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ANNOTATED GAME

TOUGH AS NAILS
hiblit (1626) vs. floppyjoe (1467)
Annotated by: floppyjoe (1560)
Chess opening: Philidor (C41), exchange variation
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21. Qxd5
Qxd5 hiblit recaptures with his queen.

 
21... Rhe8
Rh-e8 A blunder on my part losing me the pawn on f5.

 
22. Qxf5+
Qxf5 hiblit takes my pawn and puts my king in check.

 
22... Kc7
Kc7 God save the king!

 
23. Rxh6
Rxh6 my blunder loses me a second pawn as my opponent advances his rook to the 6th rank.

 
23... Nc6
Nc6 I failed to see the danger to my queen in this position and it costs me the game. I saw an oppurtunity to attack his queen.

 
24. Rh7
Rh7 My adversary pins my queen to my king with his rook.

 
24... Nd4
Nxd4 I attack his queen

 
25. Rxe7+
Rxe7 hiblit takes my queen and puts me in check forcing me to retake with my rook.

 
25... Rxe7
Rxe7 I retake the rook.

 
26. Qf6
Qf6 hiblit's queen eyes my rooks.

 
26... Rh7
Rh7 I see an opportunity for a free rook on my opponents back rank.

 
27. Rb2
Rb2 hiblit squelches my optimism

 
27... Nc6
Nc6 I see a free rook a few knight moves away.

 
28. Qf4
Qf4 Hiblit probably senses the danger.

 
28... Ne5
Ne5 I move the knight into position.

 
29. Qe3
Qe3 again my knight is thwarted.

 
29... Rh1+
Rh1 I see if I can get my rook to the far corner and down to a3 I might be able to fork his queen and rook with my knight.

 
30. Ke2
Ke2 my opponent moves out of check.

 
30... Rdh8
Rd-h8 Two heads are better than one.

 

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