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Najdorf yadayada yada

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Najdorf yadayada yada

kibitzing welcome.
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Still going, but seriously seeing it live just makes all the difference
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[Event "ICC"]
[Site "Internet Chess Club"]
[Date "2011.01.06"]
[White "Superbunny"]
[Black "Pablito15"]
[Result "0-1"]
[TimeControl "5 0"]

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1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6

The standard starting position for the Najdorf defence. This Black Sicilian defence is regarded as one of the sharper variations. Solid developing moves are always to be recommended against players who know more theory. It is true that developing the light square bishop conservatively will give White no real advantage, but its better then walking into a sharp system totally unprepared.



[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "rnbqkb1r/1p2pppp/p2p1n2/8/3NP3/2N5/PPP1BPPP/R1BQK2R b KQkq - 1 6"]

6... Qc7 7. O-O e6 8. Kh1 b5 9. f4 Nbd7 10. Bf3 e5 11. Nf5 Bb7 12. a4 b4 13. Nd5
Nxd5 14. exd5 g6 15. Ne3 exf4 16. Ng4 O-O-O 17. Bxf4 f5 18. Nh6 Ne5 19. c3 bxc3
20. Rc1 Kb8 21. Rxc3 Qg7 22. Bxe5

Terrible!
The sort of move that makes you wonder if your own brain is connected to its eye sockets. This completely needless and pointless exchange throws away any edge for white. More importantly it now leaves the white Knight without a defender. An absolute lemon shocker!




[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "1k1r1b1r/1b4qp/p2p2pN/3PBp2/P7/2R2B2/1P4PP/3Q1R1K b - - 0 22"]

22... dxe5 23. Qc1 Qxh6 24. Qc2 Bd6 25. Qb3 e4 26. Rc6

Here both players are in severe time trouble. Nevertheless, this is no excuse for the comedy that now ensures. Moving the Rook to the c6 square misses the obvious point of e4 i.e Mate in 1. A classic case of chess blindness occurs which is not completely unheard of in 5 minute chess. Count how many moves the mate is left on the board here. Ridonkulous!



[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "1k1r3r/1b5p/p1Rb2pq/3P1p2/P3p3/1Q3B2/1P4PP/5R1K b - - 1 26"]

26... Ka8 27. Rb6 Rd7 28. Be2 Rc8 29. Bxa6 Rc1 30. Bxb7 Rxb7 31. Ra6 Kb8 32. Qc4
Qxh2 #

Pablito mates with less then a second on his own clock, and thankfully stops the audience from pulling out the rest of their own hair in disbelief. At this point Match scores were level 1-1 although the kibitzing could only get better.
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[Event "ICC"]
[Site "Internet Chess Club"]
[Date "2011.01.06"]
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[Black "Pablito15"]
[Result "1-0"]
[TimeControl "5 0"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6
6. f4 e6 7. Nb3 b5 8. Bd3 Bb7 9. Qe2 Nbd7 10. Bd2 Be7
11. O-O-O Qc7 12. g4 Nc5 13. Nxc5 Qxc5 14. g5 Nd7 15. h4 Nb6
16. Rhe1 b4 17. Nd5 exd5 18. exd5 Nxd5 19. Be4 Qc7 20. Bxd5 Bxd5
21. Bxb4 Bc4 22. Qe4 O-O 23. Qxe7 Qb6 24. Qxd6
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[Event "ICC 5 0 u"]
[Site "Internet Chess Club"]
[Date "2011.01.06"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Superbunny"]
[Black "Pablito15"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B95"]
[WhiteElo "1821"]
[BlackElo "1296"]
[Annotator "Doe,John"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "2011.??.??"]
[TimeControl "300"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd2 $6 Be7 (
7... h6 $1 8. Be3 Be7 {Flexible- the bishop probably belongs here.}) 8. f3 {A
lot of people play with this as a universal setup against every type of
sicilian. It cuts out all of the Najdorf themes for black and white (no e5/f5
push, no pressure on e4, no threats on h1-a8) and is just =. Normally I double
up on the c-file, play Nbd7-e5 and maybe b4/Nc4, BxN, QxN then b4} Nbd7 9. Bc4
Ne5 10. Bb3 {h6 STILL good, which would cut out a lot of thematic sacs after b5
} Qc7 11. O-O-O b5 {Fritz gives Ndxb5 as the best move here. Should've
recognised the h6 themes with the Queen on d2} 12. Bxf6 gxf6 13. Rhe1 Bd7 (
13... Bb7 $6 14. Bxe6 fxe6 15. Nxe6 Qa5 $15) 14. Qh6 O-O-O {0.00/0 14...b4} (
14... b4 $1 15. Qg7 $2 O-O-O 16. Nce2 Rdg8) 15. Kb1 Rhg8 16. g4 Kb8 17. h3 a5
$4 {f3 is not on as the knights take with tempo on the Q. even without that a
rook lift makes that move look crap} (17... b4 18. Na4 $2 Qa5) 18. a4 (18.
Ncxb5) 18... bxa4 19. Nxa4 Rc8 20. Re3 Bxa4 {1.05/0 20...Qa7} 21. Bxa4 Qc4 {1.
94/0 21...Rg6} 22. Rb3+ Ka8 23. Bb5 Qc7 24. Qd2 Rb8 {2.79/0 24...Bd8} 25. f4
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[Event "ICC 5 0 u"]
[Site "Internet Chess Club"]
[Date "2011.01.06"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Superbunny"]
[Black "Pablito15"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "1821"]
[BlackElo "1296"]
[Annotator "Doe,John"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "2011.??.??"]
[TimeControl "300"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. f3 Qc7 7. Be3 b5 8. Qd2
Nbd7 9. O-O-O Bb7 10. Nf5 g6 11. Nh6 Rc8 12. g3 {0.09/0 12.a3} Ne5 13. Be2 {-0.
73/0 13. Bh3} b4 14. Na4 {-1.52/0 14.Nd5} Bxh6 $5 {-4.00/0 My idea was: Bxe4,
fxe4, Nxe4! When the only move Qd3 meets with Nf2 fork. I was focussed on the
f2 fork and missed that d3 is covered by my other knight so it's just game
over after fxe4??} (14... Bxe4 $3 15. fxe4 Nxe4 16. Qd3) 15. Bxh6 Bxe4 $1 16.
c3 Bxf3 $2 {-2.07/0 16...Nxf3} (16... Bc6 $3) 17. Rhe1 (17. Bxf3 Nxf3 18. Qe2
Ne5 19. Bg7 Rg8 20. Bxf6 exf6 21. Qxa6) 17... Ne4 $5 {-3.01/0 17...bxc3} (17...
bxc3 18. Nxc3 {-2.89/12 2} Ne4 {-2.89/11 3} 19. Qc2 Nxc3 20. bxc3) 18. Qe3 {-1.
12/0 18.Qd4} bxc3 19. Nxc3 {-2.54/0 19.b3} Nxc3 {-4.11/0 19...Qa5} 20. bxc3
Qxc3+ 21. Qxc3 Rxc3+ 22. Kb2 Rc6 23. Bg7 Bxe2 24. Rxe2 Nc4+ 25. Kb3 Rg8 26. Bf6
e6 27. Rd4 Na5+ 28. Ka4 Rc4+ {-2.54/0 what a moron!} 29. Kxa5 {Black forfeits
on time} 1-0

Kolak system gives black a lot of play usually down the c-file and and with the easy squares for the d7 knight. "play" in the sicilian usually turns into initiative pretty quickly for black imo
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Good work Dave! These games are pretty consistent with my feelings on the Najdorf as a whole: it's a position where white has to go for the jugular immediately; any lines with moves like Kh1 or f3 (or even the older lines with a3 to stop black's b-pawn) end up not even with equality as black takes the initiative by getting either the liberating d5 or play down the c-file.

In the old theory white would often play moves like a3, to slow down black's threats, nowadays aggressive moves which deny black any chance to set up equalising moves like d5 are preferred- the immediate attack with f5 is the most common, or Nd5 sacs:

The most popular 13. f5 (N. McDonald V Bronstein)- a game I annotated on my blog ages ago when I was just starting to try to beat the hedgehog.
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1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 e6 7. f4 Nbd7 8. Qf3 {Developing with a tempo (of sorts)- this move is good because it slows down black’s game-plan whilst developing, and forces his hand a little; b5 now must be prepared with:} Qc7 {Covering b7.} 9. O-O-O Be7 10. g4 b5 11. Bxf6 { Building the attack with tempo- by trading his g5 bishop white frees that square for a pawn, gaining the g4-g5 push with tempo.} Nxf6 12. g5 Nd7 13. f5 $5 {White’s plan is to weaken e6 and then hit it from all angles! It is a sharp line, slightly less sharp but &quot;objectively stronger&quot; would be h4, then f5. The problem with the prepatory h5 is that it allows the developing Bb7, which also pins white’s e4.} (13. h4 Bb7 14. f5 Ne5 15. Qh5) 13... Bxg5% 14. Kb1 Ne5 $1 {A strong intermezzo- bringing the knight to e5 while the Queen is still on f3 to be hit with tempo.} 15. Qh5 $1 {&quot;Consistent with the theme of pressuring e6.&quot; White’s big plan is to &quot;dismember the hedgehog&quot; (McDonald’s words not mine) and win the d5 square for his c3 knight. This Queen move pins f7 and attacks the g5 bishop. After Bf6, Nxe6! (forcing black to give up the light squared bishop), Bxe6, fxe6, white is ready to play Nd5 and his strategy has worked: he has got the light squared bishop off the board and removed any black pawn control of d5- which is a common idea in many versions of the Sicilian for white, especially the Sozin attack.} Qe7 {The black Queen is now overworked, protecting g5 and e6, so White could (should?) have continued with his Nxe6 plan, he chose to keep building the attack with:} 16. Rg1 (16. Nxe6 Bxe6 17. fxe6 g6 18. exf7% 18. Nxf7) 16... h6 {Black is at the mercy of this white build-up as it’s all done with tempo, and exf5 opening the lines looks better for white given black’s King position (which castling may/may not improve!)} 17. fxe6 (17. Nxe6 $4 {This now loses the knight to an intermezzo.}) 17... g6 18. exf7% Qxf7 19. Qe2 O-O {Black now threatens Qf2, when his KS pawn majority and bishop pair look easier to profit from.} 20. Nf5 $3 {A very creative move and exemplary attacking play from McDonald: (1) If black takes with the g-pawn white has h5, hitting the pinned bishop. (2) if Black plays to win a pawn with Bxf5, exf5, Qxf5: white’s attack will advance by: Bg7! (developing with tempo hitting the a8 rook) Rd8, Bd5%2B, Kh8 {and now the knight will come to the square the e4 pawn has just vacated with Ne4} gxf5 (20... Bxf5 21. exf5 Qxf5 22. Bg2 Rad8 23. Bd5%2B Kh8 24. Ne4) 21. h4 f4 $1 {A very strong move from Bronstein- this: (a) keeps the very obstructive white pawn on e4, which is currently not only taking a potentially good square from the c3 knight, but KILLING the f1 bishop. and (b) creates a strong passed pawn.} 22. hxg5 Bg4 $6 23. Rxg4 $2 {Might as well take the freebie on h6!} (23. gxh6 Kh8 (23... Qg6 24. Qf2) 24. Qg2 Bxd1 (24... Rg8 25. Rxd6) (24... b4 25. Nd5 Rg8 26. Rc1 Bf3 ( 26... a5 27. Qf2 Raf8 28. Qb6) 27. Qf2) 25. Qg7%2B Qxg7 26. hxg7%2B Kg8 27. gxf8=Q%2B Kxf8 28. Nxd1) 23... f3 24. Qd2 Nxg4 25. gxh6 {Threatening to win the knight.} Qf4 26. Qd4 Qxh6 27. Qg1 Qh4 {Defending the pinned knight and covering h3 which would be a killer bishop move!} 28. a4 Kh8 29. Qd4%2B Qf6 30. e5 Qf4 31. Qxd6 Rad8 32. Qxd8 Rxd8 33. Rxd8%2B Kg7 34. axb5 axb5 35. Rd7%2B Kh6 36. e6 Qe5 37. e7 Nf6 38. Rd3 f2 39. Nd1 Qxe7 40. Re3 Qc5 41. Bd3 Ng4 42. Rg3 Qd5 $3 { Brilliant stuff from a 71 year old Bronstein.} 43. Ne3 (43. Rxg4 $4 f1=Q 44. Bxf1 Qxd1%2B 45. Ka2 Qxg4) 43... Nxe3 44. Rxe3 Kg5 45. Kc1 Kf4 46. Rh3 Qe6 {If Rh1, mate in 2.} 0-1

For example our first game:

[Event "ICC 5 0 u"]
[Site "Internet Chess Club"]
[Date "2011.01.06"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Superbunny"]
[Black "Pablito15"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "1821"]
[BlackElo "1296"]
[Annotator "Doe,John"]
[PlyCount "37"]
[EventDate "2011.??.??"]
[TimeControl "300"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. a4

Normally when whtie plays a3 black has two ideas- (1) delay Bb7 and play Rb8 then push the b-pawn anyway, for example:

[Event "Teeside"]
[Site "Teeside"]
[Date "1972.??.??"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Bellin, Robert"]
[Black "Portisch, Lajos"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B99"]
[WhiteElo "2315"]
[BlackElo "2630"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "1972.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[Source "ChessBase"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 e6 7. f4 Be7 8. Qf3
Qc7 9. O-O-O Nbd7 10. g4 b5 11. Bxf6 Nxf6 12. g5 Nd7 13. a3 Rb8 14. h4 b4 15.
axb4 Rxb4 16. Bh3 Qc5 17. Nb3 Qb6 18. h5 Nc5 19. Nxc5 dxc5 20. g6 fxg6 21. hxg6
h6 22. Nd5 exd5 23. Bxc8 O-O 24. Qg4 Rxe4 25. Rde1 Bf6 26. c3 Qa5 27. Rxe4 dxe4
28. Kb1 Qc7 29. Bxa6 Kh8 30. Bc4 Rb8 31. Qg3 Qb6 32. Rh2 Qd6 33. Rc2 Ra8 34.
Qe3 Qc6 35. Re2 Qa4 0-1

Seeing you played a4 though, I don't think that idea applies and I should go for a second idea when white spends a move on the a-file to slow black down: black changes focus using the tempo to try organise a break in the centre.

[Event "ICC 5 0 u"]
[Site "Internet Chess Club"]
[Date "2011.01.06"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Superbunny"]
[Black "Pablito15"]
[Result "1-0"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "rnbqkb1r/1p2pppp/p2p1n2/8/P2NP3/2N5/1PP2PPP/R1BQKB1R b KQkq a3 0 6"]

6. Qc7 7. Be2 Nbd7 8.
O-O b6 9. Be3 Bb7 10. f3 e6 11. Qe1 Be7 12. Rd1 d5

For white, you have a stronger move than 12. Rd1 I think.

Qc7 is very inaccurate if i'm looking for d5. It's played to 1: stop e4-e5, and 2: support against the threat on the h1-a8 diagonal. Neither of which are present yet. Better would have been:

[Event "ICC 5 0 u"]
[Site "Internet Chess Club"]
[Date "2011.01.06"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Superbunny"]
[Black "Pablito15"]
[Result "1-0"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "rnbqkb1r/1p2pppp/p2p1n2/8/P2NP3/2N5/1PP2PPP/R1BQKB1R b KQkq a3 0 6"]

6. e5 7. Nf3 Nc6 8. Bc4
Be6 9. Bxe6 fxe6

[Event "ICC 5 0 u"]
[Site "Internet Chess Club"]
[Date "2011.01.06"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Superbunny"]
[Black "Pablito15"]
[Result "1-0"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "r3k2r/1bqnbppp/pp2pn2/3p4/P2NP3/2N1BP2/1PP1B1PP/3RQRK1 w kq - 0 13"]

13. exd5 Nxd5 14. Nxd5 Bxd5 15. b3 O-O 16. c4 Bb7 17. b4 Ne5 18. Bf4 Nxf3
19. Rxf3 1-0

Bit of a brain implosion to start us off. Instead of the dodgy Ne5 I should've just developed with Rfd8, or Rfc8.

Two general observations:

1) I felt very different playing against you when f4 was played. It's a totally different game. The setups with f3 are too unchallenging and black gets an easy game. With f4 on the board, even when you still made moves like Kh1, black has a lot more to think about. f3 he just goes on as he pleases.

I really need to learn how to defend against the pawn pushes properly.

2) I usually only play the Najdorf against weaker players. Reason being is that it requires aggressive and intelligent attacking play to be broken down, otherwise the initiative just passes to black.
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Good stuff in here
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In the sixth game, Black should prefer 6...e6 or 6...e5, which are the theoretically critical moves. Developing the queen to c7 is too committal because the queen may turn out to be better placed on another square. If Black wishes to develop his queen, he should play 6...Qb6 7.Nb3 e6, a very respectable alternative for Black.
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Game 2: shamefest

Hey guys,

ok so here's my comeback to chess after 2 weeks totally off. basking in the sun, drinking from coconuts and so on. Not too much attention should be paid to the middle game I suppose. It was neither najdorf-y or good!

[Event "ICC 5 0 u"]
[Site "Internet Chess Club"]
[Date "2011.01.06"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Superbunny"]
[Black "Pablito15"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B84"]
[WhiteElo "1821"]
[BlackElo "1296"]
[Annotator "Doe,John"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "2011.??.??"]

{An interesting game. 6. Be2 I believe is the sort of move Najdorf players
thrive against. It is a non forcing move- it makes no demands of black to
defend key squares in the centre (something I stupidly did anyway in this game
with 6. Qc7) and basically lets him continue as he pleases. In my view, the
only way to treat the najdorf is with a brutal, immediate onslaught, because
if you let a black player get into it, then the setup offers him a lot.} 1. e4
c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 {Black can play e5 now in
one go. White hasn't put the traditional pressure on d5 that Bc4 / c4 / Bg5
does, and black should be able to organise d6-d5.} Qc7 $6 {Unecessary. e4-e5
is not threatened, black has better moves. And the Queen may even be useful on
the d-file to help a d5 push!} (6... e5 {See Carlsen - Nepomniacht 2011}) 7.
O-O (7. Bg5 Nbd7 8. O-O {also possible}) 7... e6 $1 {Black musn't get too
cocky. The King is in the centre, and as with many of these Najdorf positions,
if black plays b5 too early whilst undeveloped, the white Queen can come to d5
with a double attack/strong tempo on the a1 rook. e5 here is not as strong
because after Nf5, black has to play Bxf5, and then he has a big problem
playing d5 (which is covered twice) and he has no light squared bishop. d6 is
then in trouble} (7... b5 $2 8. Nd5 Nxd5 9. exd5 Bb7 10. Re1 Bxd5 11. Nxb5 axb5
12. Qxd5 Nc6 13. Bxb5 Rc8 14. Bg5 h6 15. Bh4 $18) (7... e5 $2 8. Nf5 {0.66/10 3
} Bxf5 {0.66/11 5} (8... g6 $2 9. Bg5 Nfd7 10. Nd5 Qc6 11. Nfe7) 9. exf5 {0.66/
7 1}) 8. Kh1 $6 (8. f4 {nothing wrong with an immediate f4} b5 9. Bf3 e5 10.
Nf5) 8... b5 9. f4 Nbd7 $5 {This is easy for black. Reasons: There is no
threat of f4-f5. In the lines where black plays Bg5 and g2-g4-g5, the reason
is to take away the defender of d5, so f4-f5 cannot be met by e5 (or else
white's knight just jumps in to d5 with tempo). The knight on d7 covers the
e4-e5 push and black can calmly play Bb7 and maybe Rac8 and slowly up the
pressure.} (9... Bb7) 10. Bf3 (10. f5 e5 {0.14/9 3} 11. Nb3 {0.09/10 4} Bb7 $11
{0.09/10 3} 12. Bf3 {0.07/12 12} Rc8) (10. e5 $1 {The tactical continuation,
trying to make Nbd7 look wrong by forcing 11. Nxe5 because Nbd7 took away the
chance of the f-knight to retreat:} dxe5 11. fxe5 Nxe5 12. Bf4 Bd6 $4 13. Ndxb5
axb5 14. Nxb5 {Would be a thematic threat down the open d-file.}) 10... e5 $5 {
Not sure what is going on in my head here. There was nothing to fear from Bb7}
(10... Bb7 11. e5 dxe5 12. fxe5 Nxe5 13. Bxb7 Qxb7) 11. Nf5 Bb7 $5 {If I had
played b4! first, this would've come with tempo and white would be in a
difficult situation} (11... b4 {0.51/12 1} 12. Nd5 {0.51/10 7} Nxd5 {0.51/8 1}
13. exd5 Nc5 14. Nxd6+ Bxd6 15. fxe5 Bxe5 16. d6 Bxd6 17. Bxa8 {very tricky.
+- .80}) 12. a4 b4 13. Nd5 Nxd5 14. exd5 g6 15. Ne3 exf4 {why?} 16. Ng4 (16. Qd4 {
also possible given the open diagonal}) 16... O-O-O 17. Bxf4 f5 18. Nh6 Ne5 19.
c3 bxc3 20. Rc1 Kb8 21. Rxc3 Qg7 22. Bxe5 $2 dxe5 23. Qc1 $2 Qxh6 24. Qc2 Bd6
25. Qb3 e4 $1 26. Rc6 Ka8 $4 {In my defence I have 3 or 4 seconds left here}
27. Rb6 Rd7 $4 28. Be2 Rc8 $4 29. Bxa6 Rc1 $4 30. Bxb7+ Rxb7 $4 31. Ra6+ Kb8
32. Qc4 Qxh2 # $3 {Lesson learnt: When white does not make the normal attacking
moves, don't be so eager to play the normal defensive moves! Try to organise
the liberating breaks that the theoretical piece placements for white try to
slow down} 0-1
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