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Like a few of you when I sign in I look at the recent checkmate to help me wake up and get my brain into second gear (it's one of things I have in common with my Rover - we both hate second gear) and I came across this final position in Game 6278233:
and the first thing I thought was why on Earth did white put his bishop on g7, that's not where it should be - a queen should by eyeing up that spot, or failing that a rook. So in a further bid to avoid actually doing any work today, I had a quick skim through the game and found a sneaky missed win for white - ironically when he choose to put his bishop on g7 - he could have won the game:
This PGN could not be parsed.
[FEN "5rk1/1pq4p/pR4pP/2Pp1r2/3Bb1Q1/P1P2p2/2PR1P2/6K1 w - - 1 32"]
{Here white played Bg7}
1. Rg6+ pxg6 {If black plays Kf7 instead Rg7+ picks up black's queen} 2.Qxg6+ Qg7 3. Ph7 {I know Qxg7 wins, bear with me I'm being ironic} kh8 {forced} 4. Bxg7 {This is when a bishop belongs on g7}
- line 4: Unrecognised token 'pxg6'
- line 4: Unrecognised token 'Ph7'
- line 4: Unrecognised token 'kh8'
- move 2 could not be played: Invalid PGN : Error converting move Qxg6
[FEN "5rk1/1pq4p/pR4pP/2Pp1r2/3Bb1Q1/P1P2p2/2PR1P2/6K1 w - - 1 32"]
{Here white played Bg7}
1. Rg6+ pxg6 {If black plays Kf7 instead Rg7+ picks up black's queen} 2.Qxg6+ Qg7 3. Ph7 {I know Qxg7 wins, bear with me I'm being ironic} kh8 {forced} 4. Bxg7 {This is when a bishop belongs on g7}
So - remember, bishops support an attack, they shouldn't lead the attack and go in first!
Here's the full game: