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Annotated Game 5 - D44: Semi-Slav Defense: Botvinnik Variation

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AtahanT
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Hi.

This game is taken from a recent tournament I played.

Time controls: 90min+30sec, after 40 moves 30min+30sec added.

 

Themes: Semi-Slav Botvinnik Variation, Exposed King, Mating Net, Knight Outpost, Deflection, Fork

 

 

 

His last queen move complicates my plan:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The game however continued:

 

 

 

Is black holding it together?

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Here is the complete game with the actual ending:

 

 

Hope you liked it. Leave comments below. Thanks!

 

/AtahanT