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mlb62

Only Chess

27 Jan 22

mlb62

Joined: 20 May 17
Moves: 17537

27 Jan 22

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Yes folks..Erika NU now occupies spot #1 in the ratings list here at RHP.
2467 in case you're thinking of giving her/him a challenge..
How about congratulations ?

mchill

Cryptic

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Joined: 27 Jun 16
Moves: 3283

27 Jan 22

@ogb said
Yes folks..Erika NU now occupies spot #1 in the ratings list here at RHP.
2467 in case you're thinking of giving her/him a challenge..
How about congratulations ?

Congrats Erika. Very impressive. 🙂

FMDavidHLevin

Joined: 15 Dec 20
Moves: 53

28 Jan 22

I've been watching Erika Nu's games for some time. Here are a couple recent finishes.

In Game 14471123 against Bobek139 (Black), the following position was reached after 28...Nd7-b6:

Owing to the veiled attack on White's bishop, White exchanged rooks, reaching the following:

How should White parry the attack on the bishop?

White played 30. Nb2!, which prepares the advance of the queenside pawns. (See the following chess movie.)

In Game 14637800 against cardinalal (Black), the following position was reached after 26...e6-e5:

White played 27. Nf2!, opening the queen's path to the a2/g8 diagonal while retaining all of the rooks (which significance will soon be seen).