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  • White: A class C player.
  • Black: A class A player.
  • Where: A speed chess game at the
  • Purdue Chess Club during 1991.
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  • The first few moves are exactly like
  • game 6.
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  • This move leaves Black with a
  • backward and weak d6 pawn.  Much
  • better is Nxe3.
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  • Maybe Black should consider Nxe3
  • here.
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  • At least the knight is centrally
  • posted.
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  • Developes while putting pressure on
  • d6.
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  • This being a speed chess game, Black
  • misses that his d6 pawn is now
  • hanging.
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  • Only seeing the indirect threat to
  • the queen, White also misses the
  • hanging d6 pawn.
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  • Time to castle to safety.
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  • White realizes that he missed a good
  • move and now wants it back.
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  • But this check will win the bishop.
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  • Little choice here, but the king
  • should worry about his exposure along
  • the b file.
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  • There goes the bishop.
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  • This has to be a loss of time since
  • he still has unmoved pieces on the
  • back rank.
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  • Black has a single thought which is
  • to attack the king along the the open
  • file.  White could play b3 at
  • some point but then has to concern
  • himself exposure from the long
  • diagonal g7 to a1.
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  • White had this notion that he would
  • move the knight to c1 an then to b3
  • to act as a defense.  The trouble
  • with this is that it takes way too
  • many moves to execute and the knight
  • has left the defense of the king.
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  • Black has a single thought in mind,
  • so is willing to sacrifice the bishop
  • so as to connect his rooks and to
  • prevent the knight from moving back
  • to the defense of the king.
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  • Hey! Free bishop.
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  • The attack is a real crusher leaving
  • White with very few choices.  Now
  • if Ka1 then Nxg4 has very strong
  • threats.
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  • After the game many players discussed
  • this position at the Purude Club.
  •  Some were mistakenly of the
  • opinion that White can survive this
  • attack.
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  • The double check is a real killer.
  •  Now if Kb1 then Rb8+ wins the
  • queen and allows Nf2 afterward.
  •  So if instead Kb3 then Rb8+, and
  • now if Kc4 Nb2 mate or now if Ka3 Bb2
  • mate!
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  • The only defense that prolongs the
  • agony.
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  • Drive the king ...
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  • ... out.
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  • Ditto.
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  • This is not an easy position because
  • it is not clear what to do with the
  • king next.  Most players would
  • just win the queen with Rb4+ but
  • Black wanted more.
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  • The trick with this kind of position
  • is to force the king away ...
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  • ... from his own pieces.
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  • This move has the same idea.  Now
  • if Kd6 then Rd8+! and now if Ke7 Qg5
  • mate or if now Kc7 Qb6 mate! The
  • move Rd8+ has a very nice symmetry to
  • it.
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  • This block lasts the longest, which
  • isn't very long at all.
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  • The king is surrounded and has no
  • moves.
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  • White must take.
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  • Again the king is surrounded.
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  • White blocks.
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  • Mate.
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