This game features a very strange phase after Lateefah establishes a winning position. Saying too much in advance would spoil the surprise...
1.e4
c5
2.Nf3
d6
3.Bc4
Nf6
4.Nc3
Nc6
5.h3
g6
6.d3
Bg7
7.Be3
a6
8.a4
Bd7
9.0-0
0-0
10.Qd2
e6
11.Bh6
Ne8
12.Bxg7
Kxg7
13.Nh2
Na5
The battle lines are drawn. White will go after the king; Black will attack on the queenside.
14.Ba2
b5
15.axb5
axb5
16.f4
b4
17.Ne2
Nc7
18.f5
This may be a little optimistic.
18...exf5
19.exf5
Bxf5
20.Nf4
d5?
Black misses Lateefah's next tactical shot.
21.Nh5+
gxh5
22.Rxf5
Nc6
23.Rxh5
Qd6
24.Ng4
Rfe8?
25.Rg5+?
[25.Qg5+
Qg6
26.Qh4
f5
27.Rxh7+!
Qxh7
28.Qf6+
Kg8
29.Nh6+
Qxh6
30.Qxh6
wins for White.]
25...Kh8
26.Nh6
Qe6
27.Rf1
Re7
28.Qf4
Rf8?
29.Nf5?
[29.Bxd5
Nxd5
30.Rxd5
Qxd5??
31.Qf6#
]
29...Rd7
30.Ng7
Qd6
31.Nh5
Qxf4
32.Nxf4
Ne7
Black has beaten off the attack and the position is roughly equal.
33.Re1
Ra8
34.Bb3
f6
35.Rg3
h6??
[35...Nf5
36.Rf3
Nd4
37.Rfe3
Nxb3
38.Re7
Rad8
39.cxb3
d4
40.Rxd7
Rxd7
41.Rc1
Na6
42.Nh5
Rf7
is level. Black's actual move is a horrible blunder.]
36.Rxe7
Ra1+
37.Kf2
Rxe7
38.Ng6+
Kh7
39.Nxe7
Ne6
40.Nxd5
Ng5
41.Nxf6+
Kh8
Black has avoided being mated, but could reasonably be expected to resign here. A piece and two pawns down, the knight is about to fall as well.
42.h4
c4
What's going on? Black seems to have gone berserk!
43.Bxc4
b3
44.Bxb3
h5
This is starting to look like a blitz game, where one player is losing on the board but just needs to make quick moves to win on time. But perhaps there's some method in the madness...
45.Rxg5
Rf1+
46.Ke3
[Aha! Now 46.Kxf1??
is stalemate! This sort of thing happens all the time in endgame studies, but is rare over the board. Fortunately, Lateefah can escape from the rook.]
46...Rf3+
47.Ke4
Re3+
48.Kd5
[48.Kf5
Re5+
49.Kg6
reaches safety more quickly.]
48...Rxd3+
49.Ke6
Re3+
50.Kf7
Re7+
51.Kg6
Rg7+
52.Kf5
Now Lateefah's troubles are over. It is very strange that Black should now play on to mate. White has avoided a clever stalemate trap and isn't going to fall into another.
52...Rxg5+
53.hxg5
h4
54.g6
h3
55.gxh3
Kg7
56.Nh5+
Kf8
57.g7+
Ke7
58.g8Q
Kd7
59.Qe6+
Kc7
60.Bd5
Kd8
61.Qf7
Kc8
62.Qe7
Kb8
63.Qb7#
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