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ANNOTATED GAME

A mouthful of Sicilian... nice Bishop Sac!
RALbama1 (1573) vs. baobab (1769)
Annotated by: ralbama1 (1960)
Chess opening: Sicilian (B32), Labourdonnais-Loewenthal (Kalashnikov) variation
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18... Kxf7 19. fxe5+
my pawns also provide a nice barrier to seal off Black's Queen from coming to the defense.

 
19... Kg6
Only play to avoind mate or tremendous loss of material

 
20. Qf4
threatening mate still

 
20... Kh7
again only move to fight of mate

 
21. Qf5+
time to chip away at Black's weakened king side defenses and maintain heavy pressure... notice also how Black's light square bishop is locked in and consequently keeps his other Rook locked in.
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21... Rg6
yeah, free pawn!
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22. Qxh5+ Rh6 23. Qf5+ Rg6
hoping for a draw perhaps

 
24. Rf4
Rf4?, a nearly complete blunder... Rf3 was the play.

 
24... Qd8
See, if I had played Rf3, then this move would not have mattered.

 
25. Rf3
Now I played Rf3, and fortunately it didn't affect the outcome, but it could've been over sooner than it did.
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25... Qg5 26. Rh3+
Bye-bye queen!

 
26... Kg8
Kg8????, a total blunder, but like I stated earlier it should have been over by move 26 anyway!

 
27. Qf8#
and mate!
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