[FEN "r3r1k1/b4ppp/pqn5/2NQ4/1P6/P4NPb/1B2P2P/2R2RK1 w - - 0 20"] 20. Ng5 {It kicks off with a straight forward hit on f7 threatening mate in two.} 20... Be6 {That appears to stop that one however.....} 21. Rxf7 {2....Bxe6 3.Rxg7+ Kh8 4.Rxh7+ Kg8 5.Rh8 mate. In that line if 3.Rxg7+ Kf8 4.Nxh7 mate.} 21... Re7 22. Rxg7+ Rxg7 23. Qxe6+ {Kf8 then Rf1+. Now it's all forced.} 23... Kh8 24. Nf7+ Kg8 25. Nh6+ Kh8 26. Qg8+ Rxg8 27. Nf7# {How about that.}
She (Jovanka) is rated 2400 and her opponent was 2000 so it's not THAT surprising he fell for a smothered mate. My question is why didn't he resign several moves earlier, like at least when she went N-h6+? or even a move before. Hell, I am only rated 1750 USCF and I would have seen that coming well before crunch time.
Originally posted by Duncan Clarke Maybe he didn't resign earlier because he thought that such a smooth mating sequence deserved to be run to its conclusion.
Originally posted by Paul Leggett I was thinking the same thing!
I was looking at the position where king goes to H8, what would have happened if the king went to F8 instead? I see the bishop take rook check but is there a mate in there?
Can anyone tell me where i can get a pgn of these games? I keep searching for it and all i get is the London chess Classic and the Grand chess tour with those same old boring super grandmasters.
Originally posted by robbie carrobie Can anyone tell me where i can get a pgn of these games? I keep searching for it and all i get is the London chess Classic and the Grand chess tour with those same old boring super grandmasters.
They are under the "festival 2015" tab on the left hand side of the London classic website.
The FIDE Open 2015
09 Dec '15 13:521 edit
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