Bulldog with witch Challenge game (Martin0 - vickalan)

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Martin0

25.Qxg5

vickalan

25...exf4

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Martin0

26.Rxd4

vickalan

26...Rg6

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Martin0

27.Rxf4+

vickalan

27...Rf6

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Martin0

28.Wf5+

vickalan

28...Ke8

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Martin0

29.Bh4

vickalan

29...Ne7

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Martin0

30.Qj8+

vickalan

30...Ng8

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Martin0

31.Bxf6

vickalan

31...gxf6

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Martin0

32.Qxg8+

Then I will play either:

32...Qf8 33.Qxf8#

or

32...Ke7 33.Qf8+ Ke6 34.Qxf6#

So unless I am missing something, gg

vickalan
Resigns.
OK, I calculated that to 33.Qf8+...Ke6.
Your next move was #, which I didn't see yet.sad.png
 
One thing I learned is that bringing a rook out early (which can't be done in normal chess) is probably a bad opening. Just like playing a queen early in normal chess is usually not excellent play.
On lesser players there might be a game, but here it definitely didn't work. It just led to the rook being continuously harassed, and I could rarely improve my position.
I enjoyed the game. You're a great player, and deserve to remain as bulldog World Champion. (at least for now).
good game!😊
Martin0

Thanks for saying I deserve the title. happy.png

Well, there are many ways to win in the end. 34.Qxd6 is a simple endgame and 34.Rxf6+ wins a queen.

 

I agree that bringing the rook out early is a dubious opening and I am sort of glad I managed to play a game to demonstrate it. At least j5 is a bit of an exposed square, as well as j4, so developing the rook to those squares sounds dubious. I think Rj6 can generally be a bit more interesting if you intend to maneuver it somewhere along the 6th rank (This is assuming you don't put pawns/pieces on the 6th rank to block the maneuver). Still you lose your right to castle with not much benefit.

 

I think the game would have been a lot easier for me if I played 15.fxg6 instead of what I played. I thought 15.Nd5 would gain a tempo on the rook, but I miscalculated and that proved to not be the case (since your rook managed to move away with a recapture).

 

I also regretted playing 19.N3f4 when I totally had not seen the problems arising after 19...Qd6 when my guard is threatened and my knight will fall after black plays c6 since it is tied to protect my other knight. I managed to find a continuation, but it got a lot more complicated than I hoped for.

 

Then I was quite happy with the attack I managed to play later with notable moves being 24.e4 and 28.Wf5+. My witch became quite useful in the end. I think it would have been harder for me to continue my attack if you had played 26...Ne7 instead of 26...Rg6

 

Anyway, good game happy.png

FortunaMajor

You guys are waayyy too advanced.

vickalan

@FortunaMajor, yes we might be chess geeks a little - but just part of the day.happy.png

@Martin0, thanks for the analysis.

Agree with comments about 15.fxg6.

At move 17 I was surprised you played Bxi6, rather than Nxb6. It probably gave me a little life, but either way I felt very much constrained at almost all points in the game.

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I might cool down a little in chess playing for awhile (at least till after the holidays), but will certainly be looking to adding another game soon.

Any ideas (from anyone) comment here. Another game of Event Chess would be fun too.happy.png

Martin0

17.Nxb6 loses the queen with check after 17...Bxe2+. I thought that was one of your main ideas with Bi6 tongue.png

 

I also want to start a new event chess game at some point.