My BEST rapid game!

My BEST rapid game!

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#Pull the hippo out ---by liquanhao

This game is my favorite 10+0 game I've ever played. I sacrificed two bishops at last and crush my opponent's king. I was so excited after finding the way to "pull the hippo out"! 

This is the game line and I'm the white. My notes to the game is below the chess set. 


1. e4 c6 2. d4 e6 3. c4 d5 4. Nc3 Nf6 5. e5 Nfd7

"Garbage opening", white is absolutely better in the opening

6. Bd3 Be7 7. Nf3 g6 8. h4 O-O

I do like my idea to push the h pawn to hit black's weak pawn structure


9. h5 dxc4 10. Bxc4 Nb6 11. Bd3 Nd5 12. Bd2?! Nxc3

According to stockfish, 12.hxg6 is the best move and earlier the crazy attack I've shown later. But I can't find anything wrong in this solid move

13. bxc3 c5 14. Bh6 Re8 15. Qd2 cxd4 16. cxd4 Nc6

My main idea is to bring my king to the kingside and join the potential attack to black's king!

17. Qf4 Bb4+ 18. Kf1! Be7

I do like this move since I can't find any moves better, so does the stockfish. My king is now away from black's possible attack.

19. hxg6 fxg6 20. Bg7!! Bf8

I didn't spend a lot of time on this inhuman move because I think it's natural in some ways, since I want to bring my queen to h6 and it was stopped by my own bishop. Obviously I can't capture my own pieces so I have to give it up.

21. Bxg6!!

In fact I spent a lot of time on this move. I once thought that everything for black is defended. But I want to open up the h file in order to let my rook in the fight, so I sacrifice this useless bishop and crush into black's structure. I spent lot's of time calculating the way to mate here.

21...hxg6

if 21...Bg7 22.Qf7 Kh8 23.Rh8#.However, black can't avoid being mated!

22. Rh8+ Kxg7 23. Qh6+ Kf7 24. Rh7+ Bg7 25. Qxg7# 1-0