I think this game is a good example of the windmill effect. If anyone has any other games that have examples of this please can you post because I think it is one of the coolest chess tactics and was used by Bobby Fischer in his "Game of the Century" against Donald Byrne.
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EVENT
May 2013 Centre Counter 1450-1475
SITE
http://www.chessatwork.com
DATE
2013.05.13
ROUND
1
WHITE
Tygert
BLACK
mfoolb
RESULT
1-0
WHITEELO
1324
BLACKELO
1377
FEN
rnbqkbnr/ppp1pppp/8/3p4/4P3/8/PPPP1PPP/RNBQKBNR w QKqk - 0 1
I just came across this, Game 10093159. Black's queen eats away white's pawns like strong acid from move 30 to move 36. Like a salmon that has struggled upstream and spawned, the queen then keels over dead, its mission accomplished.
Here was a weird windmill with a delay in it. (Though, as my comp points out, it was achieved by missing several stronger moves 😛) White's Bishop operates by mate threat and decides the game in the least likely sector: the Queenside.
Edit: damn smileys crash the PGN viewer.
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WHITE
SG
BLACK
NN
PGN
[White "SG"] [Black "NN"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Be7 5. Bc4 Nf6 6. Nc3 O-O 7. f3 c5 { There are GM games until this move. The GMs declined to blatantly weaken d5. } 8. Nde2 a6 9. a3 { 9. a4 is better because black can't shut the bishop in a2 with ...b5 and ...c4. } 9... Nc6 10. Be3 b5 11. Bd5 Bb7 12. Nf4 Nd7 13. Ba2 { admitting that Bd5 earlier wasn't best } 13... Nde5 14. Nfd5 Na5 15. b3 { ugly, but I really need those Ns out of c4 and I don't want to trade the a5 one for a B because I like my Bs even though one is stuck in a corner : P } 15... Bxd5 16. Nxd5 Bf6 17. Rb1 { ugly again but I don't want the possibility of ...Bb2 if Rc1 } 17... Nac6 18. O-O Ne7 { yeck - white gratefully opens the K position } 19. Nxf6+ gxf6 20. Bh6 Re8 21. f4 N5g6 22. f5 { no more blocking on g6 for you! } 22... Ne5 23. Qe1 Kh8 { had to answer the threat of Qg3+ } 24. Qg3 Rg8 { I provoked this so he can't answer my next move with Ng8 } 25. Qh4 N7c6 { now he threatens ...Rg4 } 26. Rf4 Qe7 27. Re1 { Time for other pieces to come help. Somehow I will get that far-away B in there.... } 27... b4 28. Re3 bxa3 { black either doesn't see the danger or doesn't know what to do about it } 29. Rh3 Nd7 { well, maybe he knows what to do about it. this is an alert defensive move - now I can't play Bf8? because of Nxf8 holding h7. Meanwhile, the other N comes to e5. } 30. Rf1 { redeployment time. if he sac's ...d5 I want the 1st rank well secured. } 30... Nce5 { and now the stage is set for an unusual windmill. } 31. Bc1 Rg7 32. Bxa3 { it's not just the P, it's the use of the long diagonal, should I need it later } 32... Nc6 33. Bc1 Nd4 34. Bh6 { reset for the next turn of the windmill. } 34... Rgg8 35. c3 Nc6 36. b4 cxb4 37. Bd5 Rac8 38. cxb4 Nxb4 39. Bd2 { No, really, you weren't supposed to take that pawn. } 39... Nxd5 { or play on a piece down in a miserable position } 40. Qxh7# {White mates} 1-0
r2q1rk1/1b1nb1pp/4p3/p1p2p2/1p4n1/1P1PNNP1/PBPQRPBP/4R1K1 w - - 0 17
PGN
[FEN "r2q1rk1/1b1nb1pp/4p3/p1p2p2/1p4n1/1P1PNNP1/PBPQRPBP/4R1K1 w - - 0 17"] 17. Nxg4 fxg4 18. Rxe6 {Black should now play Bf6} 18... gxf3 19. Rxe7 fxg2 20. Rxg7+ Kh8 {Now Qh6 and mate on h7 is a few. Instead Paralad treats us to that Windmill effect with a few See-Saw Checks.} 21. Rxd7+ Kg8 22. Rg7+ Kh8 23. Rxb7+ Kg8 24. Rg7+ Kh8 {With nothing left on the 7th rank to take White looks around for the win and instead of the crude Rd7+ winning the Black Queen he wraps it up with...} 25. Qh6 {Game over. Good Rook on the 7th fun.}
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Originally posted by greenpawn34 Our resident Para Trooper and frequent poster on here has a nice Windmill in his foot locker.
[pgn] [FEN "r2q1rk1/1b1nb1pp/4p3/p1p2p2/1p4n1/1P1PNNP1/PBPQRPBP/4R1K1 w - - 0 17"] 17. Nxg4 fxg4 18. Rxe6 {Black should now play Bf6} 18... gxf3 19. Rxe7 fxg2 20. Rxg7+ Kh8 {Now Qh6 and mate on h7 i ...[text shortened]... g the Black Queen he wraps it up with...} 25. Qh6 {Game over. Good Rook on the 7th fun.}[/pgn]
