06 May 12
Originally posted by vanderveldeHe had one try with 32 B-b3, setting up a mate threat.
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?
[pgn]1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 d6 3. Nge2 Nc6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Bd7 6. Bc4 Nf6 7. O-O e6 8. f4 Be7 9. Be3 O-O 10. f ...[text shortened]... Bc4 Qxc2 31. Rg3+ Kf8 32. Qh6+ Ke7 33. Bb3 Qe2 34. Rd1 Rxg3 35. hxg3 Qxe4 36. Rg1 Qxf5 0-1[/pgn]
06 May 12
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Originally posted by Natural ScienceHe 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.
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.
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+...