My win against a 1976

All Things Chess
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[Thanksgiving Open]
[St. Louis]
[Date 2015-11-27]
[Round: 2]
[Player 1976]
[Jomp]
[0-1]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bg5 Bb4 5.e5 h6 6.Bd2 Bxc3 7.bxc3 Ne4 8.
Bd3 Nxd2 9.Qxd2 c5 10.f4 Qb6 11.Nf3 Nc6 12.g4 c4 13.Be2 Bd7 14.Kf2
Ne7 15.h4 O-O-O 16.Rhb1 Qc7 17.a4 h5 18.gxh5 Nf5 19.a5 Rdf8 20.Ng5 f6
21.Nh3 fxe5 22.dxe5 Qc5+ 23.Ke1 Nxh4 24.Bg4 Rxf4 25.Nxf4 Qg1+ 26.Ke2
Qxg4+ 27.Kf2 Rf8 28.Qd1 Rxf4+ 29.Ke1 Re4+ 30.Kd2 Qf4# *

When I played f6 he should have taken the pawn.

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Nicely done :mrgreen: What would you have done if 10.dxc5 was played ?

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10…Qc7 or 10…Nd7 are good.

Taking my c pawn is not good for white because he will then have a hard time defending his e pawn.