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Was there a continuation for White?

Was there a continuation for White?

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I recently played this game OTB (I was White) and I resigned (blundered the Queen early) after seeing that the Black Bishop h3 could stop the mate that I thought I had with Be6. Was there a continuation for mate or possibly a draw for White?

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you could have tried Nxd4. although black still has an huge edge.

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Originally posted by 93confirmed
I recently played this game OTB (I was White) and I resigned (blundered the Queen early) after seeing that the Black Bishop h3 could stop the mate that I thought I had with Be6. Was there a continuation for mate or possibly a draw for White?

[fen]r1k4r/ppB1b1pp/8/1Np5/3pn3/P4NPb/B1q2P1P/R4RK1 w - - 0 1[/fen]
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Originally posted by Jusuh
you could have tried Nxd4. although black still has an huge edge.
I was looking at Nxd4 but what could I have gotten after that point? Wouldn't the continuation be ...cxd4, Rc1, Qxa2, B anywhere for check, etc at which point I can't see anything dangerous for Black unless the Queen moves to a dark square and gets attacked with a discovered check.