Why did Mackensie resign? - Chess Forums

bizbooks

Mar 18, 2011

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Hi all, I'm new and working thru Chernev's Logical Chess. Game 9 is Znosko-Borovsky v Mackensie 1924. And Mackensie resigns at this point

Chernev explains this by saying next moves would be:

30…rook xe7

31 knight f6+ king h8

32 rook xd7

“White wins a piece, giving Black no opportunity to complicate the ending”

I don't get it - if I was White, Black could complicate the ending for me. Can anyone tell me how this would play out.

Thanks a lot,

ted

bizbooks

Mar 18, 2011

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#2

I figured that, but knowing that I could easily lose this game if I was White, I wish Chernev had kept going. Thanks, Scott.

bizbooks

Mar 18, 2011

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#3

Thanks, Fezzik, that's exactly what I'll do.