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ANNOTATED GAME

golf2's mini-tournament no.1
afonsoz (1073) vs. beryonthethinker (1274)
Annotated by: afonsoz (936)
Chess opening: Philidor (C41), Berger variation
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30. axb5 Qxb5
The Queen was driven away for a pawn exchange.

 
31. Rb1
Protecting my b-pawn.

 
31... Qe8 32. Nf1
With this move, I tried to redeploy my Knight to a more useful square. My position is cramped, but the extra material compensates.

 
32... Qe7
Black insists in the Kingside attack.

 
33. g3 Qe6 34. Qe2
! The central move that unbalances the whole game. Black wasn't going for the exchange because of its material disadvantage. Suddenly, I get an open file, and I can start the offensive.

 
34... Qc6 35. Qf3
? Once again, Black refutes the exchange, but he could have won material with ... Qxf3 Rxf3 Bxf3.

 
35... Rd5
Instead of moving his queen, Black pinned his rook.

 
36. Ne3 Rfd8 37. Nxd5
Exchanging material was great to me!

 
37... Qa6
?? Why did he purposefully lose one rook for no compensation?

 
38. Qe2
This move prepares the attack, but unprotects the Bishop.

 
38... Bxd5 39. Qe5
SUddenly, White threatened mate! The whole point seemed close to me.

 
39... Rd7 40. Qh8+ Kf7 41. Qg7+ Ke8 42. Ba4
This move pins the rook. The scent of blood was more and more evident.

 
42... Bc6
Almost forced.

 
43. Bxc6 Qxc6 44. Re1+ Kd8 45. Qf8+ Kc7 46. Be5+
By constantly checking my opponent, I tried to win a material advantage.

 
46... Kb6 47. Bd4+ Ka6 48. Re7 Rd6 49. Qb8 Rd7 50. Qe8
!! This final position is beautiful. Black loses material and the game no matter what. Black resigned after seeing my final move.

 

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