Game Overview:Back & forth game, lots of mistakes by both sides. At the end, white was easily winning, being up a Q vs. R, but then walked into a (nearly) forced mate, and white resigned.
[Event "Test"] [Site "TRCC"] [Date "2018.11.08"] [Round "-"] [White "Dave Douchette"] [Black "Robert Dalton"] [Result "0-1"] [WhiteElo "973"] [BlackElo "unr"] [ECO "D06"] [Opening "QGD"] [Variation "Marshall Defence"] {Annotation of game by Stephen Shoshin - Annotation of possible continuation after end of game by Steve DAg} 1.d4 d5 2.c4 Nf6 3.c5 Nc6 4.Nc3 e5 5.e3 Be7 6.h3 a6 7.b3 Bf5 8.f3 Nb4 9.e4 dxe4 10.g4 Bg6 11.a3 exd4 12.Nxe4 Nxe4 {black seems much stronger here, despite the knights on b4 and e4 being en pris} 13.axb4 {wrong knight to capture} Nf6 {missing an opportunity: in fact, when the “tag-team” father and son duo, Robert and Robby, went over the game, Robby came up with 13….Bh4+ 14.Ke3 Nc4+ winning the queen for a knight} 14.h4 Qd5 15.Bc4 Qe5+ 16.Ne2 d3 17.Bf4 Qxe2+ 18.Qxe2 dxe2 19.Bxe2 Nd5 20.Bd2 Bc2 21.Bc4 c6 22.Rc1 b5 23.Bxd5 {foregoing en passant. TYPO IN ORIGINAL NOTATION FOUND AND CORRECTED BY STEVE D - newsletter had written the wrong file by mistake for move 23: 23.Bxe5 cxe5} cxd5 24.Rxc2 Rc8 25.Be3 O-O 26.Ra2 Ra8 27.O-O Bxh4 28.c6 Rfc8 29.Rc1 Bd8 30.Bf4 Bb6+ 31.Kg2 Ra7 32.Rac2 a5 33.c7 a4 34.bxa4 bxa4 35.Rc6 Bd4 36.b5 a3 37.b6 Rb7 38.Rd6 Bxb6 39.Rd8+ Rxd8 40.c8=Q Rbd7 41.Qa6 Bd4 42.Rc8 a2 43.Rxd8+ Rxd8 44.Qxa2 h6 45.Bc7 Rd7 46.Qa8+ Kh7 47.Qc6 Re7 48.Bd8 Re2+ 49.Kh3 Be5 50.g5 h5 0-1 {BY STEVE D White resigned here, but could have continued (and possibly won if black didn`t play perfectly) with 51.g6+ fxg6 52.Kh4 Rh2+ 53.Kg5 Rg2+ 54.Kh4 Bf4 55.Qd7 d4 (just push the pawn, white can`t take obviously because of the one move mate) 56.Qh3 (black can force tradign queen for rock, but he has better - a forced mate) g5+ 57.Bxg5 Bxg5+ 58.Kxh5 g6# (Mate) 0-1 }
Steve D`Agostino is awesome
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Promote to which piece?
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e4c5
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Nf3Nc6
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d4cxd4
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Nxd4e5
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Nxc6bxc6
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Bc4Nf6
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Bg5Be7
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Qe2d5
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Bxf6Bxf6
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Bb3O-O
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O-Oa5
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exd5cxd5
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Rd1d4
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c4Qb6
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Bc2Bb7
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Nd2Rae8
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Ne4Bd8
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c5Qc6
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f3Be7
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Rac1f5
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Qc4+Kh8
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Ba4Qh6
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Bxe8fxe4
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c6exf3
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Rc2Bc8
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Bd7Qe3+
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Kh1f2
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Rf1d3
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Rc3Bxd7
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cxd7e4
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Qc8Bd8
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Qc4Qe1
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Rc1d2
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Qc5Rg8
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Rd1e3
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Qc3Qxd1
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Rxd1e2
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