How did I let this game slip away?

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16th July 2008, 01:49am

by karljt
United Kingdom

Member Since: Aug 2007
Member Points: 39

I haven't played chess for a long time and made a big effort to try to win this one but from being three pawns up at one stage I let it slip away. I feel like I am particularly weak during the end game. Any advice would be appreciated.

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16th July 2008, 10:48am

by Kurisutofaa
New York City United States

Member Since: Jun 2008
Member Points: 2

You had a lot of opportunities to mate him. The biggest one that you should have seen was 31. Qf5#. You should probably try working on finding checkmates.

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16th July 2008, 11:11am

by NM tonydal
United States

Member Since: Oct 2007
Member Points: 4246

27 Qh7+ mates in a couple moves (also on move 28).

30 d5+ appears to win. 30... cd 31 Rb6+ Qxb6 (31... Bc6 32 Rxc6+ Kd7 33 Qg6) 32 Qh6+ Ke7 33 Nxd5 mate. Or 30... Kd6 31 Qh6+ Kc5 (31... Ke7 32 d6 mate) 32 Qe3+ Kd6 33 Rf6+ Ke7 34 Qxe5 mate.

34 fe/Q+ wins a piece.

I think earlier you should've unpinned your knight as quickly as possible (say with 25 Kf1). The sooner it could jump into the fray, the better.

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