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ANNOTATED GAME

nicolso's Isle of Wight Open 2010
ethansiegel (1789) vs. nicolso (1669)
Annotated by: ethansiegel (1986)
Chess opening: Sicilian (B97), Najdorf, Poisoned pawn variation
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19... fxe6 20. Nxe6+
And this forces the king back to e8...

 
20... Ke8
Where the bishop comes in to finish the job!

 
21. Bh5#
Thanks to nicolso for a great game! In hindsight, I wonder if I could have played Nd5 a bit earlier, on move 16, but Qxd5 would leave me a knight down for nothing. Instead, what a wild sac and finish!! Comments welcome!
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