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19. a3
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I wanted to keep my opponent’s a pawn on a light square since I have a light-squared bishop |
 
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19... Ra5
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Activating his rook via a lift. But this rook is pretty much limited to the queenside of the board due to the mass of pawns in the center |
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20. Re3
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Activating my king’s rook by a lift with plans to use it to support my queen and put pressure on the black king |
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20... Rc5
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Although my bishop is a big pawn, it provides key support for my c2 and c4 pawns (not to mention my e4 pawn!) |
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21. Rf3
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Challenging the black queen |
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21... Qe7 22. Rg3
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Threatening mate on g7 |
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22... f6
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Enabling the queen to protect g7 |
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23. Qg6
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Preventing …g5 by my opponent, which imo could lead to counterplay and complications. I was also threatening Qxh6, where the black pawn on g7 wouldn’t be able to capture my queen due to the pin by my white rook on g3 |
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23... Kh8
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Prevents me from playing Qxh6 |
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24. Qh5
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I played this with plans to play knight to g4 and knight takes h6, followed by queen takes rook on square f8 |
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24... Be8
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Challenging my queen and interrupting my plan |
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25. Qh4 Bd7
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Trying to support an …f5 break? |
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26. Ng4
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Trying again to threaten knight takes h6, with my queen eventually capturing the black rook on f8 |
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26... Bxg4
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Not really unexpected. My knight was becoming a nuisance; best to get rid of it |
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27. Rxg4
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I captured with the rook because I liked exerting pressure on two files instead of one |
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27... Qf7
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I thought this move allowed an f5 break since the black queen was no longer susceptible to capture after …f5 |
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28. Re1
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Trying to get my other rook into the game |
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28... Kh7 29. f4
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Pawn break! Hoping to activate my light-squared bishop via e5+ |
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29... Ra8
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Not sure why my opponent played this unless it was to free up some squares for his king or double his rooks on the fifth rank. |
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30. Re3
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Getting my queen’s rook into the game and hoping to add pressure on the black king by putting this rook on square g3 |
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