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ANNOTATED GAME

Challenge from sasusa
guy04 (1777) vs. sasusa (1486)
Annotated by: guy04 (1200)
Chess opening: QGD (D31), 3.Nc3
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1. d4
An interesting little game with a nice combination at the end.

 
1... d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Nf3 Nc6 5. e3 Nf6 6. a3 Bxc3+ 7. bxc3 Ne4 8. Qc2 Bd7 9. Bd3 f5 10. O-O Qf6 11. Bb2 Na5 12. cxd5 exd5 13. Ne5 c6
So far, not much to say. Solid play on both sides. But this is questionable. The black king will remain in the center.

 
14. Nxd7 Kxd7 15. f3
Probably the best way to clear the center and aim for the king.

 
15... Nd6 16. e4 Nac4
An interesting attempt to save the day. Will it work? Of course, pxp does not stop the attack, because the black pawn at f5 is pinned.

 
17. e5
Easy does it now.

 
17... Qe6
Is Qg5 better? After pxN, Ne3 does not work because of Qd2. How about Qh6? Qe2 becomes the move for white much as in the game.

 
18. exd6 Ne3 19. Qe2
Now either rook to e8 is the only move if black wants to continue.

 
19... Nxf1 20. Bxf5
The crunch. Even the poor little pawn on d6 helps on the attack.

 
20... Qxf5 21. Qe7+ Kc8 22. Qc7#
Strange how the attack developed quickly after black allowed their king to stay in the center traffic.
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