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ANNOTATED GAME

4 Queens and a mystery!
charleshiggie (2072) vs. brigadecommander (2371)
Annotated by: charleshiggie (2222)
Chess opening: Nimzo-Indian (E44), Fischer variation, 5.Ne2
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21. Bxe5
OK stop! Black has two ways of recapturing on e5 - knight or rook. Which is best and why?

 
21... Nxe5
This way of course - she has to protect f7.
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22. Rf5
So I hit e5 again.
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22... Bxc3
Nicely timed by my lovely opponent! If I take e5, she can now recapture with the bishop. So I have to recapture the bishop.
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23. bxc3
I'd love to say that I foresaw this when I played 12. Rb1 - but quite honestly I would be lying!
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23... Bxd5
And now she removes the other half of my cavalry. My last move had discovered an attack on her bishop.
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24. Rxe5
Rather than take back and double my pawns, I decide to get rid of her strong knight.

 
24... Rxe5
She takes my rook.

 
25. Qxe5
I take back.

 
25... Be6
She moves her bishop to safety.

 
26. Qxc5
I recapture my pawn.
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26... Rb8
She challenges my rook.

 
27. Rxb8
I take.
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27... Qxb8
She takes back.

 
28. Qb4
I offer the exchange of queens. We now have a very level looking ending. Indeed PMCA gives this position as level. How she manages to turn this position into a winning position with just a few moves is almost a work of black magic! Where on earth did I go wrong?
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28... Qd8
She avoids the queen exchange.

 
29. Qb5
I advance my queen.
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29... a6
She attacks it. Now if I take the pawn, I was a bit afraid of Qb8 and her penetrating on the b file. I thought on c5 my queen could protect my weaknesses better. Maybe just dropping it back to b4 was better. What do you think dear reader?
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30. Qc5
So I went to c5

 
30... Qb8
She takes control of the b file.

 

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