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12. Nxe4
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the knight was too close for comfort and restricted some key squares such as g5, my own knight restricted my bishop the exchange benefits white |
 
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12... fxe4
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dxe4 is considerably better since f5 is guarded by the queen while d5 is unguarded and will soon fall |
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13. Qh5+
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the attack commences. Note that 13...g6 loses a rook to 14.Qe5 |
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13... Kd8
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the best of the four distasteful options available to black |
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14. Qxd5+
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picking up the pawn. An immediate Bg5 brings my attack to a halt. |
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14... Bd6
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black's best move, blocking the check while setting up a powerful later attack on h2 |
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15. Bg5+
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the bishop piles in, developing the attack further |
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15... Kd7
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15...Ke8 is no better because 16...Qxe4 loses a pawn while keeping the king on the run |
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16. Qf5+ Kc6
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only other move was 16...Ke8 |
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17. d5+
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white chooses to ignore the threat to his queen and continues to harass the black king while advancing a pawn |
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17... Kb6
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note that 17...Kc5? leads to 18.Be3 and the black king is forced to c4 or b4, within range of the white pawns on a2, b2 and c2 |
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18. Be3+
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maintains the pressure, black king is boxed into a corner |
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18... Ka6 19. Qxe4
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remembering the queen was under threat and gaining another advanced pawn |
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19... Re8
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black tries to launch his own attack no doubt hoping white will play 20.Qxh7? |
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20. Qxh7
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and he is not disappointed! My greed and offensive-mindedness has given black the advantage and cleared the h-file for black to launch his attack on h2 |
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20... Qg4
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a developing move which adds momentum to black's offensive and restricts the escape of the white queen after ...Rh8 |
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21. c3
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NO NO NO!! 21.h3 amply staves off the entire attack! I made this move so I could play Qc2 after ...Rh8, on hindsight it was a completely ridiculous move |
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21... Reh8
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here comes black's attack |
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22. Qc2 Rxh2
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threatens mate on g2 |
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23. g3
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forced |
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