This guy is rated below 1400 but plays well. Nearly got me! |
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1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 d6 4. Bb5 Bd7 5. O-O Nd4 6. Nxd4 exd4 7. Bxd7+ Qxd7 8. Ne2 c5
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I now started looking for ways to exploit his doubled Pawns |

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9. a3 Nf6 10. d3 d5 11. Bg5 dxe4
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He made the wrong move here. Lets me open a file where he needs to castle and double his Pawns again |

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12. Bxf6 gxf6 13. dxe4 Bg7 14. Nf4 O-O 15. Nh5 f5
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A bishop is doing the job of a Pawn. That is easier to break down as I can just swap material and open the file up. |

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16. Nxg7 Kxg7 17. Qh5 Qb5 18. b3 fxe4 19. Qe5+ f6 20. Qxe4 Rae8 21. Qg4+ Kh8 22. a4 Qc6 23. Qd1 Rfg8 24. f3 b6 25. Qd2
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Now it is hard to see a way to get a win. |
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25... Re5 26. Rae1 Rh5 27. Qf4 Rg6 28. Qb8+
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He gave me the breadk I needed. Now I can try to disrupt his defense and pick up some material, but I have to be careful about letting him connect his two Rooks and Queen |

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28... Rg8 29. Qxa7 Qd6
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Here is a potentially lethal threat. all his pieces are getting coordinated. |

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30. f4
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This move blocked his threat. I nearly did not see it. It would take him several moves to tear down the Pawn block without losing material and that gives me time to develp my own threats. |
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30... Qd5
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This one is easy to defend against |

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31. Rf2
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However, my Rook is doing double duty. Defending two squares. Not a good long-term strategy |

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31... Qf5
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All his threats here take two moves, so I have one move to work with, then I will have to defend--unless I can mate him, of course. |

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32. Qxb6 Qh3
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He did the move I thought of first. It was obviously what he was intending and he did it even though I had made a move changing the board. I have a threat that I did not have one move ago. That will cost him the game. |

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33. Qxf6+
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Bam! It is now mate in one. He is one move away from mate himself, but he will not get to make that one move. |

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33... Rg7 34. Re8#
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A two-move mate that he did not see coming. Very satisfying win!!! |

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