Originally posted by vandervelde After 23rd move White could hold a draw by perpetual check, but (in blitz by the way, 6+0) he decided to pursue Black King.
And eventually White lost.
Between 29ht and 31st move - he could have played better all right, but was there a win?
I don't see any way to even force a draw by perpetual check. First of all, perpetual check only applies to the king; perpetually attacking the queen is not perpetual check. Second, when White plays Rb1, Black can prepare to get his queen out of the way with Qa3.
Originally posted by Natural Science I don't see any way to even force a draw by perpetual check. First of all, perpetual check only applies to the king; perpetually attacking the queen is not perpetual check. Second, when White plays Rb1, Black can prepare to get his queen out of the way with Qa3.
He was talking about when he was checking the king, the king comes up, he rechecks the king goes back and so forth, the king comes up to save the pawn and they bounce back and forth like that. If he got the pawn it would have been an unavoidable perpet.
Like around move 23.
And instead of 24 R-a1, he could have gone R-e1, setting up possible rook checks which could have ended it in a few moves. R e1, e3, g3+...
A good try for white would be to forget about the hanging bishop and go all in with 32. Qxf6, threatening both 33. Qxf7# and 33. Qxd6+ Ke8 34 Rxg8#. Black seems to be in big trouble after that.
Your move allowed the black king to find a safe square in e7 and keep the f6 pawn for defense.
06 May '12 14:28
Could White get more than a draw here?
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