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perrypawnpusher - NormanBauschke
6th Thematic Quick KOs: Italian Game, 2026
24.h3 Kh8 25.Qe4 Rg8 26.Qd5
A slip. I like to simplify games by exchanging Queens, so this move supposedly gives me what I want; but it is an error.
Protecting the d-pawn with 26...Rd7 was the right idea for my opponent.
27.Qxc6 Nxc6 28.Rxd6 Nd4
After the game, the computer evaluated this position as White having over a 4 pawn advantage.
I couldn't see it.
29.Rxa6 Nxc2 30.Rc6 c4 31.bxc4 bxc4 32.Rf4 Ne3
Stockfish sees the a-pawn as a strong passer.
33.Rf2 Re8 34.Bxe3
There was no need for me to give up "the minor exchange".
I figured that I was reducing things to an already drawn endgame.
The right way to go was 33.Re6, i.e. 34...Rfe7 35.Bxe3 Rxe3 36.fxe6 Rxe6 37.Bd4 and White is a piece up.
34...Rxe3 35.Rxc4 Ra7 36.Kh2
There might still have been something in 36.a4, but, in my mind, the game was over and I had already split the point.
36...Rea3 37.Rcc2 Kg7 38.Rf4 Rxa2 39.Rxa2 Rxa2 40.Rg4+ Kf7 41.Rh4 Kg7 42.Rg4+ Kf7 43.Rh4
Here, I offered a draw and it was accepted.
Somewhere in the game, Batman had turned into Bruce Wayne...
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