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kingstuart (1491) vs. maten8 (1486)
Annotated by: kingstuart (1200)
Chess opening: Bird's opening (A03)
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34... Bh5 35. Qe4 Bg6
? letting white trade queens and get 2 central connected passed pawns

 
36. Rxf5
White has to exchange the f1 rook first else black can get a passed d pawn after 36.Qd5 Qxd5 37.cxd5 Rxf1 38.Rxf1 Rxf1 39.Kxf1 Bxd3

 
36... Bxf5 37. Qd5+ Qxd5 38. cxd5 Kf7
a nice idea for black here, he aims to centralise his king while mine is hemmed in by his f8 rook
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39. Rc4 Bxd3 40. Rxd4 Bb1 41. Rxb4
at first sight this looks terrible as white loses the d pawn after 41...Bxa2 42.Ra4 Bxb3 43.Rxa3 Bxd5 when black has very real drawing chance due to the opposite coloured bishops, however white is not obliged to play Ra4 after black captures the a pawn. black cannot in fact capture the a pawn without immediate disaster

 
41... Bxa2
? the bishop leaves the defence of f5 which is in fact very important

 
42. e6+ Kf6
? this no longer works as the black bishop cant block the check on f5. the best try is Ke7 but after 43.Rb7 Kf6 44.e7 R38 45.d6 black does well to defend this position

 
43. Rf4+
here black would love to be able to play Bf5 to block the check when black aviods immediate catastrope, but as it is black loses his rook for the 2 pawns

 
43... Ke7 44. d6+ Ke8
?? black now gets checkmated, he should take the pawns for the rook but either way white wins

 
45. Rb4
black cannot stop Rb8#, he can only delay it by sacrificing his rook with check.

 
45... Rf5 46. Rb8#
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