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ANNOTATED GAME

Shropshire 2 v Wood Green MM 2
Chirag Guta (1922) vs. Charles L Higgie (1945)
Annotated by: charleshiggie (2222)
Chess opening: King's Indian, 3.Nf3 (E60)
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21. dxe6
He takes back. Now if Bxe6 then 22. Ng5 attacking both my queen and bishop, forcing say Qc8 or Qe8 then 23. Nxe6 Qxe6 24. Bd5 and I am losing my queen, but I have a far better move.

 
21... Bc6
This, and his queen is tied to protecting f3.
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22. e7
He attacks my rook.
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22... Re8
I move my rook.

 
23. Qe2
He protects his pawn.

 
23... Bxb2
This looked good. My computer points out a fascinating variation here. 24. Qe6+ Kh8 25. Ng5 Bxg2 26. Qf7 Bg7 27. Ne6 Rg8 28. Nc7 Qe4 29. e8=Q Rxe8 30. Nxe8 Qb7 31. Nxd6 Qxf7 32. Nxf7+ Kg8 33. Kxg2 Kxf7 and white has a rook for bishop and two pawns - probably a drawing balance. For this reason, my computer doesn't like Bxb2 and prefers Kh8, Bf6 or e5.
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24. Qxb2
Luckily my opponent didn't see that!
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24... Bxf3
So we go in for this line.

 
25. Bxf3
He takes.

 
25... Qxf3
I regain the piece.

 
26. Re1
He protects the pawn.
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26... Kf7
I attack it again.

 
27. Qb5
Attcking c4
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27... Qd5
My queen is nicely centralised now.
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28. Qd7
His queen doesn't achieve much here, but it is getting hard for him now.

 
28... c3
So I just push.
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29. g4
Rather a desperate king-side fling.

 
29... c2
So I push again.

 
30. g5
And so does he. I would love to play Qd1 now, but he has 31. Qe6+ Kg7 32. Qf6+ Kg8 33. Qe6+ with a perpetual check and a draw. My computer now suggests the stunning moves Qe4! or Qe5! as the quickest ways of winning.
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30... f4
But this looked good too.

 

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