Notes to page 1
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					Materially the game is even, but white's d-pawn is
					far-advanced and supported by the Rook, whose Bishop can
					also potentailly protect the queening square(d8).
					An example would be : 26. D6 axb 27. D7 Rd8 and then Bxb6
					and black has some very difficult choices
2
					Qxd4 is simply an exchange - and since white is behind
					anyway, a simple exchange is not best.
					after Bxd4+ and the King must give way (the black Queen can't
					recapture since it is pinned
					after Bxd4 [Kf6 or Kd6) then white might think about Bxb7
					- and if so then this would leave black's King in a quite
					exposed while white's King is quite safe
3
					White is threatening to fork Knight and Queen with d5
					and while black could simply stop this by capturing the pawn,
					chose instead …Nf6 which allows the fork - eg if d5 …Nxd5
					then either Qxd5 or Nxd5 and white ends up with a piece
					more than black
4
					Firstly, castling on the Queenside was not wise since there
					will be no castle of pawns round the King !
					Black's Queen is quite exposed to attack and not very useful
					where it is. Preferable would be development of the black
					castling Kingside.
					White could simply play Nxf7 forking the two Rooks, which in
					fact threatens to win the R on h8 outright - and not just
					doesn't just "winning the exchange" ie a taking a Rook for
					the price of only a Knight
					also possible is Ba6+ …Kc7 14.Nd5+ …Nxd5 15.Qxd5 …Qb4
					16. Nd3 …e6 17 Bf4+ and white is very well developed
					and has a crushing attack
Notes to page 1
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					the clue is that b7 is the only flight square from the
					check on d8. So we are looking for a move that blocks b7,
					and we don't want to lose our Queen - so a check is possible
					that does all this.
					It is a forced mate-in-2 moves - Ba6+ [black can choose to
					block with the Bishop with Ba7or Kb8 or Kb7] Qxd8 checkmate
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					white has an overwhelming position - and white's own King
					is very safe from any attack.
					the game might continue :  26 …Qb6 27 Qxe7 (setting up a
					forecd mate), ...Qb7 Qe2+ !(! Means 'good move') …Kb6
					29 Rd6 (see how white's pieces work together) …a5 30 Qb5+ !
					…Kc7 31 Rxc6+ (notice how the white-squared Bishop keeps
					the King out of the corner and so the Queen can't protect it)
					… Kd8 32 Qxb7 and white will mate on the next move.
					if instead of 30 …Kc7 black plays …Ka7 then 31Be3+ …Kb8
					(since Ka8 gets mated on move quicker [Rd8+…Qb8 and
					either R or Q takes on b8 to mate) 32 Rd8+ …Kc7 33 Qxa5+
					(see how the Q protects the R) … Qb6 and perhaps we
					should ask the class to find the mate - Qxb6 checkmate
	and Yes - Eugenia Sharamova is Under 12 years old