The Diamond of Despair + Mate Bait + The Duck in Mexico
by greenpawn34 on Mar 31 2013 14:37 | 6138 views | 1 edit | Last edit on Mar 31 2013 14:40
The Duck is currently with Smitty Time in Alberta (Canada.)
Smitty has sent a picture of The Duck sitting on a frozen bird bath.
And here I presume is Mr and Mrs Smitty playing chess with The Duck looking on.
(someone start up a thread organising a whip round for the Smitties so they can afford shoes.)
The Smitty family went on a holiday to Mexico and of course took The Duck.
(At last of picture of The Duck in a warmer climate…see bottom of the page.)
On the forum recently I showed the game greenpawn - talzamir RHP 2013.
which end thus.
This mating pattern cropped again in one of my recent games.
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nc3 {It all depends what mood you are in when you start a game. Then you have to somehow switch back that mood for weeks. Today I never felt like going into a Petrov with 3.Nxe5 d6 and 4.Nxf7. (I leave that these days to blitz games.)} 3... Nc6 4. Bb5 d6 {We are now into a Steinitz Defence to the Ruy Lopez.} 5. O-O Bd7 6. d4 exd4 7. Nxd4 a6 {Possibly a waste of time. (I've not decided yet.) certainly having a pawn off a7 and onto a6 saves Black in a few moves.} 8. Bxc6 Bxc6 9. Nxc6 bxc6 10. Qf3 {Going for a trap. It's was either this or 10.f4 or maybe 1.b3. See game below for 10.f4 in an OTB game.} 10... Be7 11. e5 dxe5 {Well it worked. I was expecting 11...Nd5.} 12. Qxc6+ Nd7 {The next few moves are easy to see.} 13. Rd1 Bd6 14. Ne4 O-O 15. Nxd6 cxd6 16. Rxd6 {And now you see why Black having a7 free saves the pinned the Knight.} 16... Ra7 17. Be3 Rc7 18. Qxa6 {So I have three Queenside connected passed pawns. Next I'll show an OTB game from this position showing you perhaps how it really should be played. Me. I use the pawns as Mate Bait.} 18... Qe7 19. Rad1 Nf6 20. Bb6 {Saccing one pawn to get the Queen back into the game and set up a trap.} 20... Rxc2 21. Qd3 {Now if Black plays 21...Rxb2 22.Bd8 Q anywhere 23.Rxf6! wins a piece as Black cannot take f6. 23...gxf6 24.Qg3+ and 25.Bxf6 mate the same pattern as above.} 21... Rcc8 {That I missed. But I went for the original plan anyway.} 22. Bd8 Qb7 {And now if 23 Rxf6 Rcxd8! and then I will really will have to concentrate on saving those Queenside pawns and eek out a win.} 23. Bxf6 gxf6 24. b3 {The Queenside pawns are more important than that pawn on f6. I now have to wait and see what Black does before I cook up the next trick. The big difference is I was only playing this one game. Beatlemania was playing 300+. So he is bound not to see all the tricks.} 24... Rc6 25. h4 {Aggressive luft. I am going to push that h-pawn to h6 play Qg3+ and mate him. Of course I never thought for an instant that would happed but it may make him see a ghost or two.} 25... Qb6 {Hmmm..... Now my back rank no longer hangs I go for trap No.2.} 26. a4 {Offering the b3 pawn. I hope he falls for this one, I'm running out of bait.} 26... Rxd6 27. Qxd6 {OK take it.} 27... Qxb3 {Yahoo!} 28. Rd3 {It's over. This attack on the Queen and the g3 square wins. The threat is Rg3+ Kh8 and Qxf6 mate. Note 28...Qe6 solves nothing. 29.Rg3+ and Qxf8 mate.} 28... Qb1+ 29. Kh2 {Now there is nothing to be done. The coming Rg3+ simply wins. Black has to give up his Queen to avoid mate. So Black throws himself on his sword.} 29... Kh8 30. Qxf8 {Brilliant? Well not really, have a look at the next two games.}
The OTB ‘bread and butter’ way.
Frigola Fluvia - Algarra Paya, Joan Gelpi memorial 2004
FEN
r2qk2r/2pnbppp/p1Q5/4p3/8/2N5/PPP2PPP/R1B2RK1 w kq - 0 13
[FEN "r2qk2r/2pnbppp/p1Q5/4p3/8/2N5/PPP2PPP/R1B2RK1 w kq - 0 13"]
13. Rd1 Bd6 14. Ne4 O-O 15. Nxd6 cxd6 16. Rxd6 Ra7 17. Be3 Rc7 18. Qxa6 {The exact same position and sequence of moves as in mine and Beatlemania's game.} 18... Qe7 19. Rad1 Nb8 20. Qd3 Rcc8 21. c3 Rfe8 22. Qd5 Qc7 23. a4 Qc4 24. a5 Qxd5 25. R1xd5 Nc6 26. Rc5 Nb8 27. a6 Rxc5 28. Bxc5 {Black resigned. White never broke sweat. I like my game but to be honest this game was the way to play it. I wish I could do that instead of resorting to traps.....then again I like being me}
But this is good and very instructive for all of us push a pawn and think later guys.
X. Luo - G.Voelsgen, German U-16 Ch 2003
The German under 16 Championship.
Let’s see what the kids were doing back in 2003, see if we can learn anything.
FEN
r2qkb1r/1ppb1ppp/p1np1n2/1B6/3NP3/2N5/PPP2PPP/R1BQ1RK1 w kq - 0 8
[FEN "r2qkb1r/1ppb1ppp/p1np1n2/1B6/3NP3/2N5/PPP2PPP/R1BQ1RK1 w kq - 0 8"]
8. Bxc6 Bxc6 9. Nxc6 bxc6 10. f4 {Playing f4 first....} 10... Be7 11. Qf3 {...then Qf3.} 11... c5 {Black spots the e5 shot opening an attack on the c6 pawn. But all this has done is waste a tempo and weaken d5. 11...castles was sound.} 12. e5 {If Black had castled he could here play 12...dxe5 13.fxe5 Qd4+ He cannot do this now as the a8 Rook hangs.} 12... Nd7 13. exd6 cxd6 14. Nd5 O-O 15. Bd2 Nf6 16. Rad1 Nxd5 17. Qxd5 Qc7 18. Bc3 {Yes this looks good. All as a result of that clumsy looking 1...c5. That is a move I can see happening at the lower levels.} 18... Rac8 {Black is going for a Queen swap.} 19. Rf3 Qc6 20. Rg3 {No time for a Queen swap as g7 hangs. White is that one tempo ahead. (11…c5 has a lot to answer for.)} 20... g6 21. Qh5 Rfd8 {I doubt if Black can defend it. He has obviously missed what is coming, he thinks White is planning 22.Qh6 when 22...Bf6 holds everything.} 22. Qxh7+ Kxh7 23. Rh3+ {And mate next move. Apparently White was graded 1495 when he played this. It 'slightly' over shadows my trick or treat win.}
But that is enough of me and The Duck.
What have you guys been getting up to.
Refusing checkmate to get a three fold repetition is a good starter.
[FEN "4r3/2p5/3pq1p1/4k3/1B5P/Pp6/1PbQ4/2K5 w - - 0 57"] 57. Bc3+ Kf5 58. Qg5+ Ke4 59. Qg2+ Kf5 60. Qg5+ Ke4 61. Qg2+ Kf5 {The game was abandoned as a draw. All White need do is play 62.Qg5+ and we have three fold rep. (If an exact same position is repeated on the board 3 times then a draw can be claimed.) Instead of taking the draw White missed….} 62. Qf3 {A checkmate he missed as few moves ago as he was so intent on getting a perpetual.}
[FEN "6k1/1R6/3r4/7p/1P2p1pP/3NPnP1/4KP2/8 w - - 0 45"]
45. Nf4 Rd2+ 46. Kf1 Rd1+ 47. Ke2 Rd2+ {Missed mate in one.} 48. Kf1 Nh2+ 49. Ke1 Nf3+ 50. Kf1 Rd1+ 51. Ke2 Rd2+ {Missed mate in one and the was game agreed drawn.}
[FEN "8/1R3pk1/2Bp2p1/3Pp3/4Pb2/5PK1/8/r7 w - - 0 43"]
43. Kg2 Ra2+ 44. Kh3 Rh2+ 45. Kg4 Kf6 46. Be8 Rg2+ 47. Kh3 Rh2+ 48. Kg4 Rg2+ 49. Kh4 {Black could only see Rh2+ and Rg2+ and with White threatening mate on f7 the game was agreed drawn. But....} 49... g5+ 50. Kh5 Rh2+ 51. Kg4 Rh4{...is a forced checkmate.}
perthboy - brumbie RHP 2011
Where we find Black missing mate in two four times.
FEN
2Qbk3/1p6/p6r/2p1P1R1/3p4/P1P3PK/5q2/R7 w - - 0 38
[FEN "2Qbk3/1p6/p6r/2p1P1R1/3p4/P1P3PK/5q2/R7 w - - 0 38"]
38. Kg4 Qe2+ 39. Kf4 Qf2+ 40. Kg4 Qe2+ 41. Kf4 Qf2+ 42. Kg4 Qe2+ 43. Kf4 Qf2+ 44. Kg4 Qe2+ 45. Kf4 Qf2+ 46. Kg4 Qe2+ 47. Kf4 {Here the game was given up as a draw.....it should have ended....} 47... Qe3+ 48. Kf5 Qf3 {A mate missed 4 times by White.}
Enough?
OK. One more. This is the best out of the lot. Both players miss mating their opponent.
chucknorit - Jace Johnson RHP 2012
FEN
5k2/3Q3p/6p1/2P1Bp2/3Pp3/Np2b2P/1P4PK/5q2 w - - 0 39
[FEN "5k2/3Q3p/6p1/2P1Bp2/3Pp3/Np2b2P/1P4PK/5q2 w - - 0 39"]
39. Bd6+ Kg8 {White now checkmates with 2.Qe8+ Kg7 3.Qf8 mate.} 40. Be5 {No. He missed it...Black's turn. He can now mate with 2....Bg1+ 3. Kh1 Bf2+ 4.Kh2 Qg1 mate.} 40... Qg1+ 41. Kg3 {OK Black can do it the fancy way with 4...Bf2+ 5.Kf4 Qc1 checkmate.} 41... Qf2+ 42. Kh2 Qg1+ 43. Kg3 Qf2+ 44. Kh2 Qg1+ 45. Kg3 {Black can still mate with Bf2+ and Qc1.} 45... Qf2+ 46. Kh2 Qg1+ {The game was agreed drawn. Both Kings do not know how lucky they were. I'll show that Black checkmate I mentioned.} 47. Kg3 Bf2+ 48. Kf4 Qc1
Finally we end with a game I call……..Hmmmmmm….let me see……
We have had the RHP Jewel of Doom…………….
The RHP Diamond of Despair
KingMikeB - I need 2 Kings 2011
Often we see amateur students playing opening moves like a4 and a5 to bring
their Rooks into the game via a3 and a6. This attractive idea is soon shelved
either by experience or it is coached out of them.
(Coaches have to be very careful how they advise. This idea will be to the
player original and unique. Don’t trample on their dreams.)
Here it works in a wonderful fashion. Throw in both sides terrorising the neighbourhood
with their Queens (13 moves = White 5 Queen moves, Black 8) and you have
all the ingredients for a Diamond of Despair.
1. e4 e5 {And that is about as normal as this game gets.} 2. Qf3 Qf6 3. Qc3 {Hitting the c7 pawn.} 3... Qd6 {Defending the c7 pawn.} 4. a4 a5 5. Bc4 {A minor piece is developed is the opening. It seems in this game to lose.} 5... Qd4 6. Qb3 Qxe4+ 7. Ne2 Qxg2 8. Rg1 Qxh2 {OK. Black has had his fun, now it's White's turn.} 9. Bxf7+ Kd8 10. Bxg8 Ra6 {Black is a piece down but here comes the Queen's Rook to save the day.} 11. Qf7 {Threatening mate with 12.Qxf8.} 11... Rf6 {The greatest Rook move in the history of Rook moves. It stops the mate, hits the Queen and....} 12. Qd5 Qxf2+ 13. Kd1 Qf1+ {Mates the King.} 14. Rxf1 Rxf1
The Duck sunbathing on a beach somewhere in Mexico.
The Smitties are back in Alberta, no new shoes, but duck in tow. The duck will soon be on its way to Yale university, where surely they play only the best chess.
I can only see what I see on the score.
Of course one player may have claimed a draw or offered it.
Short of actually asking the players I have no way of knowing and
if I did ask the chances are they could not remember. đŸ™‚
I think the lesson is before taking a draw make sure it is a draw.
Hiya GP,
In Hyde Park - nijin , you said ... game agreed drawn.
This was actually the third repetition of the same position, 1b, 3b, 7b. Surely either side could have claimed the draw?
Also in perthboy - brumbie , the same position was repeated 5 times. I guess RHP should not enforce the rules, but surely either side could claim? I guess it is of interest if white spots that he could be mated, but black does not (yet).
Amusingly (for me), in positions such as perthboy - brumbie , I immediately spot the material gain of 2. ... Qe3+, 3. ... Qxg5+, but not so quickly the 3. ...Qe4/Qf3#. I'll have to watch out for that.
Thanks for the examples.
Gezza
PS, the diamon of despaire is amazine.
I can only see what I see on the score.
Of course one player may have claimed a draw or offered it.
Short of actually asking the players I have no way of knowing and
if I did ask the chances are they could not remember. đŸ™‚
I think the lesson is before taking a draw make sure it is a draw.
In Hyde Park - nijin , you said ... game agreed drawn.
This was actually the third repetition of the same position, 1b, 3b, 7b. Surely either side could have claimed the draw?
Also in perthboy - brumbie , the same position was repeated 5 times. I guess RHP should not enforce the rules, but surely either side could claim? I guess it is of interest if white spots that he could be mated, but black does not (yet).
Amusingly (for me), in positions such as perthboy - brumbie , I immediately spot the material gain of 2. ... Qe3+, 3. ... Qxg5+, but not so quickly the 3. ...Qe4/Qf3#. I'll have to watch out for that.
Thanks for the examples.
Gezza