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ANNOTATED GAME

Challenge from frederickrose
frederickrose (814) vs. falco99 (633)
Annotated by: lord_shiva (1898)
Chess opening: Van't Kruijs opening (A00)
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39... Qc2+
Wrong. Qd4+. Always look for forks and pins. Forks and pins bleed out opponents.

 
40. Kg3
Ok, now Qc3+. Free rook!

 
40... Qd1
What does this do? It is nothing.

 
41. Rxh7
Ok, black wants to play Qd3+, except the knight must be driven off that square first. So e5 pushes the knight.
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41... Qe1+ 42. Kg4 Qd1+ 43. Kh4 Kc6 44. h3 Qe1+ 45. Kg4 Qg1+ 46. Kh4 Kb6
Black was better off with the king protecting the d pawn and moving the rook back onto the first rank.

 
47. Kh5 Ra8
Now d7 is undefended.

 
48. Rxd7 Qc1
Oh my word. Black just sacrificed the queen with Nd5+. White’s black bishop picks off the biddy for a knight.
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49. Nxe6
NO! Black seizes the bishop with Rh8!

 
49... Qh1
[Hold ps head in hands.]

 
50. Bf4
White loses the knight and remaining pawn, not in that order.

 
50... Rb8
Or not. Why Qxh3+ followed by Qxe6 wasn’t obvious eludes me.
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51. Kh4 Rh8+
Reasonable.

 
52. Kg4 Rxh3
No. Qxh3 is followed by seizing the knight. Mate is pretty close.

 
53. Rd6+ Kb5 54. Nc7+ Ka5 55. Rxa6+
Nice.

 
55... Kb4 56. Bd2+ Kc4 57. Ra4+ Kd3 58. Bf4 Rh2
Oops. White may think a bishop/rook trade advantageous.
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59. Ra3 Rg2+ 60. Kf3
Nope. Ra2+ and white loses a rook. (Discovered check by the queen).

 
60... Rg1+
Ok, force mate. Kf2, Qg2#. Even better!

 
61. Kf2 Qh4+
Blunder. Trade rook for bishop? The noise was on the king’s neck, and he was teetering on the scaffold. Black cut the rope.

 
62. Kf3
Ok. Qg4+, Kf2, Qg2#. So simple.

 
62... Rf1+ 63. Kg2 Qxf4 64. Rxb3+ Kd2 65. Rb2+ Kd1 66. Nd5 Qe4+ 67. Kxf1 Qxd5 68. Rb1+ Kd2 69. Rb2+ Ke3 70. Re2+ Kf4 71. Rf2+ Ke5 72. Re2+ Kd6 73. Kf2 Qa2
BLUNDER! AH! Black just sacrificed the queen.

 

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