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ANNOTATED GAME

Challenge from provoquer
provoquer (1216) vs. alng (1200)
Annotated by: alng (1200)
Chess opening: Queen's Pawn (A41)
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1. d4 d6
gonna try the Sicilian (sorta)
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2. e4 c5 3. Nf3 Nf6
trying to maintain equality

 
4. Nc3 e5 5. dxe5
white immediately converts his development and central control advantages into a material advantage

 
5... dxe5 6. Qxd8+ Kxd8 7. Nxe5 Be6
defending the Nxf7 fork

 
8. Bc4 Bxc4
trade and pull the attacker out of position while still defending

 
9. Nxc4 Be7 10. Bg5 Re8 11. O-O-O+ Nd5 12. Nxd5 Bxg5+ 13. Nce3
Nd-e3 !

 
13... Kc8 14. Kb1 Bxe3
the pin's broken; time to trade

 
15. Nxe3 Rxe4 16. Nf5 Re2
Black's rook on the seventh rank ties up white's rooks.

 
17. Rhf1 Nc6 18. Nd6+ Kc7 19. Nxf7 Rf8 20. Nd6 Nd4 21. Nc4 Rfe8 22. Ne3 b5 23. Nd5+ Kc6 24. Nc3 Rxc2 25. Rxd4 cxd4 26. Kxc2 dxc3 27. Kxc3 Kc5 28. Rc1 g5 29. Kb3+ Kb6
black loses a tempo

 
30. Kb4 Re2 31. Rc5 a6
if 32. Rxb5 then axb5

 
32. Rxg5 Rxb2+ 33. Ka3 Rxf2 34. Rh5 a5 35. Rxh7 b4+ 36. Ka4 Rxa2+ 37. Kb3 Rxg2 38. Ka4 Ra2+ 39. Kb3 Ra3+ 40. Kc4 Rc3+ 41. Kd5
Black has a won game. The white king can't cross the c-file and the black king can hide from white's rook behind his two pawns.

 
41... Kb5 42. h4 b3 43. Kd4 Rc2 44. Kd3 Kb4 45. Rb7+ Ka3 46. h5 Rc8
guard h8 and keep the king off the c-file

 
47. h6 b2 48. h7 Ka2 49. h8=Q Rxh8 50. Kc2 b1=Q+ 51. Rxb1 Rh2+
52. resign!

 
52. Kc1 Rh1+ 53. Kc2 Rxb1 54. Kc3 Rb4 55. Kd3 Kb3 56. Ke3 Kc3 57. Kf3 Kd3 58. Kf2 Ke4 59. Ke2 Rb2+ 60. Kd1 Rh2 61. Ke1 Ke3 62. Kd1
62. resign!!

 
62... Kd3 63. Kc1 Rd2 64. Kb1 Rc2 65. Ka1 Kc3 66. Kb1 Kb3 67. Ka1 Rc1#
White hope for a stalemate has come to an end.
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