I’ve lost to Jax Tham countless times so getting a winning a position against him in the Excel Chess First Saturday in the first round got me all excited. My first win against Jax?
Jax got into a losing position fast after making some dubious pawn sacrifices to complicate things in the opening. To my credit, I handled the opening calmly even though my King was exposed and gradually realised my advantage in the middle game. However I felt like a patzer because later, I missed a mate in four, and then couldn’t win the favourable middlegame with good material advantage. What a waste! It’s times like these I feel like quitting chess altogether 
I’m White. Black just played 22. .. Nf6??
White can mate in 4.
Can you see the mate which I couldn’t ?
Here’s the complete game(try not to laugh):
[Event "Excel First Saturday (Feb2010)"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2010.02.07"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Andrew Ooi"]
[Black "Jax Tham"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A34"]
[WhiteElo "2074"]
[BlackElo "1834"]
[PlyCount "101"]
[EventDate "2010.02.07"]
[SourceDate "2010.02.07"]
1. e4 e6 2. c4 c5 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. f4 e5 5. fxe5 d6 6. exd6 Bxd6 7. Nf3 Bg4 8. Be2 Bxf3 9. Bxf3 Qh4+ 10. g3 Bxg3+ 11. hxg3 Qxg3+ 12. Kf1 Nd4 13. Bg2 Qd3+ 14. Kg1 O-O-O 15. Qf1 Qg3 16. d3 Nf6 17. Qf4 Qxd3 18. Bh3+ Ne6 19. Nd5 Qxh3 20. Rxh3 Nxf4 21. Bxf4 Nxe4 22. Re1 Nf6 23. Bg5 Rde8 24. Ne7+ Kd7 25. Rd3+ Kc7 26. Bxf6 gxf6 27. Kf2 h5 28. Nd5+ Kc6 29. Rxe8 Rxe8 30. Nxf6 Re5 31. Rd5 Re6 32. Nxh5 b5 33. b3 $2 bxc4 34. bxc4 Re4 35. Rd2 Rxc4 36. Ke3 Kb5 37. Nf4 a5 38. Nd5 Rh4 39. Nc3+ Kc4 40. Ne4 Kb4 41. Rc2 c4 42. Nd6 Rh3+ 43. Kf4 c3 44. Ne4 Rd3 45. Nf2 Rd2 46. Rxd2 cxd2 47. Ke3 Ka3 48. Kxd2 Kxa2 49. Kc2 a4 50. Nd3 f5 51. Nf4 1/2-1/2
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