One Million Moves on RHP

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40. Ra1 {Played to stop Rf1 mate,} 40... Re2 {Intending f2 and Re1+} 41. Ne6 {A trap in a lost game. White lines up his pieces for a Rook Harpoon. Black should now play Kf7 but when you have so many games on the go your sense of danger deserts you.} 41... Rxe4 {A Rook Harpoon.} 42. Ra8+ Kf7 {Only move.} 43. Ng5 {Checkmate.}

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 {The Trompovski . Tempting is 2...Ne4 then you get all kinds fun with the line 3.Bh4 g5 4.f3.} 2... d5 3. Bxf6 {Perfectly playable though Black should equalise without too much trouble.} 3... exf6 4. e3 c5 5. c4 {An ambitious stake for a claim of the centre but it opens up the game for holder of the two Bishops.. 5.Nf3 first was a move..} 5... cxd4 6. exd4 Bb4+ 7. Nc3 Nc6 {7....0-0 first and then Re8 or Qa5.} 8. a3 Bxc3+ 9. bxc3 O-O 10. Bd3 Re8+ 11. Ne2 {Now Black can play 11...dxc4 12.Bc4 Bg4 with Rc8 with a working middle game.} 11... Be6 {This is too tame. No pressure on White.} 12. cxd5 Bxd5 13. O-O Qc7 {That should have been Rac8.} 14. Qc2 {A good problem creating move. There are two threats for Black to handle. the pawn on h7 and c3-c4.} 14... Re7 {Black ignores the hit on the h7 pawn......} 15. c4 {...so does White. This move is good and unexpected. it throws Black a wobbly who can only see that 15...Be6 16.d5 wins a piece. but he can move the Knight as the c-pawn is pinned.} 15... Rxe2 {So he sacs the exchange to pick up the d4 pawn and looked no further.} 16. Qxe2 Nxd4 {There are four undefended pieces in the Black camp. LOOK FOR COMBINATIONS. One of them is about to drop off the board when White moves his attacked Queen. Which one?} 17. Qh5 {That does it. the double attack the Bishop and h7 wins.} 17... Be6 18. Qxh7+ {The unprotected a8 Rook goes. Black resigned.}

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 c5 {Well that is not very good is it?} 3. Nxe5 {Thank you.} 3... f6 {No. Two reasons. the square f6 is for a Black Knight in the opening and never open this diagonal towards your King in the opening unless you are 100% forced too.} 4. Nf3 {No. Never retreat a piece until you are have looked at every conceivable way of not having too. If you can find any excuse not to retreat a piece then leave it where it is. 4.Qh5+ should have been played. 4...g6 5.Nxg6 (if there was no pawn on f6 then 5...Nf6 here would have been a defence.)} 4... h5 {Played because he must have expected Qh5+ last move so he makes sure it won't happen again. But playing moves to stop threats that has passed is not good chess.} 5. d4 Nc6 6. dxc5 Bxc5 7. Qd5 Bb4+ 8. c3 Be7 9. Bc4 b5 10. Qf7# {Thus ended the millionth and first game on RHP. If you thought the first Million were bad - the 2nd million were even worse....}

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19. b5 {White has missed the threat. He should have played Ne1.} 19... Nd3 {OK Rbc2, he drops the exchange but is still in the game.} 20. Rcc2 {One blunder follows another, now White is going down a whole piece.} 20... Nxb2 21. Nd1 {Another blunder...another piece goes...} 21... Rd3 22. Qe2 Rxd1+ 23. Bf1 Rb1 24. a3 Qxa3 {White is a Rook and Knight down. Black chopped wood and won easily.}