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ANNOTATED GAME

Going toe to toe against a master
rookie879 (1500) vs. Luke Miller (2200)
Annotated by: rookie879 (1200)
Chess opening: King's Indian (A48), London system
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30... Qa5
Preventing Rc7
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31. Rc5
31. Qc2 with the intent of 32. Qc7 was preferable in this position
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31... Qb6 32. Qc2
This still is good for White now. 33. Rc7 is inevitable. The pawn doesn't matter right now, White has more than enough compensation for that pawn due to his superior pieces
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32... a5 33. Rc7
Black is starting to feel the heat
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33... Rd8
? A losing move! 33...Be8 was necessary to protect the Bishop here. However...
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34. Rb7
? White misses the winning move! 34. Nb7! wins the Bishop. Black should continue 34...Bc6 35. Nxd8 Qxc7 but 36. Nxc6 followed by Nd4 wins for White. This close to taking him down... This move still reaches a draw however.
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34... Qc6
Only move. Something like 34...Qa6 would fail to 35. Rxd7 Rxd7 36. Qc8+

 
35. Qxc6 Bxc6 36. Rxf7 Rxd6
Hoping for 37. exd6 Kf7 where White is down a piece
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37. Rxg7+
An in between move that sends the game into a drawn position
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37... Kxg7 38. exd6 Kf6
Getting the King into the center

 
39. Bf4 h5 40. Be3
40. Bd2 was better, winning a tempo with 40...a4 41. Bb4

 
40... Ke5 41. Bb6
White wastes more time

 
41... a4 42. Bc7 Kd4
Black's king position is much better now but this is still a draw...

 
43. Kf1 Kd3 44. Ke1 Kc2
44... Bxg2?? 45. d7

 
45. d7
Necessary. Black cannot win the pawn on b2.

 
45... Bxd7 46. Be5 b4 47. Ke2
I was running really low on time at this point, about 6 minutes left on my clock to his 15
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47... a3 48. bxa3 bxa3
White's Bishop is going to sacrifice himself for that a pawn
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49. Ke3 g5 50. f4
Also drawing was 50. g4, fixing the g pawn on a dark square so Black's bishop cannot defend it

 
50... g4 51. hxg4 hxg4
The critical juncture in the game

 
52. g3
?? A bonehead move that throws away the draw. 52. Kf2 wins the g pawn and in turn, draws the game. 52. Kf2 a2 53. Kg3 Kb1 54. Kxg4 a1=Q 55. Bxa1 Kxa1 is a line that could happen. Black's king is too far away to support his own pawns. White could play 56. Kf3 followed by g4 and f5 to trade for Black's last pawn. 52...Be8 is too slow 53. Kg3 Bh5 54. Kh4 wins the g-pawn. I had Kf2 in my sights but my calculations were all jittery and full of anxiety and I miscalculated the position of the Black Bishop
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