Plus one of my recent games on here where I offer 3 passed pawns as 'Mate Bait'.
Pics of The Duck in Canada and Mexico and then a whole section of
RHP players taking a perpetual instead of a mate including one game.
chucknorit - Jace Johnson RHP 2012 where both players miss mating
their opponents within a couple of moves of each other.
Closing with The RHP Diamond of Despair where both players toss 250 years
of chess development of out the window and just get on with it producing a very
pleasing finish.
[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 Qe7 19. Rad1 {Black has no time to snatch the c2 pawn as the d7 Knight hangs. So Black tries to gain a tempo on the Queen.} 19... Nb8 20. Qd3 {But now White is in complete control of the only open file on the board and with those passed pawns the win is close to trivial.} 20... Rcc8 {Defending such positions is awful. You have to sit and wait and pray for a blunder. He does even try to cloud the issue with 20....e4.} 21. c3 {That is the Queen free from holding c2. White will now run the pawns.} 21... Rfe8 22. Qd5 {Good move. Centralisation. Stopping f5 and e4 ideas and keeping that Knight hemmed in as a target for the a-pawn. } 22...Qc7 {Here Black comes up with a plan to swap to Queens and then he can possibly try and create counter-play with f7-f5. But it's nothing for White to worry about.} 23. a4 Qc4 24. a5 Qxd5 25. R1xd5 Nc6 {Now you get the impression Black is just making legal moves waiting for an opportunity to resign.} 26. Rc5 Nb8 27. a6 Rxc5 28. Bxc5 {Now he can resign with honour. The threat is a7 and as the Knight has no flight squares it is lost.}
The RHP Diamond of Despair
31 Mar '13 14:361 edit
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