Tuesday, May 18, 2010

Jeff v Joe

4 comments:

  1. Instead of 8... Bg5, perhaps B-d7. Allows for recapture with the Bishop if B-b5 and BxN.

    9.Nbd2 - allows white to break the pin after Qc1 without giving black the option of capturing the N and doubling the f pawns. However, it ultimately traps the bishop.

    13... p-b5. Should have played R-e8 first. The bishop wasn't going anywhere.

    17. p-f3 BxP 18. PxB N-g5 (threatening NxP+ forking the rook) 19.R-f1 Q-c7. Don't know if black can maintain the momentum though.

    20. R-h4. White would have been better staying on the E file.

    32. Not ... K-h6 33.Q-e5+ K-h5 34.B-f4+ k-h4 35.
    Q-g5#

    39.Not K-f2 R-c2+ 40.K-e1 Q-c1#

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  2. 9...Nbd2. It doesn't trap the bishop as I previously wrote. White could still play p-e4 or even p-b4. But I think he needs to do it by move 11

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  3. I think white had a mate in 3 at 26.
    26 Rxh7 Kxh7 (else 27 Rh8#)
    27 Qh4+ Kg8
    28 Qh8#

    These can be tough to see.

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  4. Chris, you're right. I think both of us didn't see it because we (or at least I) stopped my mental analysis after KxR. I figured that ends that line so worry about something else. Wrong.

    Thanks for the analysis.

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