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ANNOTATED GAME

Challenge from opus692
opus692 (1264) vs. japanesebeef1 (1414)
Annotated by: opus692 (1200)
Chess opening: Konstantinopolsky opening (C44)
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1. e4
This game started out as a direct contact sport with one exchange after another until only one of us was left standing...

 
1... e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. g3 d5 4. d4 dxe4 5. Nxe5 Nxe5 6. dxe5 Qxd1+ 7. Kxd1 Bg4+ 8. Be2 O-O-O+ 9. Bd2 Bxe2+ 10. Kxe2 Ne7 11. Nc3 Nc6 12. Bg5 Rd4 13. Rad1 Rxd1 14. Rxd1 h6 15. Bf4 Bb4
This is blacks first mistake. And as a result, I earn a pawn

 
16. Nxe4 g5 17. Be3 b6 18. a3 Be7 19. a4 Nxe5
By this stage, I realized that the only thing to do was to stay even and take advantage of little mistakes by capturing more pawns since major pieces seem to be one for one

 
20. b3
So I developed my pawn structure

 
20... Ng4 21. h3 Ne5 22. Bd4 f6 23. c3 Bd6 24. Nxf6 Nc6 25. Be3 a5 26. c4 Nb4 27. Bd4 Rf8 28. Nh7 Re8+ 29. Kf3 Nc6
This move was the turningpoint in the game.. I go two pawns up and force black into making a tactical blunder that earnns me position, and a bishop

 
30. Bxb6 Ne5+
right here.

 
31. Kg2 cxb6 32. Rxd6
that nets me a bishop and then the castle to follow

 
32... Kc7 33. Rxh6 Rh8
T first glance, this looks like a good situation for black, but actually it just plays into my hand

 
34. Re6 Nd3 35. Nxg5 Nc1 36. Re3
with this move, the knight is essentually trapped

 
36... Rd8
and with this move, the fork is on

 
37. Ne6+
Forked!

 
37... Kc8 38. Nxd8 Kxd8 39. f4
so my strategy is to march my pawns up the board and Black does the noble thing...black resigns...