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ANNOTATED GAME

Don't disrespect the Bing!
mbingham (1739) vs. tag1153 (1350)
Annotated by: tag1153 (1700)
Chess opening: Nimzo-Indian (E34), classical, Noa variation
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18. Bxh7+
As intended.

 
18... Kf8
Move 3 of the combination. 18...Kh8 loses the Ne4 after 19. Bf6 !
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19. cxd4
Picks up a pawn and threatens the Ne5.

 
19... Bxg2
! Move 4 of the combination. I give myself the ! for the following reasons - 1) I'm not scared of a check by his dark squared bishop as I can easily evade to e7, which opens up my back rank for my major pieces to get mobile and swing over to the kingside to defend, and 2) black MUST take my Ne5 next move, because of the threat Nf3 which will win white's Bg5 AND could bring my queen into play via a6, which could be very painful for white. When white takes out my Ne5, I win a rook on move 20...BxR:)

 
20. dxe5
White sees all of this I'm sure, and plays along. He still has more than enough ammo directed at my king to perform the hit.

 
20... Bxh1
Move 5 of my little combo, and I have achieved my goal. I'm still in a boatload of trouble, but it did feel good to see this work out as I envisioned it..............

 
21. Ng6+
............! but I didn't envision this one! It was just a little beyond my horizon. White now has a beautiful mating net which involves four of his pieces vs. my lone king. While I hate losing as much as the next guy, it really was cool to be involved in such a pretty mate:)

 
21... Kg7
Forced.

 
22. Bf6+ Kh6
22...KxB would be followed by 23. Ne7 which loses my queen.

 
23. Qd2+ Kxh7
23...Kh5 would be followed by 24. Ne4 forcing me to move even closer to the grave.

 
24. Qg5
Threatening 25. Qh5 Kg8 26. Qh8#

 
24... Bf3
Last ditch effort to protect h5.

 
25. Nf8+
White shows that h5 is not even a consideration. Mate in 1.

 
25... Rxf8
Forced.

 
26. Qg7#
Bada BING! I humbly kiss the ring of my Godfather. If I gotta get whacked, I wanna get whacked like that! As for the Sopranos references - I just happen to be watching the latest episode as I annotate this:) Many thanks to mbingham for the lesson. I hope you enjoyed it:) - Thomas

 

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