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21. Bxe5
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OK stop! Black has two ways of recapturing on e5 - knight or rook. Which is best and why? |

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21... Nxe5
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This way of course - she has to protect f7. |
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22. Rf5
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So I hit e5 again. |
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22... Bxc3
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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
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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
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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
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Rather than take back and double my pawns, I decide to get rid of her strong knight. |

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24... Rxe5
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She takes my rook. |

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25. Qxe5
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I take back. |

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

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

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

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28. Qb4
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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
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She avoids the queen exchange. |

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29. Qb5
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I advance my queen. |
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29... a6
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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
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So I went to c5 |

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

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