Instructive attack on the castled king
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Oct 11, 2009
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Fun one! I wish you would have played the rook capture when it presented itself the first time, but it was still overwelhming when it did happen. When I have time to give this some analysis, I'll come back...
Very nice attack. I am not sure if the variation I list below is accurate but it seems to me it would be a nice forcing mate.
21.g4! Ne2 22.Rf6!! Black seems to be virtually helpless to me at that point. 22...Kg8(22...gxf6 23.Qxh6+ Kg8 24.Qh7#) 23.Rxh6 gxh6 24.Qxh6 Re8 25.Bh7+ Kh8 26.Bg6+ Kg8 27.Qh7+ Kf8 28.Qxf7#
A classic example of "Alekhine's Block". I honestly don't know if this works because I'm not amazing at analyzing these things but it seems to me as if it would work well. I'm reading a book on Alekhine's Block right now so I may just be looking for an excuse for it to work but it seems as if it may here.
I like move number 17 and 23, it shows good lateral thinking skillings. move number 23 wins a critical tempo.
After 23. Rxf5 gxf5 24. Qh5 Kh7 25. Rf1 you say "with Bf4 coming up, white wins". Is it really that simple? Can you show us?
For example, which would you chose after 25. ... Rg8:
a) 26. Bf4 Rg6
b) 26. Qxf7+ Rg7
c) 26. Rf4 Qe3
d) other
I definitely prefer white's position. h6 is an attackable weakness and the d7 bishop is really bad as long as black can't get in c5 and Bc6 (at which point the bishop might be really good, especially combined with the open g-file).
live game again? ok this was a gg so i feel like annoting it 
Notice how black makes many instructive mistakes in the opening that slowly strangle his position. You can't play that passively as black and hope to win against strong opposition.
nice..
Thanks you all for your comments!
Knight shifter's comment was very interesting , but it kinda neglects the fact that the a1 rook was hanging. But if it wasn't.... =)
at loomis: I like variation b in your analysis - h6 seems to be able to fall with a g4 pawn break (utilizing the pin)
@ General-Lee. All I have to say is lol. Good work =)
You could just block it with the bishop right? Black has no play after that I don't think. Now that I'm looking at it again when it's not 12AM it seems that in declining the sac black would have to play g6, then Bxg6 fxg6 then white has the h6 pawn followed by mate soon after. I think I'd risk losing a rook in that variation =D Idk maybe I missed something else? D:
KnightShifter wrote:
You could just block it with the bishop right? Black has no play after that I don't think. Now that I'm looking at it again when it's not 12AM it seems that in declining the sac black would have to play g6, then Bxg6 fxg6 then white has the h6 pawn followed by mate soon after. I think I'd risk losing a rook in that variation =D Idk maybe I missed something else? D:
The problem is that the immediate Rf6 leads to Qxa1+, and after Bg1 black plays Qxe5 and the attacks over. However, it is a very creative idea that I definitely will play if I am ever given teh chance!
The white queen would be guarding the pawn... right? The knight would be gone.
interesting! then it looks like white is winning.
=P so it does work!
lemme just show a pgn of what your'e talking about
Now, there is a slight glitch in this system here. Black COULD play 21...Ne7 to guard g6 but the chances of that seem unlikely to me xD.
21... Ne7 22. Bg1! Qc3 23. Bc5 and white wins.
0.o f7 would be unguarded. Sneaky sneaky.
so was the game live or not? lol u ignored my question =P