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Let's play chess
kingstuart (1491) vs. maten8 (1486)
Annotated by: kingstuart (1200)
Chess opening: Bird's opening (A03)

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18. Ba1 Qb6

blacks queen was doing nothing on a5 so black seeks a better square for her royal highness

19. Qe2

the white queen also starts looking for more productive squares, as the queenside is blocked whites continues with his original plan of kingside attack

19... a5 20. Ng4

whites forces are very disorginised but as the position is so closed now white has alot of time to reorginise

20... d4

!? interesting, trying to block the white bishop in but giving white a passed c pawn as a result. black needs to play vigorusly after this else white will simplify to an endgame where white has a definate edge

21. exd4 cxd4 22. d3

trying to both keep the position closed and improving comunication between my pieces by opening the 2nd rank for the c2 rook

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22... a4

threating to block the bishop in on a1, this threat isn't hard to meet...

23. Bb2 a3

i dont think relieving the tension is best here i was planning on switching the bishop to a more productive diagonal anyway

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24. Bc1 Nxg4

as black has more space he should be trying to aviod exchanges leaving white position more cramped

25. Qxg4 f5

?! this weakens the e6 pawn to much, i feel

26. Qe2 Bf7

?? leaves the f pawn undefended

27. Nxf5

so it gets taken

27... Bc5

threatens the knight and blocks whites passed c pawn.

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28. Ng3 Bg6

targeting the weak d pawn

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29. Ne4

blocking the attack on the pawn and centralising the knight

29... e5

difficult to find anything else for black to play here. note that black doesn't actually lose a pawn here as a white pawn on e5 will be easily won by black.

30. fxe5 Qc6

black is trying to create a passed d pawn by forcing exchanges on e4 and as black isn't pressuring the e pawn i decide to try to hold on to it which i can do now as black has neglected to put pressure on it

31. Nxc5 Qxc5 32. Bf4

now white just has to reposition his c2 rook and his position will be fine and being 2 pawns to the good this is easily a winning advantage

32... Rf5

finally starting to presure the weak e pawn, but as it is on a dark square white can hold on to it

33. Rcc1 Rdf8

doubling on the f file, the best chances for black are in counter play however due to the closed queenside it is hard to find a better way for black to achieve this

34. Bg3

White welcomes exchanges

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