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ANNOTATED GAME

US Chess 3|2 Blitz, Chess.com, 2024-11-27
john2001plus (1837) vs. mehrantimori (1475)
Annotated by: john2001plus (1762)
Chess opening: Reti opening (A06)
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27... Rd8 28. Ke3 Nc6
Maybe a time-pressure blunder.
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29. Rxc6
The game should be over, but the finish is interesting.

 
29... b5
White to play.

 
30. Rc8
Technically the best, but there are also 30. Rxa6, 30. Rc7. or 30. b4.

 
30... Rxc8 31. Nxc8 Kf8
White to play.

 
32. b4
Locking down the pawns. We could see moves like Nd6, followed by Nb7 and Nc5.

 
32... Ke8 33. Nd6+ Kd7 34. Nxf7 Ke7 35. Nd6 g6 36. Ke4 Kd7
White to play.
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37. d5 exd5+ 38. Kxd5 Ke7
Now 39. Nc8+ Kd7 40. e6+ Kxc8 41. Kd6 Kd8 42. e7+ Ke8 43. Ke6 h4 44. h3 a5 45. bxa5 b4 46. a6 b3 47. a7 bxa2 48. a8=Q# Or 39. e6 Kf6 40. Nc8 h4 41. e7 Kf7 42. Kd6 g5 43. Kd7 gxf4 44. e8=Q+ Kg7 45. Ne7 Kf6 46. Qg6+ Ke5 47. Nc6+ Kd5 48. Qe6#.
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39. g3 Kd7 40. h3 Ke7 41. g4 hxg4 42. hxg4 Kd7 43. f5 gxf5 44. gxf5 Ke7
White to play.

 
45. f6+ Kf8 46. e6 a5 47. e7+ Kg8 48. e8=Q+ Kh7
White to play and mate in 3.

 
49. Qf7+
Missing 49. Qh5+ Kg8 50. Qg6+ Kh7 (or Kf8) 51. Qg7#. Or 49. Nf5 a4 50. Qf7+ Kh8 51. Qg7#. Or 49. Qe5 axb4 50. Qg5 b3 51. Qg7#. Or 49. Qd7+ Kh6 50. Qf5 axb4 51. Nf7#. Or 49. Qe4+ Kh8 50. Qg2 Kh7 51. Qg7#.

 
49... Kh6
White to play and mate in 3.

 
50. Qg7+
Missing 50. Ne4 axb4 51. Qg7+ Kh5 52. Qg5#.

 
50... Kh5
There still is 51. Ne4 Kh4 52. Qg5+ or 52. Qg3+.

 
51. f7 axb4 52. f8=Q Kh4 53. Qfh8#

 

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