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I believe my opponent is now in a resign-able position after I forced the exchange of queen and rook. The moderate material advantage I had before is now a monster, and he has no pieces left to launch a counterattack.
[White "SG"] [Black "NN"] 1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 dxc4 4. e4 Nf6 5. Bg5 Be7 6. Nc3 a6 7. a4 b6 8. Bxc4 Bb7 9. Qe2 O-O 10. O-O Nc6 11. Rfd1 h6 12. Bh4 Na5 13. Ba2 Nxe4 {Oops, I missed this.} 14. Nxe4 Bxh4 15. b4 {Time to confuse the issue.} Nc6 16. d5 {I'll try and mess with the Q since she's holding the B on h4.} exd5 17. Bxd5 Qe7 18. Rac1 {Almost looks like I'm getting the pawn on c7.} Rad8 {Well, isn't that special. I can't win the N because he'll play ...RxR+ and pull my Rc1 away.} 19. Ng3 {I bet it all on him having trouble untangling the Qside in the ending.} Qxe2 20. Nxe2 Be7 21. b5 axb5 22. axb5 Na5 23. Bxb7 Rxd1+ 24. Rxd1 Nxb7 25. Nf4 Nd6 {I think ...Bd6 was better. The N could have gone to c5 and black hangs on to the extra pawn.} 26. Nd5 Bd8 27. Nd4 Kh8 {I really don't get this.} 28. Rc1 Re8 29. Kf1 Re5 30. Nxc7 Bxc7 31. Rxc7 Rd5 {And now black's attempts to keep the extra P get him in trouble.} 32. Nc6 Rxb5 33. Rd7 Rd5 {? Self-pinning the N can't be right. But black still thinks he can win.} 34. Nd8 {And now, thanks to the ...Kh8 move earlier, Nxf7 is a check and thus he doesn't have ...Rd4 and ...Nb5 as a resource.} Rd1+ 35. Ke2 Rg1 {So he decides to split my pawns.} 36. Rxd6 Rxg2 37. h3 Kg8 38. Rxb6 Kf8 39. Nc6 f6 40. Nd4 Kf7 41. Rb7+ Kg6 {Black has managed to give me a nice target on g7. But first, I'll bring the K over to guard the h-pawn.} 42. Kf3 Rg1 43. Ne6 Kh7 44. h4 h5 {OK, I can't improve the King or advance pawns anymore, so off I go with the intended...} 45. Rxg7+ Rxg7 46. Nxg7 Kxg7 47. Kf4 Kg6 48. f3 {Then again, sometimes it is a good thing that you did not advance all your pawns.} Kg7 49. Kf5 Kf7 50. f4 Ke7 {The best try. ...Kg7? is just waiting to die.} 51. Kg6 Ke6 52. Kxh5 Kf5 53. Kh6 Kxf4 54. h5 Kg4 {Lucky for me, he cannot get further down the board, like to g3. There is a book draw with an f-pawn if his K can get to the h1 corner.} 55. Kg6 f5 56. h6 f4 57. h7 f3 58. h8=Q Kg3 59. Qh1 { No corner for you!} Kf2 60. Kg5 Ke2 61. Kg4 f2 62. Qg2 {Standard stuff for Q vs. P. Using pins and checks, the K will be forced in front of his pawn, giving white's K time to close in.} Ke1 63. Qg3 Ke2 64. Qf3+ Ke1 65. Qe3+ { ...and the pawn falls with mate shortly after. 1-0. }
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16 Oct '13 23:411 edit