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54... f2 55. Qd5+
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? hmm....55. Qh7 Kc8 56. Qg8 Kd7 57. Qh7 Kc8 58. Qg8 Kd7 and white is right in it. |
 
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55... Ke7 56. Re2+
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White FINALLY gets the rook involved. Now, she MUST keep up the check pressure to avoid black getting another queen. |
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56... Kf8 57. Qa8+ Kg7 58. Ne3
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White's poor rook is so passive. This knight move was the only real possibility to snag the promoter. |
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58... Rc1
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? Black continues to give white too much hope. Better to just promote, take the knight, and start nailing the coffin shut. |
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59. Qb7+
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White continues to hang on. At first glance, black appears to be clearly ahead. I ran this position through Shredder, and got the most fascinating line that I wanted to share here: [ 59. Nf5 Kh7 (59...QxN 60. Re7 Qf7 61. RxQ KxR 62. Qd5 Kf6 63. Qd4 Kg6 64. Qe4 Kf6 65. Qd4 Kg6 66. Qe4 Kf6 67. Qd4 =) 60. Re7 Kg6 61. NxB gxN 62. Qe4 Kg5 63. Qe3 Kg4 64. Re4 Kh5 65. Re5 Kg6 66. Q Kf7 67. Qb7 Rc7 68. QxR Kg6] Now, I find absolutely no fault with gothicgirl's last move - I mean, there is little possibility that a fellow human of non-titled strength could have seen that sequence. I just it was too pretty not to mention:) As it is, white is taking advantage of the reprieve black has given her and continues to keep up what little pressure she can in this position. |
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59... Kg6 60. Qe4+ Kh5 61. Qg4+
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White keeps finding ways to hang on! |
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61... Kh6 62. Nf5+
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! Yeah baby! White sees the chance to get her rook in on the action! |
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62... Qxf5
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Once again, black has had enough of this and pins his hopes on the promotion on f1. |
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63. Qxf5
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?? NO! Re6 ! saves the game! Follow this line: 63. Re6 QxR 64. QxQ Kh5 65. Qe2 Kh6 66. Qe6 Kh5 67. Qe2 Kh6 68. Qe6 . |
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63... f1=Q
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Black now has the goods, and must simply evade a few annoying checks. |
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64. Re6+ Kh5 65. Qh7+ Kg4 66. Re4+ Kf3 67. Qf5+ Kg2 68. Qg4+ Kh1
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Black is now temporarily safe from check. |
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69. Ka3
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White is out of ideas. Black now pours on the pain. |
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69... Ra1+ 70. Kb4 Qf8+ 71. Kc3 Be1+
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With this bishop now in the game and controlling dark squares, white is seriously on the ropes. |
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72. Kd4 Qf2+ 73. Kd5 Qf7+ 74. Ke5
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?? White's best chance was 74. Kc6 Rc1 75. Rc4 Qf6 76. Kb7 RxR 77. dxR |
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74... Bc3+
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Very workable, but Bg3 wins, as if the bishop is taken black wins the white queen after Qc7 . |
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75. d4
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Nice! White is desperately trying to get the one tempo she needs to do some attacking herself! |
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75... Qe7+ 76. Kf5
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?? Yikes! What about 76. Kd5 Qf7 Kc6?????? Black now marks a '1' on the wall chart. |
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76... Rf1+ 77. Kg6 Rf6+ 78. Kxg5 Qg7+ 79. Kh4 Rh6+ 80. Kg3 Rg6
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And white has had enough. I thought was a thoroughly entertaining game. Both sides made mistakes, of course, but it was interesting to me how the outcome was not decided until very late - after both sides had squandered chances yet were let off of the hook almost immediately by their opponent. I replayed it a few times just to watch how the tempo and initiative kept passing back and forth. I felt like I was at a tennis match:) I take nothing away from these two fine players, and I hope my annotation did not appear harsh. It's always so much easier to armchair quarterback someone else's game when you have the benefit of an engine:) Many thanks to abe66 and gothicgirl for the game, and I hope you have enjoyed it:) - Thomas |
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