The Duck goes to America

greenpawn34

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13 Jan 13

greenpawn34

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Pics of The Duck getting wrapped and packed for his tour of the USA.

A handful of RHP blunders all linked by a theme. (the Sac Back Trap)

a couple RHP games featuring this position from the Petrov:

Blog 4

greenpawn34

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14 Jan 13

In the lead up to the diagram in the first post I was reminded of this
game which appeared in one of the first blogs.

SLICKRICK1 -romang RHP 2008

tvochess

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14 Jan 13

Thx for writing this blog. You always seem to find the interesting stuff that is hidden in the game.

May I ask why the duck is on holiday? Visiting family, fascination by the Great Lakes...?

greenpawn34

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14 Jan 13

He's going to the Marshall Chess Club to get his picture taken
with that bust of Marshall.

When he comes basck he's off Tallinn in Estonia to get a picture of
him next to the plaque dedicated to Paul Keres.

tvochess

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14 Jan 13

He must be quite excited I suppose. 😉

michael liddle

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14 Jan 13

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Originally posted by greenpawn34
He's going to the Marshall Chess Club to get his picture taken
with that bust of Marshall.

When he comes basck he's off Tallinn in Estonia to get a picture of
him next to the plaque dedicated to Paul Keres.

By the time he gets home he must be 'cream quackered!'

greenpawn34

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14 Jan 13

I'll do the jokes Michael.

Where do you live? The Duck also wants picture of him at his favorite football
teams ground. (Norwich - nicknamed The Canaries.).

He is going to go all over the world. The pyramids, the great wall of China,
the leaning tower of..........that place where the leaning tower is.
And the lads on RHP are going to help me.

By the time he's finished he will be 'cream quackered!'

Rank outsider

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14 Jan 13

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If he has time, he might want to check out the job going in Hollywood for someone to stand in for Donald during those risky stunt sequences.

Could be a double duck opening.

greenpawn34

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14 Jan 13

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Found a game played Donald Duck.

Donald Duck - Bayyappan RHP 2006.

White is using the Donald Duck Attack v the Caro Kann.
(Nice alert wrap up,)

michael liddle

out on bail

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14 Jan 13

Originally posted by greenpawn34
I'll do the jokes Michael.

Where do you live? The Duck also wants picture of him at his favorite football
teams ground. (Norwich - nicknamed The Canaries.).

He is going to go all over the world. The pyramids, the great wall of China,
the leaning tower of..........that place where the leaning tower is.
And the lads on RHP are going to help me.

By the time he's finished he will be 'cream quackered!'

I'll write you some more puns, GP!

I'm in Lincolnshire.

In September I am off to Arizona, (again), for a holiday. The duck is welcome to join me. (I won't tell the wife!) I'll book his seat and pay for it too!

Mike

Paul Leggett

Chess Librarian

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15 Jan 13

If he wants to meet Donald Duck, that can be arranged. 😉

greenpawn34

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15 Jan 13

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Alistair72 posted in the blog comments.

"In Bedingbedang - barselona RHP 2008 move 4 why would white play fxe3
(creating unprotected double pawns) and not Qxe3?"

Hi Alistair72

I’m glad and I’m sad you brought that game up.

Usually I have chess writers luck. A game falls into my lap and it all
flows well. The bad moves are spotted and it wraps itself up all neat.

This game was going that way until I spotted a dead jammy move.
“Why did that move have to be there. Everything was going just perfect.”
The notes were writing themselves.

Originally I was going to show the whole game, It has some instructive moments
for the 1400-1800 lads. but…

Bedingbedang - barselona RHP 2008

1. d4 d5 2. Nc3 {One of the golden rules of thumb dictates that in 1.d4 d5 openings both the b1 and b8 Knights should stay off c3 and c6 till after their respective c-pawns have been moved. To put any pressure at all on Black after 2.Nc3 White needs to get in e2-e4 ASAP.} 2... g6 {So Black should have/could have played 2...Nf6 here preventing...} 3. e4 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bg7 {2.Nc3 has turned out OK. The hit on the d4 pawn is easily covered by natural developing moves.} 5. Nf3 Bg4 6. Be3 Nf6 7. Nc5 {Best was most likely 7.Nxf6+. The White Knight goes off sniffing at pawns and after...} 7... b6 8. Nb3 {8. Nd3 still having an influence on the centre was better. This Knight sortie has left White with a useless Knight on b3 a good Black Knight still on f6. The weakened light squares on the Queenside are not critical (yet).  All Black need do now is castle.} 8... Nc6 {Whoops! this gives White some play. 8...0-0 should have been played. Now the weak light squares are critical, At the lower levels we often seen bad moves turned into good moves by some slack play.} 9. Bb5 Qd6 10. h3 Bf5 {Now it's White who should castle. Black's last move carried with it a wee trick.} 11. Ne5 {Seeing only your threats and not your opponents. 11.0-0 was the move. We now have an unprotected piece on the board with a check in the position. The recipe for a two move trick.} 11... Qb4+ {White played 12.Qd2 and lost the b4 Bishop. But now we see the luck in Chess playing it's part. White missed...} 12. Nd2 {Spotted when I noticed that after 12. Qd2 Qxc6 13.c4 Qa4 White does not has b3 because there is a Knight on that square. So that useless and much maligned Knight on b3 now plays it's part after all.} 12... Qxb5 13. c4 {And White has won his piece back. I got bogged down figuring out what was happening. Best appears to be...} 13... Qxb2 {But I cannot look at moves like that, though here it does appear sound. I was getting all bogged down. So being an experienced writer and all that crap. I did what all chess writers do 'fudge it' and left out all the previous moves to get to the critical position.}

To answer the question about why White took doubled e-pawns….

…by playing 16fxe3 here.

At this stage of the proceedings it’s 6 and two 3’s.White is a piece and position down.
But trying to get inside the lad’s head.
I say he opted for 16. fxe3 because after 16.Qxe3.

Black can play 16…Qxe5 and the Queens are off.

These lads play to a fighting finish. It’s Checkmate or bust.
With the Queens on there is always a chance. Always.
(wait for the next blog for some classic examples. here is just a wee taste
of some games I won’t be using..)

magic13 - jason deal RHP 2008

WillieNelson (1455) - Daving (1388) RHP 2010

Watch this and be impressed. Anything can happen with the Queens on
and of course the King never leaves the board.

chinesedragon - ropopa RHP 2008

And that was the games I will not be using. I have some brilliant 'Oh No!'
games for the next blog.

PureRWandB

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17 Jan 13

The Duck needs to do the NYC DUCK Tour...

EVENT	Open invite
SITE	http://www.redhotpawn.com
DATE	2006.11.14
ROUND	?
WHITE	Donald Duck
BLACK	ayyappan
RESULT	1-0
WHITEELO	1789
BLACKELO	1624