Nice game! Really good example of the importance of pawn structure matching the strengths/weaknesses of your minors.
Black knight rules
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As Monty Python has so admirably shown us, the Black Knight never surrenders.
nice game; good minor piece play. I don't understand why white goes out of the way to keep the position closed with moves like 36. b5? when his bishop is already so useless.36. bxc5 also gives black an isolated pawn so some potential weakness for white to work on. By move 44, white is in complete zugzwang!
nice play!
That's possible, but his rooks were tied down to defending his own king. My queen was just lurking in the mist waiting for the right time to strike.
Gambitking: nice game. Very complicated and your play after BxD3 was spectacular. (The RxH5 lines are particularly stunning).
Still, I disagree with your evaluation on 24 RxD3. I think white is perfectly fine after 24 ...QG4 25 QD1!. White's attention now focuses on the suddenly weak E Pawn which is suddenly impossible to hold. With this in mind, the only way to hold the game, at least in my mind, is to attack, but white's pieces coordinate to keep the position under wraps, especially when factoring in the backrank mate threats.
For example: 25 ...NE5!? allows white to draw by force. 26: RxP Nf3+ 27: Kf2 KtXH3+ 28 KG1 Nf3+ Kf1 29 NxQ RxQ NC2 30: RxN! PxR 31: RC4 with a drawn rook and pawn endgame. Of course, white can also play to win with Kf1 but this is much more unclear. Other options aside from this Knight maneuver give white a clear lead.
25... Rd1? 26 RxP! and the queen must retreat to protect your back rank, leaving you with an isolated pawn. 25 ...Re1? 26: RxD3! and again, black is saddled with an isolated pawn.
This game shows the the power of the black knight over the bishop. Comment and rate. I will also be commenting as the game goes on. Thanks in advance
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