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Originally posted by c guy1
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Total Points (Max possible 50)

24 Points: Stives
23 Points:Rahim
19 Points:
17 Points: cguy1
14 Points:
13 Points:
11 Points: BLReid
10 Points:
9 Points:
8 Points: Golub
7 Points: Schakuhr
6 Points:
5 Points: OctopusBoy
4 Points: Wormwood, Shinidoki, TheGambit
3 Points: Chesswick,Zebano, CrazyLilTing, ngkabra
2 points: tomtom232, Mahout, Khan
1 point: Sickboy, Loki74
O points: flexmore

odd....i guess white is going for mate rahter than seccuring material...
31. Nh4 "forcing" mate
31....Rxd5...stops immediate mate due to insufficient pieces...but now white has a passed pawn and the (if Bg4 then Nxg4+ hxg4 Rxd8 Rc1+ Kf2 and white is comfortable)

31.Nf8 threaening check,ate with Rh7 next move.
31....Rxf8 preventing the mate

2 mins

31. Ngf8 .... Threatening Mate Rh7
31. ...Re7 challenging the rook on 7th rank

31. Nf8.. Re7
5 mins

31.Nh4 Rxd5

31.Nh4 threatening 32.Nf5#
31...Rxd5 to stop the immediate mate.

(3 mins)

31.Nf8! Rxf8

5 minutes.

Call me crazy but that's the move I think!

Edit:I see i'm not crazy! Nh4 I didn't even see, nice job fellows.

Anyone else? Couple hours left.

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. e3 Nf6 4. Nf3 e6 5. Nbd2 Nbd7
6. Bd3 Be7 7. O-O O-O 8. Qc2 dxc4 $2 9. Nxc4 c5 10. Nce5 cxd4 11. exd4 Nb6 12.
Ng5 g6 13. Ngf3 Kg7 14. Bg5 Nbd5 15. Rac1 Bd7 16. Qd2 Ng8 17. Bxe7 Qxe7 18. Be4
Bb5 19. Rfe1 Qd6 20. Bxd5 exd5 21. Qa5 $1 a6 22. Qc7 Qxc7 23. Rxc7 h6 24. Rxb7
Rac8 25. b3 Rc2 26. a4 Be2 27. Nh4 $1 h5 28. Nhxg6 Re8 29. Rxf7+ Kh6 30. f4 a5
31. Nh4 Rxe5 *

Total Points (Max possible 52)

26 Points: Stives
23 Points:Rahim
19 Points: cguy1
17 Points:
14 Points:
13 Points:
11 Points: BLReid
10 Points:
9 Points:
8 Points: Golub
7 Points: Schakuhr
6 Points:
5 Points: OctopusBoy
4 Points: Wormwood, Shinidoki, TheGambit
3 Points: Chesswick,Zebano, CrazyLilTing, ngkabra
2 points: tomtom232, Mahout, Khan
1 point: Sickboy, Loki74
O points: flexmore

Stives and cguy1 on the money once again. Gonna have to work hard to catch you and only several moves left.

I'll kump back in now that I've missed half the dang game!

32. fxR Bg4 (or resigns, which would be appropriate here I think)

1 minute.

fxe4--not dxe4 cause black will also have a passed pawn
Bg4-looks useful, perhaps it will aid in protecting the king

EDITE: BTW what are the dollar $s for by some of the moves in your annotation. Did everyone get those moves wrong?