16 Feb 12
I laughed out loud reading this post, then had to try to explain to my gf why I was laughing... which is hard to do...
"well the one guy under promoted to a knight, to be clever, and drag out the game, instead of resigning, but then black missed a mate in one, and ended up losing..."
kind of hard to explain the humor in all of that - but I thought it was hilarious 😀
Thanks for the chuckle!
18 Feb 12
Originally posted by greenpawn34I approve of this game.
We have another, this was first under promotion to a Knight
in the Championship. (8 moves.)
mischas - bzartman1 RHP Ch 2012.
[pgn]
[Event "2012 Championship"]
[Site "http://www.redhotpawn.com"]
[Date "2012.02.01"]
[Round "1"]
[White "mischas"]
[Black "bzartman1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "1636"]
[BlackElo "1125"]
[EndDate "2012.02.12"]
...[text shortened]... Qf2 24. Be2 Re4 25. Nxe4 dxe4 26. Rhf1 Qxe2 27. Qf6+ Ke8 28. Qf8[/pgn]
18 Feb 12
Originally posted by greenpawn34Wasn't there a RHP theme tournament with 2 . . . f5. Ever since I saw that, I have wondered about 2 . . . f5 as a black response to the King's Gambit. Seems risky but agressive, and as indicated may throw white out of book.
We have another, this was first under promotion to a Knight
in the Championship. (8 moves.)
mischas - bzartman1 RHP Ch 2012.
[pgn]
[Event "2012 Championship"]
[Site "http://www.redhotpawn.com"]
[Date "2012.02.01"]
[Round "1"]
[White "mischas"]
[Black "bzartman1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "1636"]
[BlackElo "1125"]
[EndDate "2012.02.12"]
...[text shortened]... Qf2 24. Be2 Re4 25. Nxe4 dxe4 26. Rhf1 Qxe2 27. Qf6+ Ke8 28. Qf8[/pgn]
20 Feb 12
Originally posted by moon1969I've used the King's Gambit a number of times and know the theory pretty well and in my opinion 2...f5 is one of the least challenging responses for black. If black is dead set on playing a counter gambit against the KG there is almost no choice but the Falkbeer with 2...d5.
Wasn't there a RHP theme tournament with 2 . . . f5. Ever since I saw that, I have wondered about 2 . . . f5 as a black response to the King's Gambit. Seems risky but agressive, and as indicated may throw white out of book.
20 Feb 12
Originally posted by greenpawn34This was painful to play through. Black went from casual to casualty entirely too fast.
The first Championship under promotion I have found.
[fen]4r3/1p3Ppk/p4n1p/2p5/8/P1QP2qP/1PP1r1PN/R4RK1 w - - 0 26[/fen]
White here played 26 f8=N+ to delay the mate on g2 by one move.
The shock appeared to be have an effect on Black who resigned 7 moves later.
No typo. Black resigned 7 moves later.
con25 - RBHILL RHP Ch 2012
[pgn]
[Eve ...[text shortened]... missed.} 29. Rf2 Re1+ 30. Rxe1 Rxe1+ 31. Rf1 Qe3+ 32. Qxe3 Rxe3[/pgn]
20 Feb 12
1 edit
Originally posted by moon1969Yeah there is an active one now with quite a few entrants:
Wasn't there a RHP theme tournament with 2 . . . f5. Ever since I saw that, I have wondered about 2 . . . f5 as a black response to the King's Gambit. Seems risky but agressive, and as indicated may throw white out of book.
King's Gambit - Pantelakis Counter Gambit Banded Thematic II
http://www.redhotpawn.com/tournament/view.php?tid=13614