by greenpawn34 on Aug 07 2013 17:21 | 5151 views | 3 edits | Last edit on Aug 15 2013 12:55
Let us catch up with The RHP 2013 Championship statistics. (last blog stats in brackets)
Games in the Championship 5430
White wins so far 1901 (1422)
Black wins so far 1753 (1285)
Draws = 126 (78) 4% of all games finished so far!
White Checkmates = 776 (623)
Black Checkmates = 676 (525)
Stalemates = 3 (2)
315 (105) pawns have been promoted to a Queen.
5 (0) pawns have been promoted to a Rook (Blog readers are now taking Rooks.)
2 (2) under promotions to a Knight.
As yet no under promotions to a Bishop. (Someone want to oblige.)
No under promotions (yet) to a Bishop however I can offer you a nifty Bishop Mate
gwam - topgunner RHP Ch 2013
FEN
1k2r3/1p6/p1p2pbp/2B3p1/1P6/P4N1P/1b3PP1/3R2K1 w - - 0 28
[FEN "1k2r3/1p6/p1p2pbp/2B3p1/1P6/P4N1P/1b3PP1/3R2K1 w - - 0 28"]
28. a4 Be5 {Sitting covering h2 no doubt looking for a back rank trick.} 29. a5 Be4 {Possibly planning Bd5 blocking the White Rook's grip on the d-file.} 30. Nxe5 {Black makes a boner here because does not like the idea of his pawns being split so...} 30... Rxe5 {Look at that. White can win the exchange with Bd6+} 31. Rd8+ {Well played. If you had missed that move and taken the exchange with Bd6+ instead then I would have come around to your house and eaten your dog.} 31... Kc7 32. Bb6# {Black has been checkmated}
And another stalemate has surfaced and yet again the player ‘older but wiser’
was involved. (He may be getting older but not much wiser.) 😉
We saw him a few Blogs ago stalemating someone from a won position.
He’s done it again.
Antonio Alma - older but wiser RHP CH.2013 [gid] 10059271[/gid[
Black can play 76…Qb4 77.Ka7 Kc7 and mate next move.
Instead Black played 76…Kc7
Stalemate.
But we are not finished with this game.
Way back on move 20 this position arose with Black to play.
He spotted the mate threat on g7 and played 20…Qe5.
If Black had indeed Checked all Checks he would have found 20.Qb6+
FEN
5rk1/ppqRQ1pp/2p1p3/8/2P5/2P5/P1P3PP/6K1 b - - 0 20
[FEN "5rk1/ppqRQ1pp/2p1p3/8/2P5/2P5/P1P3PP/6K1 b - - 0 20"]
20... Qb6+ {I suspect Black may have seen this check but after...} 21. c5 {He could see no way of getting back to cover g7 so he rejected it. However when checking all checks you keep looking and looking till the all checks dry up. Black still has another check to check.} 21... Qb1+ 22. Rd1 {Only move.} 22... Qxd1 {Checkmate.}
Common RHP Blunders No.167
Forgetting that your opponent can have the same ideas as you.
(especially if you gave it to him a few moves ago.)
kinggg2 - porygon RHP Ch. 2013
FEN
r4rk1/1p4pp/p3b3/4pp2/P7/1nPB4/1P1N1PPP/R3K2R w KQ - 0 19
[FEN "r4rk1/1p4pp/p3b3/4pp2/P7/1nPB4/1P1N1PPP/R3K2R w KQ - 0 19"] 19. Nxb3 Bxb3 20. f3 e4 21. fxe4 fxe4 {White cannot take this cheeky e-pawn because Black will then pin and win the Bishop by Rae8. A tactic will meet again.} 22. Be2 Rad8 23. Rf1 Rxf1+ 24. Bxf1 Rd6 25. Ke2 {The King sets off for e3 to hit the e-pawn.} 25... Bc4+ {A drifter's check, better was bringing up the King towards the centre.} 26. Ke3 {Now I suspect the intended Bd3 was rejected due to White playing Rd1. Black could now play Bb3 keeping the White Rook off d1 as taking the e-pawn would allow Black to seize the 7th Rank with Rd2 and activity.} 26... Bd5 {Forgetting about his pin and win tactic he tried on White a few moves ago.} 27. Rd1 {Threatening c4 winning the pinned Bishop.} 27... Rd7 {Intending to answer c4 (the only threat he can see.) with Bc6.He can wriggle out of it here by playing Rf6 unpinning the d5 Bishop and hitting the f1 Bishop But Black's sense of danger deserts him.} 28. Rxd5 {Hello! And Black sees he has fallen for a pin trick he tried on White. RxR meets Bc4 and White is a piece up. Black resigned a few moves later.}
Common RHP Blunders No.167 (continued)
Playing the move that looks good when infact it is terrible.
A lovely lemon this one.
White spots Black’s best reply but infact it is not Black’s best reply.
hatfinch - Ruckdog RHP Ch. 2013
White sees a Queen winning trick. How about Bxh6?
Cannot be too bad, it threatens mate on g7 and discovers an attack on the Black Queen.
No. Black has Qc3+ getting out of the attack and covering the g7 square.
Instead of abandoning this idea White tries to make it work.
Some idea are best left in the mind and should not see the chessboard.
[FEN "5rk1/pp4p1/3pR2p/3b4/6Q1/P3B2K/6PP/4q3 w - - 0 29"]
29. Bd4 {Same idea but this time Black has no Qc3+. The devious mind of a mad chess player in action.} 29... Qxe6 {Taking the Rook and pinning the White Queen to the King. There is now no checkmate on g7. (Yes Black should have played Bxe6 going a whole Queen up but the text was good enough for White to resign a few moves later.)} 30. Qxe6+ Bxe6+
Common RHP Blunders No.167 (continued)
(not checking all checks…I may have mentioned that before.)
Mate from a clear blue sky.
You know what how it goes.
You are walking through the countryside watching the birds, smelling the flowers,
not looking where you are going, when suddenly you step on something gooey.
coquette - thaughbaer RHP Ch 2013 White to play.
White decides to give that Rook on d1 a slight nudge with 26.Be2.
Black played 26…Bc5+
…..and it is 27…Rg1 checkmate next move.
Next is the bare of score of ekyrun (1507) - katella (1214) RHP Ch 2013
