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ANNOTATED GAME

IC DOGS Team 1 Mini Tournament
yellowlab (1828) vs. defeated (1432)
Annotated by: yellowlab (2033)
Chess opening: Sicilian (B23), Grand Prix attack
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29... Qf5
Now, Black has a big edge.

 
30. Ne1 Qb1 31. Bd2 Qxa2 32. Nf3 Qb1+ 33. Kf2 a5
The passed a-pawn can be stopped, but it will divert white's forces to the queenside.

 
34. Qg1 Qb2 35. Qc1 Qa2 36. Kg3 a4 37. Ne1 Qb3 38. Nc2
While white wastes time on the queenside, black redeploys his pieces on the kingside.

 
38... Kh7 39. Na1 Qb5 40. Nc2 Ne7 41. Nb4 Bg6
Now the bishop has been activated. When pawns are locked in a chain as they are in this game, you want your bishop in front of the chain.

 
42. Qa3 Qe8 43. Na6 Qf7 44. Be1 Nf5+ 45. Kh2 Nxh4
Black did not need to sacrifice the knight. 45. ...Ne3 was more than sufficient.

 
46. Bxh4 Qf4+ 47. Bg3 Qd2+ 48. Kh3
48. Kg1 was also losing.

 
48... Bf5+ 49. Kh4 Bg4
Setting up a mating net.

 
50. Qa1 Qg2
There is no way to protect h3.

 
51. Qb1+
or 51. g6 Kxg6.

 
51... Bf5 52. g6+ Kxg6
A nice mating net finishes white off. 0-1.

 

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