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ANNOTATED GAME

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almageccom (1496) vs. conqueroo (1399)
Annotated by: almageccom (1200)
Chess opening: Three knights game (C46)
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This guy is rated below 1400 but plays well. Nearly got me!
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
I now started looking for ways to exploit his doubled Pawns

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

 
12. Bxf6 gxf6 13. dxe4 Bg7 14. Nf4 O-O 15. Nh5 f5
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.

 
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
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+
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

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

 
30. f4
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
This one is easy to defend against

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

 
31... Qf5
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.

 
32. Qxb6 Qh3
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.

 
33. Qxf6+
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.

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