Another one that got away 06.10.2023

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I'm pretty sure I had a nice advantage in this one, I focussed too much on trying to win black's queen however and ulitmately it cost me losing a knight and then a bishop before I resigned.

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7. 0-0 loses a pawn

16. c4 and 17. d5 give me back the advantage

20. very wary of ...e4 (fork)

24. Nxe6 and I'm up a whole piece - how quickly things can change...

27. b4 - I thought I'd won the queen here but missed that black could simply take the pawn.

29. Rb5 looks good but the black queen can escape (Qa3) so my idea was to guard this square by playing 29. Qc3 - this of course gives up the knight on d4 and the game has slipped away.

30. Rd1 - a rushed move to try and force the queen away which is punished with 30... Qxf2+ winning my bishop.