ANNOTATED GAME

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moonrabbit (1382) vs. captaint (1393)
Annotated by: captaint (1200)
Chess opening: Nimzovich-Larsen attack (A01), modern variation
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18... a6 19. Nb1 Bd1
Good move, This attemps to win a rook fo a minor piece!

 
20. Nc3
Rh1 was better here, after ... Nf3 Kf1 g5 Nc3!, white can hold up!

 
20... Nf3+ 21. Kf1 Nxg1 22. Kxg1 Bf3
Now I have a wining position, but my rooks can't step in!

 
23. a4 h5
clearing any obstacles in my way to the mate!

 
24. Kh2 h4 25. Rg1 g5
White is helpless now and the mate is soo, it just a matter of How to execute it!

 
26. Nh3 Kg7
Clearing the way fo my rook to step in

 
27. Nb1 f6
Now here I was considering sacrificing my queen for a quick mate, 27. ... QxNh3 28. Qxh3 g4 29. Kh2 hxg3 ... etc, but I realized that the white's king has a safe spot [f4] and I needed to control it.

 
28. Nd2 hxg3+
Opening the h file for my rook!

 
29. Rxg3 Qh5 30. Nxf3 exf3 31. Kg1 g4 32. Nf4 Qf5
Now here white was hopeless, but he could resist for while, 33. b5 Qb1 34. Kh2 Rh8 35. Nh3 Rxh3 36. Rxh3 gxh3 ...

 
33. Kf1
A blunde! I can't imagine how did he make this move. Probably he thought that the position is hopeless and he wanted a quick death!

 
33... Qb1#
Checkmate!

 

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