20 Feb 08
Originally posted by SchumiThe great swindle..the king dissappears off the board. Maybe that's the surprise ending and why Fabian chose this game.
Sorry, it's not check, it still mates though.
Originally posted by Dragon Fire
[b]Because a chess board is only 8 X 8. We don't have g9 here but its a novel idea.
g9 is probably black's best way out of this position here. 😀[/b]
20 Feb 08
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Originally posted by Dragon FireI was thinking QXQ, RxQ+, Bg7, Nd5 with a Ne7 coming up very soon..haven't checked if that's a forced mate or not, but it's close. After the Rook sacrifice here, I'm not sure where white would go next..
17 RXB (why not have an Exchange Sacrifice, theres been enough of them). Anything else allows QXQ when black is simply 2 pieces up.
Here's my line using algebraic notation:
17. Raf1 Qxg5? 18. Rxg5+ Bg7 19. Nd5 anything 20. Ne7#
Did I miss something there?
20 Feb 08
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Originally posted by bosintangNo, wait 19...Rc6 prevents Ne7#. Let me check again. To be honest, I didn't like Qg5+, and I'm wondering if white blew his chances here.
I was thinking QXQ, RxQ+, Bg7, Nd5 with a Ne7 coming up very soon..haven't checked if that's a forced mate or not, but it's close. After the Rook sacrifice here, I'm not sure where white would go next..
Here's my line using algebraic notation:
17. Raf1 Qxg5? 18. Rxg5+ Bg7 19. Nd5 anything 20. Ne7#
Did I miss something there?
22 Feb 08
Originally posted by Exuma...
After Qh5+, where does the K go? The choices are - e6,e7,f6,g7 and g8. The choice is bewildering, this is to me one of the hardest things to calculate over the board - which king move is best.
I started with 14..Kg8 -
15. Rxf5..Qe6 {the check on e3 is meaningless, after which the Q returns to defend f7 anyway}
16.Qg5+..Qg6 17.Rxf8+! the only way to ...[text shortened]... }
23.g3+..Kh3
24.Qg2+..Kg4 25.Qf3+..Kh3 and its a pretty cool mate in 2 g4+ followed by Qg3#.