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29) Foulds A. - McFarlane P. [A69]

Major (3) 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.f4 0-0 6.Nf3 c5 7.d5 e6 8.Be2 exd5 9.cxd5 Re8 10.e5 dxe5 11.fxe5 Nfd7 12.Bg5 Qb6 13.0-0 Nxe5 14.Nxe5 Bxe5 15.Bc4 Qxb2 16.d6 Be6 "Out of Book," says Fritz. 17.Bxe6 Rxe6 18.Qf3

+-----------------+
|rh.+.+k+|
|0p+.+p+p|
|.+.)r+p+|
|+.0.g.G.|
|.+.+.+.+|
|+.H.+Q+.|
|P1.+.+P)|
|$.+.+RI.|
+-----------------+

Fritz queries Black's next, because it puts the f-Pawn en prise to the Queen on e6 (what Queen on e6?). 18...f6

[-2.28 Fritz 5.00: 18...f5 19.Qd5 Bd4+ 20.Kh1 Bxc3 21.Qxe6+ Kh8 22.Rad1]

19.Rab1

[-3.31 Fritz 5.00: 19.Qd5 forward! 19...Bd4+ 20.Kh1 Qxc3 21.Qxe6+ Kg7 22.Rac1 Qb2 23.Qe7+ Kh8]

19...Qxc3 20.Qxb7 Qd4+ 21.Kh1 Qxd6

+-----------------+
|rh.+.+k+|
|0Q+.+.+p|
|.+.1r0p+|
|+.0.g.G.|
|.+.+.+.+|
|+.+.+.+.|
|P+.+.+P)|
|+R+.+R+K|
+-----------------+

When you see a good move, stop and think again... 22.Qxa8

[-2.00 Fritz 5.00: 22.Bh6 ...There might be a better one! This move gets the Bishop off the hook with tempo 22...Re7 23.Qxa8 Bxh2 24.Rbd1 Qe5]

22...fxg5 23.Qxa7

+-----------------+
|.h.+.+k+|
|!.+.+.+p|
|.+.1r+p+|
|+.0.g.0.|
|.+.+.+.+|
|+.+.+.+.|
|P+.+.+P)|
|+R+.+R+K|
+-----------------+

23...Re7 A type of blunder less common than you might think - turning a win into a loss. (Mostly, blunders come in poor positions.)

[0.91 Fritz 5.00: 23...Nd7 24.Rfd1 Bd4 25.Rb7 Nf6 26.Rdb1]

24.Rxb8+ Kg7 25.Rb7 Bf6 26.Rxe7+ Bxe7 27.Qb7 c4 28.Re1 Kf7 29.Qf3+

[0.94 Fritz 5.00: 29.Qc8 Qd5 30.Qh8 Bd6 31.Qxh7+ Kf6 32.a4]

29...Kg7 30.Qc3+ 1-0

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