13 Feb 12
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And still they come.....(mates on f7). This one has an opening twist.
Yesterday Mad Knight - Today Crazy Knight.
We need a game from this lad User 294912 to complete the set.
talzamir - crazyblkknight RHP Ch 2012
crazyblkknight - Erwin Weinzinger RHP Ch 2012
13 Feb 12
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Originally posted by no1marauderAdmittedly, it doesn't show the bishop coming to e4 but it shows the bishop coming to f5 and says to watch out for this defensive trick. Which version do you have? The old one or the algebraic one with notes by John Nunn?
On what page? I can't find it.
Edit: because it maye have been in Nunn's notes but my memory is foggy and I don't have the book with me to confirm... I just remember that this defensive trick stuck with me after reading that section of the book.
14 Feb 12
Originally posted by tomtom232The 2008 edition. But you are right; on p.123:
Admittedly, it doesn't show the bishop coming to e4 but it shows the bishop coming to f5 and says to watch out for this defensive trick. Which version do you have? The old one or the algebraic one with notes by John Nunn?
Edit: because it maye have been in Nunn's notes but my memory is foggy and I don't have the book with me to confirm... I just remember that this defensive trick stuck with me after reading that section of the book.
What is more important is that Black's knight should not be able to reach f6 and neither his queen nor bishop should be able to occupy the h7-b1 diagonal unharmed.
Of course, here the bishop can't reach the diagonal "unharmed" and the sac is still correct though not decisive. I admit I didn't see Be4; 30+ games sometimes make you overlook moves. Still, even if Black plays it, White has a very solid advantage though I agree the position isn't resignable.
15 Feb 12
Originally posted by greenpawn34OUCH! That's just painful to see.
And still they come....This time the mating Queen does not
come from f3 or h5 but from c8. Read on....
cardd22 - camdenyoruba RHP Ch 2012
[pgn]
[Event "2012 Championship"]
[Site "http://www.redhotpawn.com"]
[Date "2012.02.01"]
[Round "1"]
[White "cardd22"]
[Black "camdenyoruba"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "1933"]
[BlackElo "1536"]
[EndDate ...[text shortened]... Qc8+ Qd8 9. Bf7+ Ke7 {You are not winning my Queen...} 10. Qe6[/pgn]
15 Feb 12
Originally posted by greenpawn34So Crazy Knight at f2 was the slayer in one game and the slayee in the other game.
And still they come.....(mates on f7). This one has an opening twist.
Yesterday Mad Knight - Today Crazy Knight.
We need a game from this lad User 294912 to complete the set.
talzamir - crazyblkknight RHP Ch 2012
[pgn]
1. d4 d5 2. e4 dxe4 3. Nc3 c6 4. Nxe4 {From a Backmar Gambit to a Caro Kann. Two openings with completely different re ...[text shortened]... e4 c5 2. Bc4 Nc6 3. c3 e5 4. Qf3 Nf6 5. g4 d6 6. g5 Nd7 7. Qxf7[/pgn]
Anyway, in the first game, White didn't even have to use the queen for the mate. Crazy (black) got greedy with pxg3 (N) (see diagram below in which Crazy did pxg3 instead of Nd5 to stop the mate):
In the second game, Crazy's (white) g4/g5 moves here are classic, at least with many white opponents in the thousands of Yahoo blitz games I played years ago. If I ever saw a white g4/g5 coming in that situation as black, I tried to have already played d6 (or d5) before White pushed the pawn to g4. White to move:
15 Feb 12
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Originally posted by greenpawn34Annotation: "You are not winning my Queen..."
And still they come....This time the mating Queen does not
come from f3 or h5 but from c8. Read on....
cardd22 - camdenyoruba RHP Ch 2012
[pgn]
[Event "2012 Championship"]
[Site "http://www.redhotpawn.com"]
[Date "2012.02.01"]
[Round "1"]
[White "cardd22"]
[Black "camdenyoruba"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "1933"]
[BlackElo "1536"]
[EndDate Qc8+ Qd8 9. Bf7+ Ke7 {You are not winning my Queen...} 10. Qe6[/pgn]
That's funny. Ofcourse, I guess white could have missed the mate.