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NatwarLal Vs Beowulf
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Here is the entire game in PGN format. Comments & diagrams follow after the game. I have taken the liberty of removing the tags which I thought were unnecessary.

[White "Beowulf"]
[Black "Natwarlal"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[Opening "Dunst (Sleipner-Heinrichsen) Opening"]
[TimeControl "120+6"]
[Time "23:25:38"]
[Termination "normal"]

1. Nc3 d5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 Bf5 4. e3 Nb4 5. Bb5+ c6 6. Ba4 b5 7. Bb3 e6 8. a3 Na6 9. O-O Bg4 10. h3 Bh5 11. g4 Bg6 12. Ne5 Ne7 13. Qe2 Nc7 14. Bd2 Qd6 15. a4 b4 16. Na2 a5 17. c3 bxc3 18. Bxc3 f6 19. Nxg6 Nxg6 20. Qd2 Rb8 21. Bc2 Nh4 22. f4 f5 23. Bxa5 Rxb2 24. Bc3 Rb8 25. Qf2 Be7 26. g5 Ng6 27. h4 O-O 28. h5 Nh8 29. a5 Qa3 30. h6 gxh6 31. Qd2 Qd6 32. gxh6 Rf6 33. Rfb1 Rxb1+ 34. Rxb1 Rxh6 35. Bb4 Rg6+ 36. Kf1 Qd7 37. Bxe7 Qxe7 38. Rb8+ Kg7 39. Qb4 c5 40. dxc5 Nf7 41. Rb7 Nd8 42. c6 Qf7 43. Qd6 Nxb7 44. cxb7 Na6 45. Qxa6 Qc7 46. Nb4 Rh6 47. Qa7 Qc4+ 48. Kf2 Rh2+ 49. Kg3 Rh3+ 50. Kg2 Qe2+ 51. Kxh3 Qf3+ 52. Kh2 Qf2+ 53. Kh3 Qf3+ 54. Kh2 Qf2+ 55. Kh3 Qf3+ 1/2-1/2

Here is the position after
47. Qa7 ...
Black's situation is dire. Black is already way behind in material, and white's pawn at b7 is about to queen, after that Black's loss is certain. Can black save the day? Black now played
47 ... Qc4+ !!




What followed was:
48. Kf2 Rh2+
49. Kg3 Rh3+ !!
Natwarlal offers its rook to white! This is the position after 49 ... Rh3+ !!




50. Kg2 ...
White dosen't want the rook!
50. ... Qe2+
And suddenly Black threatens mate. White has to take the rook now, and after that, white king cannot escape perpetual check. Notice how Beowulf has left its king away from any supporting pieces. Beowulf tends to do such things, especially in blitz games on slow computers (such as mine!). Too much of razoring or too many null moves?



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