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How should i attack black king?

Good evening, i am sending the game, and i am waiting for advices how should i attack black king.

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 c6 3. e3 g6 4. Bd3 Bg7 5. O-O Bg4 6. Nbd2 e6 7. b3 Nd7 8. h3 Bxf3 9. Nxf3 Ngf6 10. Ba3 b5 11. Bd6 Bf8 12. Be5 Bg7 13. Bd6 Bf8 14. Be5 Nxe5 15. Nxe5 Qc7 16. Qf3 Bg7 17. a3 O-O 18. Rad1 a5 19. Rfe1 Nh5 20. g4 Nf6 21. h4 Nd7 22. Nxd7 Qxd7 23. c3 Qd6 24. Ra1 a4 25. b4 Qe7 26. Qh3 Bf6 27. g5 Bg7 28. f3 f6 29. f4 fxg5 30. hxg5 Qf7 31. Kf2 Rae8 32. Rh1 Bh8 33. Qg3 Qg7 34. Rh6 Rf7 35. Rah1 Qf8 36. R6h2 Ree7 37. Qh3 Qg7 38. Qg4 Kf8 39. Rxh7 Qxh7 40. Rxh7 Rxh7 41. Bxg6 Rhg7 42. Qh5 Kg8 43. Qh6 Rd7 44. f5 exf5 45. Bxf5 Rdf7 46. Qe6 Rxg5 47. Qe8+ Kg7 48. Qe5+ Kg8 49. Qe8+ Kg7 50. Qe5+ Kg8 51. Qe8+ 1/2-1/2
My take on it is that in move 23, instead of moving a pawn, move your king to g2 in order to move the rooks to the h file.
Thanks daniel.

Here are my thoughts.
First, 36.R6h2 doesn't do anything. Don't play a move if it doesn't do anything.
Second, you were clearly winning after you broke through and traded. In that case, don't be so intent in finding checkmate.
On move 23, I like the idea of moving the pawn to c3 if it's used to close the queen side, that is to prevent counter play. In this position, it's tactically wrong as c5, exploiting the pin on d4 and the weakness of c3.

On move 36, you maneuver to place you most valuable piece in the front of the battery. As videos on "Alekhine's gun" will demonstrate, except for checkmate patterns, the most valuable piece belongs in the rear.

On move 28, moving the pawn to f3 looks like you want the e4 break, but this would be bad. Moving the pawn to f4, to prevent e5, is more correct.

On move 33, you should move the king out of the pin. Black by playing e5 and e4 would completely close the position, but white could still win by pressuring e6, by a bishop on g4, and h7. Black would get enough counter play by playing e5 and exchanging on f4. A possible invasion on the open e-file would keep white too busy to exploit the h7 weakness.

On move 43, you should exploit the weakness on c6 with 43. Be8 Rc7 44. g6 with Bf7 to soon follow. One of these pawns will soon fall, and black still has a useless piece stuck on h8. (I know this is more of an endgame mistake, but it's important enough to bring to everyone's attention.)

My thoughts:

36. Bxg6 if followed by hxg6 leads to mate in 2 with 37. Rxh8 forcing black to play Kg7 38. R1h7#
At the very least, Bxg6 will lead to a 3 point advantage by trading your bishop for a pawn and rook (lines bishop up with 2 rooks and the opponent can only move 1 out of the way).
@ggunter1 I thought I was keeping my eye on exploiting this pin. I guess I got distracted by the black pin on the f4 pawn. Thanks for catching this tactic.
lasers... lots and lots of LASERS. Black king no last long time when under assault by L A S E R
Unpinning 46 Ke2 seals black's fate. The threat Be6 is unstoppable, as 46...Rxf5 47 Qe6+ Rf7 48 g6 is the quietus.

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