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ANNOTATED GAME

Walking the Walk and Learning to Run Welcome MT #1
hogfysshe (1756) vs. dynamic_dv (2110)
Annotated by: hogfysshe (1862)
Chess opening: Sicilian (B67), Richter-Rauzer, Rauzer attack, 7...a6 defence, 8...Bd7
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19... Qxc6 20. Bxf6
BxN. Ditto. I was seeing all sorts of offensive potential in black's position. I felt these two captures were necessary to limit black's options. At the same time, I am now without two pieces expended with no real gain (though I had perhaps headed off trouble). A bad expenditure? Comments?
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20... Bxf6
20. ...Bxf6. This is the last point where white is still in a reasonable solid position. I almost played the obvious fxe4, but a combination of concern over black's queen then coming to a very central location and also the (bad) idea that grabbing the b pawn and preventing the a and b pawns teaming up prompted...

 
21. Qxb4
21. Qxb4. Now I'm not totally doomed yet. But it's not far off.
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21... exf3
21. ...exf3
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22. Ng3
22. Ng3. Plan here was to move my lsb to e4 (two moves required), possibly causing trouble for an out-of-position black queen and possibly picking up his lsb. Slightly surprisingly, but not really...

 
22... Qc7
dynamic_dv sidesteps any potential trouble with 22. ...Qc7. Drat!

 
23. Bd3
23. Bd3. Probably the losing move. Not bad in itself but bad because of the poorly positioned queen, which black capitalizes on with the obvious...

 
23... Rfb8
23. ...Rfb8. In the course of three moves, the game has shifted to where white was ok to where he is in big trouble!

 
24. b3
24. b3 I believe was my only move. However, it sets up the final fatal position, ...a nice funnel down to the hole on c3. I don't see this here due to (general blindness and) the immediate concern with b2.
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24... f2
24. ...f2. that pawn's final position. Nine moves left in the game, all of which reinforce that I should have captured that pawn at move 21! I now clearly see the problem with the Queen coming to c3 and almost resign here. But as d2 was available as a flight square, I played on a bit. Plus, he MIGHT let me play c4! Not wanting to lose the rook...

 
25. Ne4
I play 25. Ne4.

 
25... Bxe4
25. ...Bxe4

 
26. Qxe4
26. Qxe4, and as expected...

 
26... Qc3
26. ...Qc3.

 
27. Kc1
from here on, I'm on the run and will resign in 6 moves.

 
27... Rbd8 28. h4 Rac8 29. h5 Qa1+ 30. Kd2 Rxc2+ 31. Ke3 Bg5+ 32. Kf3 Rxd3+
32. ...RxB
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33. Qxd3
33. QxR

 
33... Qf6+
33. ...Qf6+. I Resign. All routes lead to either immediate checkmate or to being pushed down to the first two ranks to checkmate. Thank you to dynamic_dv for playing. Good game. Comments from club members appreciated.
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