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Couldn't find a win. Your thoughts please?


  • 8 months ago · Quote · #1

    Cevilchess

  • 8 months ago · Quote · #2

    zirtoc

    26. Qxd5 might be best.  You still have the threat of Qe5+.  Black can't move his rook because of checks on g8.  You can threaten to play Rb7, and h4 to harrass the knight.  Black's pieces are all pretty useless.

    30. Qd8+ Kg4  31. Qa5

    I believe this stops the perpetual and you're up a knight.

  • 8 months ago · Quote · #3

    flying2828

    21. Nc7 seems better than Na3.

    26. Qxd5 and Qe5+ both look much stronger than the move played, and after 27.. Kh6, black looks safe.

    @zirtoc: Not quite.  31... Qg3+ wins the b8 rook.  I only see 30. Nc2 preventing perpetual check, and after 30.. Ra7 31. Ra8 Rxa8 32. Qxa8 Qxc2, the game looks even.

  • 8 months ago · Quote · #4

    drunkennite

    after 11. ..., f5 12. Nxd5!, ...

    Nothing wrong with 21. Na3 but after 25. ..., Kg7 26. Qxd5, ... allows your N to advance via c4

  • 8 months ago · Quote · #5

    Phelon

    30. Qd8 was the only significant improvement I see.

  • 8 months ago · Quote · #6

    Cevilchess

    Thanks for all the comments guys, I appreciate it!

    @drunkennite Yeah wow, totally missed a queen there eh?

  • 8 months ago · Quote · #7

    Phelon

    I guess I should say, Qd8, and if he pins his rook with Rf6 you have Nc2 to defend the e1 square and you will pick up that rook and win the game.

  • 8 months ago · Quote · #8

    drunkennite

    Cevilchess wrote:

    Thanks for all the comments guys, I appreciate it!

    @drunkennite Yeah wow, totally missed a queen there eh?


     All in all a nice game

  • 8 months ago · Quote · #9

    Cevilchess

    Yeah, I didn't see the knight move. like I said, had less than a minute. Thanks phelon.

  • 8 months ago · Quote · #10

    TheGrobe

    Have you considered that 1. e4 might have made the difference?

  • 8 months ago · Quote · #11

    Cevilchess

    TheGrobe wrote:

    Have you considered that 1. e4 might have made the difference?


     Haha. Very clever of you.

  • 8 months ago · Quote · #12

    BobbyRaulMorphy

    Once black gives you the awesome e5 outpost (after 11...f5), you should try to trade off the defenders of that square like the knight on c6 and the dark-squared bishop before occupying it with your knight.  It's a good middlegame plan and worth the trouble since an unassailable knight on e5 would be a crushing positional advantage.

    12.Nxd5 was a nice tactic as drunkennite pointed out.  I totally missed that.

    21.Na3 was a good catch.

  • 8 months ago · Quote · #13

    Cevilchess

    BobbyRaulMorphy wrote:

    Once black gives you the awesome e5 outpost (after 11...f5), you should try to trade off the defenders of that square like the knight on c6 and the dark-squared bishop before occupying it with your knight.  It's a good middlegame plan and worth the trouble since an unassailable knight on e5 would be a crushing positional advantage.

    12.Nxd5 was a nice tactic as drunkennite pointed out.  I totally missed that.

    21.Na3 was a good catch.


     

    Thanks Bobby.

  • 8 months ago · Quote · #14

    Phelon

    TheGrobe wrote:

    Have you considered that 1. e4 might have made the difference?


  • 8 months ago · Quote · #15

    AndyClifton

    26 Qe5+ Rf6 27 Rb6 (ouch)

  • 8 months ago · Quote · #16

    ScarredEyes

    28.Qxd5 Qe1 29.Nc4 Qxf2 30.Ne5 and you have a win, with black not being able to do much about it. For example, 30...Kh6 31.Rxe6 Rxe6 32.Nxe6+ Kh5 33.Qf3+, you win with the passer on the kingside.

  • 8 months ago · Quote · #17

    flying2828

    28. Qxd5 is not possible.  I believe the game is drawn by move 28.

  • 8 months ago · Quote · #18

    ScarredEyes

    flying2828 wrote:

    28. Qxd5 is not possible.  I believe the game is drawn by move 28.


     If 28.Qxd5 is not possible, then could you please kindly submit a refutation for my line in #16...Because I couldn't see any at all. Oh and if you mistaken the 28.Qxd5 as from the text, then there's a big mix-up - I mean the 28.Qxd5 from the alternative, deviation starting from 26.Qe5+

    Just in case visualisation is made easier, here's the line, focussed from start of alternative line:


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