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ANNOTATED GAME

Challenge from cognitive_bias
cognitive_bias (1880) vs. charleshiggie (2048)
Annotated by: charleshiggie (2222)
Chess opening: Sicilian (B30), Nimzovich-Rossolimo attack (without ...d6)
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41. g3
He removes the pawn from g2, but weakens his h3 pawn.

 
41... Nf5
I attack g3, e3 and d4, although the only one not protected is e3.

 
42. Kf2
His king comes up to protect.
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42... Kf6
My king comes across.

 
43. Nxf5
He takes.
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43... Bxf5
I take back hitting h3. He has problems here. Kg2 means his king is very passive, while my king can just walk into the queen side and win. H3-h4 leaves his king side pawns weak and perhaps vulnerable to my king. He decides to give up a pawn, which may be his best plan.

 
44. Ke1
Instead he goes after my pawn.

 
44... Bxh3
So I take, leveling the material.

 
45. Kd2
he attacks my pawn.

 
45... Bf5
I protect it.

 
46. b4
Perhaps trying to get something going on the queen side?
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46... g5
And I do something similar on the king side.

 
47. Ng1
King comes back to defend.

 
47... h4
I push on.

 
48. gxh4
He takes.

 
48... gxh4
I take back.

 
49. a4
He pushes on the queen side again.
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49... Ke6
This is a mistake. If Ke5? he at least draws with Nf3+. The big question is, would 49. Ke7 win for black? PGCA gives Ke7 50. b5 axb5 51. axb5 Kd7 52. Kc1 Kc7 53. Kb2 Kb6 54. Kc1 Be4 55. Nh3 Bg6 56. Nf2 Kxb5 57. e4 h3 58. Kxc2 h2 as best for both sides. After 58. Kxc2 we have a total of 6 pieces left which can be analysed perfectly using the endgame database, and it tells me that the position is drawn, it is still draws, unless there is an improvement in that line somewhere?
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50. Nf3
Knight comes up.
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50... h3
Pawn advances.

 

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