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Originally Posted by FireGilbert
^Gotta love games with opposite side castling and files opening in front of the kings.
When that game link was shared I thought black had a distinct advantage with the battery on the b-file. Was thinking putting the black Queen on a3 and then either playing Ra4 (making use of the pinned pawn) or just pushing your a pawn were unstoppable attacks. Absolutely savage tactics by white though and a clinical finish.
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Yeah, both of those things were on my mind as options. I just thought his queen would be in time to defend against mine going to A3, and I was really leery of trades, since he would win the tournament with a stalemate. The pawn push was my main plan before he moved to h4, but I got distracted by the opportunity to take the h4 pawn. His only way to defend it would have been to move the queen over, after which mine could go to F6 and attack the d4 pawn. Then with my rook coming back to b4, the only way to defend both pawns would have been to move his C2 pawn up, undermining B3. For some reason he decided to come up with his own plan, rather than follow mine.