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46... Kg8 47. Qd5+ Kh7 48. Qd3+ Kh8 49. Qd8+ Kh7 50. c7
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50. c7 - a series of queen checks enables my pawn to be just one square from Glendadom. But now Henry must run the gauntlet from the Wicked Witch of the West. |
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50... Qf4+ 51. Kg1 Qe3+ 52. Kh2 Qf4+ 53. Kh3 Qf5+ 54. Kg3
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54. Kg3 - Henry hatches his escape plan. |
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54... Qe5+ 55. Kf3 Qc3+ 56. Ke2 Qe5+ 57. Kd3
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57. Kd3 - Henry makes towards his queenside footman but will this be shelter enough? |
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57... Qb5+ 58. Kc3 Qe5+ 59. Kc4 Qb5+ 60. Kb3
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60. Kb3 - whew - at last Henry has found some refuge as the Witch has no checking lines available. Any non checking move will allow my c7 pawn to crown. |
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60... a5 61. c8=Q
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61. c8/Q - Voila! |
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61... Qxb4+ 62. Kc2
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62. Kc2 - Henry must run the gauntlet yet again. At least with two queens on the board, it will be easier to cover Henry as more squares will be controlled by both these ladies. I just hope I can engineer a cross-check which will force off the Witch. |
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62... Qa4+ 63. Kd3 Qd1+ 64. Kc4
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64. Kc4 - with both queens defending each other, Henry has no fear of running into a skewer. |
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64... Qc1+ 65. Kb5 Qb2+ 66. Ka6
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66. Ka6! - Henry was really tempted to gobble up that nice, tasty, juicy p(r)awn on a5. But he restrains himself from this because he realises that he can use this pawn as a human shield to shelter behind. Black cannot now check Henry from the front, so he must now find another way. |
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66... Qe2+ 67. Ka7 Qf2+ 68. Qb6
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68. Qb6 - After being on this square for many moves, Glenda is finally able to cover her other half. |
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68... Qf7+ 69. Qcb7
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69. Qcb7 - and so does her clone, Henry is sooo lucky, having those two ladies to snuggle up to. My opponent acknowledges that Henry is now safe and all I have to do is to plonk a queen on the b1 to a7 diagonal when the Witch moves off her second rank and I will either force an exchange of queens or if black dodges this exchange he can cop Old Matey. This acknowledgement comes in the form of the white flag. This puts me back to my optimum rating of 1883 just 17 points short of 1900. Be really lurvely to get there. But for now, that's all folks, bye for now - Joanne |
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