The Once in a Lifetime Chess Combination.

1. Nf3 c5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. e4 {After a brief trip through M.C.O. We have landed on the planet Sicilian.} 3... d6 4. Bc4 e6 5. d4 Be7 {Everywhere except on RHP cxd4 in the Sicilian is an automatic move. It never gets played.} 6. Bf4 {White just has to castle and they have the perfect Fred Reinfeld set-up.} 6... Nc6 7. h3 {A wee bolt hole for f4 Bishop.} 7... a6 {Going for Queenside expansion.} 8. d5 {Best to castle before playing moves that can open the centre.} 8... exd5 9. exd5 Na5 10. Be2 b5 11. a3 Bb7 12. b4 {To stop the threat of 12...b4.} 12... Nc4 13. Bxc4 bxc4 14. bxc5 dxc5 15. d6 {Looks good but....} 15... Qa5 {White uncastled King allows tricks. Good here would be 16.0-0.} 16. Bd2 {Never retreat a piece unless you have to, the d6 pawn drops off the board.} 16... Bxd6 17. Ne4 Qc7 18. Nxf6+ gxf6 {Now castling in front of an open file and those two Bishops looks a bit doggy.} 19. Qe2+ Be7 20. Qxc4 {Not an OOPS White has an unplayed trick on the board.} 20... Bxf3 {Now 21.Bf4 to stop Qe4+ and then gxf3.} 21. gxf3 {Now this is an OOPS!} 21... Qe5+ 22. Qe4 Qxa1+ 23. Ke2 {Do not get greedy, 23...Qe4, the Queens are off and Black is a Rook up.} 23... Qxh1 {Don't take the Rook, 24.Qc6+ Kd8 25.Ba5 mate. or 24.Qc6+ Kf6 25.Bh6+ mates.} 24. Qxa8+ {Now there is no mate just a perpetual check.} 24... Bd8 {In hindsight it was better to give up the h1 Rook with Kd7.} 25. Qc6+ Ke7 26. Bf4 {White has a pep-check but plays for a trick. If 26...Re8 27.Qd6 mate.} 26... Qxh3 {I bet White never expected this, it losses, 26...Ba5 and White has to take the pep-check.} 27. Bd6+ Ke6 28. Bxc5+ {28...Ke5 29,Qe4 checkmate. The Black King is forced onto f5.} 28... Kf5 29. Qd7+ {The Black Queen has been skewered.} 1-0

1. d4 d5 2. Nc3 e6 3. Qd3 Bd6 4. Nb5 Nc6 5. Nxd6+ cxd6 6. e4 dxe4 7. Qxe4 Nf6 8. Qh4 {Queens defending pawns, pieces moving twice in the opening. A typical RHP game.} 8... O-O 9. Bd3 g6 10. Nf3 Qa5+ 11. Bd2 Qb6 12. Bg5 Qxb2 {Suddenly this game has a chance to be one of the Immortals.} 13. Bxf6 {Well played, the Immortal is on.} 13... Qxa1+ 14. Kd2 Qxh1 15. Ng5 {Black played 15...Re8 16.Qxh7 and mate next move. Why not allow....} 15... h5 16. Qxh5 gxh5 17. Bh7 {..that checkmate. One to show the grandkids.} 1-0

1. e4 e5 2. d4 d6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 {We have gone into a Philidor Defence.} 4... exd4 {Giving up the centre. playable but difficult. 4...Nbd7 is theory.} 5. Nxd4 Be7 6. g3 {Black should now just castle.} 6... Nc6 7. Bg2 h6 {A pointless pawn move 7...0-0 was OK.} 8. Nxc6 bxc6 9. e5 dxe5 {White can play 10.Bxc6+ and Bxa8. Then we would not have seen the following trick.} 10. Qxd8+ Kxd8 {10...Bxd8 then 11.Bxc6+ and Bxa8 wins a Rook the normal way.} 11. Bxc6 Rb8 12. Be3 e4 {Another bad pawn move. Leave them alone. 12...Bb7 and Black is doing OK.} 13. Bxa7 Rxb2 {Black could not resist it.} 14. O-O-O+ {White then took on b2 and was soon 1-0.}

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 Nc6 {See what I mean about no cxd4 in RHP Sicilians.} 4. dxc5 Nf6 5. Nc3 e5 6. Bg5 {Crafty...trying to get Black to play Be7 and then (I presume) cxd6.} 6... h6 7. Bxf6 Qxf6 8. Nd5 {8.Nb5 same threat on c7 but also tickling the d6 pawn was a tempting looking alternative.} 8... Qd8 9. Bb5 {But this is looking just as good for White.} 9... a6 10. Bxc6+ bxc6 11. Nb6 Rb8 12. Nxc8 Qxc8 {A plausible way to take back, the Rook hits b2. White will have to take time out for b2-b3.} 13. cxd6 Rxb2 {White cannot believe his luck. He did not miss it the first time, he won't miss it this time either.} 14. d7+ Qxd7 {Forced.} 15. Qxd7+ Kxd7 {Only move.} 16. O-O-O+ {He has done it again. 0-0-0 check snagging a wayward Black Rook on b2.} 16... Kc7 17. Kxb2 {Black resigned a few moves later.}

[FEN "8/2R5/7K/1p6/1p6/1p6/p1N1B3/bk6 w - - 0 1"]
1. Na3+ {This is the only move that allows White to win. 1.Nxb4 2.Be5 draws.} 1... bxa3 2. Bd3+ Kb2 3. Bh7 {That should give you a clue on the first part of the winning procedure.} 3... b4 {Only move.} 4. Kg6 Kb1 {Black is reduced to only moves.} 5. Kg5+ Kb2 6. Kf5 {The ladder is used to get the White King in close enough to block some flight squares.} 6... Kb1 7. Kf4+ Kb2 8. Ke4 Kb1 9. Ke3+ Kb2 10. Kd3 Kb1 11. Kd2+ Kb2 {Now what to do? It is actually a mate in 5.} 12. Bg8 Kb1 13. Rc1+ Kb2 14. Rc4 {The star move that allows mate in 3.} 14... Kb1 15. Bh7+ Kb2 16. Bc2 bxc2 {Only move.} 17. Rxb4 {Checkmate.}