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ANNOTATED GAME

I'm a pawn in the game of life
redmenace07 (1346) vs. munja100 (1403)
Annotated by: redmenace07 (1200)
Chess opening: Queen's gambit accepted (D20)
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1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. Nc3 b5 4. Nxb5 Ba6 5. Na3 e6 6. Qa4+ Qd7 7. Qxd7+ Nxd7 8. e3 Bxa3 9. bxa3 Rb8 10. Nf3 c5 11. dxc5 Nxc5 12. Bd2 Nf6 13. Ne5 O-O 14. Bxc4 Bxc4 15. Nxc4 Nd3+ 16. Ke2 Rfd8 17. Rhd1 Ne4 18. Ba5 Rd5 19. Rxd3 Rxd3 20. Kxd3 Nxf2+ 21. Ke2 Ne4 22. Rd1 g5 23. Kf3 f5 24. Nd6 g4+ 25. Kf4 Nxd6 26. Rxd6 Kf7 27. Bb4 Rb7 28. h3 gxh3 29. gxh3 Rc7 30. Rd8 Kg6 31. Ke5 Rc2 32. Kxe6 Rxa2 33. Rg8+ Kh6 34. Kxf5 Rh2
Black wants the pawn. Let's poison it.

 
35. h4
If black takes the pawn, he's dead.

 
35... Rxh4
Bingo. Forced mate in two. It would not have been forced mate if he hadn't taken the pawn.

 
36. Bf8+
Sir, please step away from the pawn.

 
36... Kh5
Well, that about does it.

 
37. Rg5#
Au revoir.