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Hi Everyone!
Had another grim lesson on tactics by The Great One, GM Cyrano. He allowed me to execute a pawn fork in the middlegame and then proceeded to show me why he allowed it. You can follow the game by using Gameknot Analysis as follows: http://gameknot.com/analyze-board.pl?bd=17961012&fb=1&rnd=0.4897350889336611. |
 
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1... c6
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1. ...... c6 - in response to Afro's e4 I decided to experiment with the Caro-Kann Defense. This move is characterised by c6 invented by Horatio Caro. The idea of this is so that I can play a later d5, leaving e5 as an option and not hemming in Fou Leblanc (my light square bishop). |
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2. d4 d5 3. e5
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3. e5 - Afro chooses the Advanced Variation. |
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3... Bf5 4. Nc3 e6
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4. ...... e6 - Fou Leblanc resides outside the f7 - d5 pawn chain. |
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5. g4 Bg6 6. Nge2 c5 7. h4
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7. h4 - it's the sort of thing the Master Mater would do - advance the g and h pawns (before castling kingside) and deter me from castling kingside. Here, Fou Leblanc is under the hammer and soon I will have to play h6 or h5 to create a bolt-hole for him. |
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7... h5 8. Nf4 Bh7 9. Nxh5 cxd4 10. Nb5
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10. Nb5 - if Qxd4 then Bxc2. |
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10... Nc6 11. Nxd4 Nxe5 12. Bb5+ Nd7 13. Bg5
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13. Bg5 - Glenda is under fire - I now block the attack by playing Ne7 but this will block Fou Lenoir in - in fact he will be permanently tied down to defending the pawn on g6. |
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13... Ne7 14. Qe2 a6 15. Bxd7+ Qxd7
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15. ...... Qxd7 - B for N trade. |
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16. O-O-O O-O-O
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16. ....... 0-0-0 - It seemed a good idea at the time but Henry is gonna be just as vulnerable on the queenside as on the kingside. |
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17. Rh3 Kb8 18. Rf3 Bg6 19. Nf4 Be4
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19. ..... Be4 - threatening e5 forking the two knights. Afro allows this but as per my earlier note ....... |
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20. Rc3 e5 21. Nb3
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21. Nb3 - threatening Nc5. |
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21... Rc8 22. Qxe4 exf4
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22. ....... exf4 - there seemed nothing better but it does leave two lurvely diagonals for Afro's dsb to fatally annoy Henry. |
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23. Qxf4+ Ka8 24. Qxf7
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24. Qxf7 - sssssss and double sssssss - in comes the Wicked Witch of the West and she will wreak devastation - she has taken my f7 pawn for starters. The main course is yet to come. |
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24... Rxc3 25. bxc3 Qd6 26. Re1
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26. Re1 - this is the main course - a little bit of horsemeat for Afro, I move my knight out of the way but it allows something a whole lot worse. |
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26... Qa3+
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26. ....... Qa3+ - this proves to be little more than a spite check. |
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27. Kd2 Nc6 28. Re8+
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28. Re8+ - nasty! |
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28... Ka7 29. Be3+ d4
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29. ..... d4 - this block is as flimsy as a meringue and Afro's steed will crush it. |
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30. Nxd4
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30. Nxd4 - So, here is the desert, my friends, this capture will ensure that I will lose very heavy material, starting with the loss of the rook on h8 if I block the checking diagnoal with Bc5. If I move Henry to b3 then Ne6 disc check winning Fou Lenoir to start off with. My position is a complete and utter crushed raspberry and double cream meringue Eton Mess. To save myself the bother of writing a resignation note I decided to finally move that wretched g7 pawn allowing instant ........ |
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30... g6 31. Nxc6#
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31. Nxc6 MATE!! ........ death. I am playing another game against Afro, it is still in play so I cannot say any more, apart from, touch wood, so far, it is an improvement on this one whatever the end result! |
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