
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19... Bxg4
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I take back |
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20. Rh2
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The attacked rook drops back. Stockfish likes Bg5 here, taking control of an important diagonal, and stopping white from castling, but I chose a different move. |
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20... Bf5
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Attacking both the pawn on e4 and the knight on g1 |
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21. Nf3
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Knight comes out. |
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21... Qg3+
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I throw in a check |
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22. Rf2
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Rook blocks. Stockfish like simply Bxe4 here, but I decided to build up the pressure. |
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22... Rae8 23. exf5
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She takes. |
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23... Bxc3
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I take, removing a defender of Be2 |
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24. bxc3
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She takes back. |
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24... Re7xe2+
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I take |
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25. Qxe2
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She takes. |
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25... Rxe2+
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I take again. |
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26. Kxe2
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She takes back, and we have this unusual material imbalance, where she has two rooks and a knight for a queen and two pawns. In theory she is two points up, but her pawns are weak and isolated and hard to defence against my roaming queen. |
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26... Qf4
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Attacking f5 and also threatening Qc4+ picking up either the d pawn or the c pawn. |
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27. Rg1+
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The wrong rook! Stockfish prefers Rg2+ |
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27... Kf8
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I have to keep my king centralised. |
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28. Nd2
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Temporarily meeting the threats to the f pawn and the fork on c4, but it allows another fork. |
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