Wednesday, April 28, 2010

Joe v Keith

4 comments:

  1. Nice game. It's nice to see the "weak" pawn execute mate! I did see an improvement on move 16.Nc7 forks the two rooks.

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  2. Valid point re 16. As I recall, I wanted to open the 5th row for my rook. Obviously I concentrated on doing that and not on the best way to do that. Your move is better.

    I like the pawn mate at the end. Good to see the serfs and peons having a major role in bringing the king to his demise.

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  3. Actually taking the rook after the knight fork on nc7 probably isn't best. Two scenarios w/o taking the rooks are
    16. Nc7 Nxe4
    17. Rf5+ Kc4
    18 P-b3+ Kc3
    19 Bd2+ Kb2
    20 Qc1#

    or

    17.... Kd6
    18. Bf4+ Ke7
    19 Nd5+ Kxd8
    20. Bg5+ Re7
    21. Rf8#

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  4. We must be improving to spot mates in four and five. I still have trouble with my mate in three books! :)

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