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I actually had quite a long think here deciding whether to play this or 15 M4, with similar ideas. In retrospect I think lf3-d4 is the slightly stronger of the two moves. 16 .f3 but got side-tracked into playing the check. In some ways though, this is a mistake as it only brings Black's king closer to the centre of the board, ready for the queenless middlegame endgame. 16 amp d8 17 d4 2g5 18 f3 c8 19 c6 Not just to threaten the one-mover 2el-e8 mate but to control the light squares. It would be...