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ANNOTATED GAME

My first time against the polish
nikolaculik (1164) vs. belacqua17 (1399)
Annotated by: belacqua17 (1200)
Chess opening: Polish (Sokolsky) opening (A00)
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13. O-O Bh6 14. Nbc3 Nf6
bringing the attack to the kingside

 
15. a4
trying to establish a pawn queening threat down the side of the board

 
15... O-O 16. b5
continues to push pawns, making me a little nervous

 
16... Nd5 17. a5 Nb4
attempting to stop those annoying pawns

 
18. a6 Nc2
attacks a defender of the pawns

 
19. Ra4
bring the rook to safety, maintaining the pawns, and trapping my knight

 
19... Nxe3
i decide to trade the knight for 2 pawns and postion

 
20. dxe3 Bxe3+ 21. Kh1 Qh4
for some reason, neither of us noticed that my queen was hanging, lucky for me

 
22. Ba3 Bf4
saving the queen

 
23. g3
looks devastating, but the queen can sidestep and attack the rook

 
23... Qh3 24. Rf2 Be3
while Rh4 does trap the queen...

 
25. Rh4 Bxf2
!!! he resigns because if rook takes then 26. Bxf3#, else, 26. Qe1 followed by 27. Ng1 and 27. Qxg1#

 

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