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gazdvez (1566) vs. crimsonsky44 (1558)
Annotated by: gazdvez (1200)
Chess opening: Queen's pawn (A46), Yusupov-Rubinstein system
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1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. e3 Nc6 4. c3 b6 5. Bd3 Bb7 6. Nbd2 Bd6 7. e4 Be7 8. e5 Nd5 9. Nf1 d6 10. Qe2 dxe5 11. dxe5 O-O 12. Qc2 g6 13. Bh6 Re8 14. Ng3 Bf8 15. Bg5 Nce7 16. O-O-O
Blacks' pieces are all defensive. The Bishop on b7 is useless because of 0-0-0, and the Knight on d5 has no place to go. But the position is equal. If I want to catch the Knight, I must first take away the sqare b4, and then I can push the deadly c4.

 
16... a5 17. a3 c6 18. c4 Rc8
After Nc7 I have an attack with Bxg6 Qc8 Bxh7 Kh8 Bf6 Bg7 Nh5...

 
19. Kb1
To get away from the pin.

 
19... b5 20. cxd5 cxd5 21. Qe2 b4 22. Bb5
I have a piece more, so I go on exchanges.

 
22... Bc6 23. Bxc6 Rxc6 24. Bxe7 Rxe7 25. Rdc1 Rb6 26. a4
To keep closed the lines.

 
26... b3 27. Nd4 Reb7 28. Nb5 Qd7 29. Rc3 Rb6xb5 30. axb5 Rxb5 31. Rd1
Make a pin, otherwise getting back the Knight into the game is too long.

 
31... a4 32. Ne4 Qb7 33. Nf6+ Kg7 34. Ne8+
I missed a very good chance. I wanted for the first look, changing the pieces - now the Knight on d6.

 
34... Kg8 35. Nf6+ Kg7
It is just my luck, that black repeats. Maybe he thought, I go for the three-repetition.

 
36. Qh5
Now everything is over.

 
36... gxh5 37. Rg3+ Kh6 38. Ng8#