The Diamond of Despair + Mate Bait + The Duck in Mexico
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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.
I call this one ‘Mating Bait.’
Greenpawn - Beatlemania RHP 2013
The OTB ‘bread and butter’ way.
Frigola Fluvia - Algarra Paya, Joan Gelpi memorial 2004
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.
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.
sonic snow - hjcpa RHP 2012
And I’m afraid I have another one of these.
Hyde Park - nijin RHP 2012
And there is more.
TUBTUB - coquette RHP 2012
perthboy - brumbie RHP 2011
Where we find Black missing mate in two four times.
Enough?
OK. One more. This is the best out of the lot. Both players miss mating their opponent.
chucknorit - Jace Johnson RHP 2012
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.
The Duck sunbathing on a beach somewhere in Mexico.
The thread accompanying this blog is Thread 152239
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.
I call this one ‘Mating Bait.’
Greenpawn - Beatlemania RHP 2013
The OTB ‘bread and butter’ way.
Frigola Fluvia - Algarra Paya, Joan Gelpi memorial 2004
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.
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.
sonic snow - hjcpa RHP 2012
And I’m afraid I have another one of these.
Hyde Park - nijin RHP 2012
And there is more.
TUBTUB - coquette RHP 2012
perthboy - brumbie RHP 2011
Where we find Black missing mate in two four times.
Enough?
OK. One more. This is the best out of the lot. Both players miss mating their opponent.
chucknorit - Jace Johnson RHP 2012
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.
The Duck sunbathing on a beach somewhere in Mexico.
The thread accompanying this blog is Thread 152239
