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perhaps, but it would have left me with some work.

Couldn't you follow that with Rxe8?

E8 you live to fight another day.

d8 or e8, over either way.

oops, really overlooked something there.

Thank you, I was actually thinking about just sacrificing pieces to get his king out in the open so I could try to check mate him, but then I saw that exchange, and it seemed like the way to go.

Good exchange Mike. Very sneaky. Won your pawn back.

Relieving that pawn pressure was my goal from the start, although I thought it would cost me a knight.

Hmm, I made a mistake there.

You give me too much credit, my plan is far less ambitious but did involve you moving the Bishop they way you did.

ps. I have fallen for that at least twice in my chess history

Very nice thinking. If I move my knight to C3 you win my rook after taking with knight I take C3 with pawn, then you recapture C3 with bishop...was that your plan?