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ANNOTATED GAME

Round 3 of Bakersfield Championships
bakerbaker (1683) vs. M. Ogaz (1300)
Annotated by: bakerbaker (1200)
Chess opening: Sicilian defence (B20)
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28. Qxc5+
Now I force a queen trade.

 
28... Qxc5 29. dxc5
Leading to a simple rook-pawn ending, where I have three extra pawns and can win easily despite having less than 2 minutes left.

 
29... Rc6
The next ten moves were made in less than 10 seconds.

 
30. g4
My pawn cannot be stopped, because it can always be supported by its brother on the h-file.

 
30... Rxc5 31. Rg1
In rook endings, rooks usually belong above the passed pawn instead of below it, but it doesn't matter in this position because I have two passed pawns.

 
31... Rxc3
My two passed pawns are all I need to win, so I couldn't care less about the others.

 
32. g5 Rc7
A last desperate attempt to stop my pawn.

 
33. g6 Rg7 34. h4
This blockading technique only works against isolated passed pawns.

 
34... b5 35. axb5
I could still win easily if I ignore the pawn, but since I was in time trouble I just wanted to be safe.

 
35... axb5 36. h5
Black should resign now. The rest of his moves were made in about 1 second, in an attempt to run me out of time, but that won't happen now because I have simplified the game.

 
36... b4 37. h6 Rg8 38. g7
38. h7?! doesn't win as fast.

 
38... b3 39. h7
Here, I stopped recording my moves because my win is clear, and I had less than 1 minute left so I was only focused on mating him before I lost on time.

 

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