I thought this was an interesting game so I decided to annotate it. I probably should have gotten a draw but my opponent made a blunder and I won. If anyone notices something I or my opponent should have done, I'd appreciate a comment showing it. |
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1. e4
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I almost always play this. |

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1... e5
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At this level this is the common response. |

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2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nd4 4. Nxe5
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I didn't see any reason not to take the pawn, so... |
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4... f6
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Decided to poke my knight. Guess he didn't notice the fork |
4 comments
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5. Nf7 Qe7 6. Nxh8 Qxe4+
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Forking my king and G pawn |
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7. Be2
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Seemed best to me. Although blocking with the queen might have been better. |
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7... Qxg2
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Expected that. |
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8. Rf1
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Had to be careful of smothered mate here if pins my bishop |
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8... Qxh2
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Nope. Just grabbing another pawn. |

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9. Nc3 Nxe2 10. Qxe2+ Ne7 11. Nd5
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Attacking the pinned piece. |
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11... Qd6 12. Nxe7 Bxe7 13. d3
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To let out my DSB |
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13... b6
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Probably trying to fianchetto. (Is that how you spell it?) |
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14. Be3 Qb4+
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Another fork between my king and a pawn. |

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15. Bd2 Qxb2
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What else? |
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16. Qh5+ g6 17. Qxh7
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I thought that if he took my rook I could checkmate him. I guess I didn't notice it would put me in check |
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17... Qxa1+ 18. Ke2
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Now the queen is attacked and I though he would have to either lose his queen or the game. But he noticed something... |

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18... Qxa2 19. Qxg6+
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Here I decided a draw was good enough and calculated that I could get perpetual check. If you notice something he could have done to get out of it, please tell me. |
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19... Kd8 20. Nf7+ Ke8 21. Nh8+
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Here he had to options. One led to perpetual check, (I think) the other led to checkmate. |
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21... Kf8
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Oops |

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22. Bh6#
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And a nice bishop checkmate to finish. |
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