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42. Qf1 Qxf1 43. Rxf1
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43. Rxf1 - one of the invaders is traded off, but there is still a black rook to reckon with. |
 
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43... Rh3 44. Rd1 Ng2+ 45. Ke2 Ke6
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45. ........ Ke6 - black moves her king to get me into a material losing zugzwang. I can do nothing about this but, looking at the board and the pawn formations gives rise to the thought that I can afford to lose a pawn here, despite my opponent being 300+ rating points above me (remember that my 1950 rating is inflated!) - I simply dare to believe that as the BK may not be able to penetrate into my position, Henry and my rook will be able to handle the black rook and prevent any further damage. |
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46. Rg1 Nf4+ 47. Ke3 Nxd3 48. Kxd3 Rxf3+ 49. Ke2
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49. Ke2 - Henry immediately puts the question to the black rook which, incredibly, has only one square to go to - h3! |
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49... Rh3 50. Rd1
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50. Rd1 - at least this rook momentarily puts pressure on d6 and ties the BK down to defending it. However, black can attack my g4 pawn because I cannot afford to defend it with f3?? because this will allow a rook skewer on h2 winning the critical b2 pawn. |
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50... Kd7 51. Kd2 Rh4 52. Rg1
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52. Rg1 - nothing else, but at least Henry has the squares e2 and d2 to oscillate from. |
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52... Rh2 53. Ke2 Rh4 54. Kd2
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54. Kd2 - DRAW OFFER AND ACCEPTANCE! My opponent sees that there is no way through the Joblock and, rather than take a risk like Freddy did in my draw game and hand me back a pawn to try and penetrate down the kingside bit the bullet. While I would rather have been up and at em' like Master Blaster Ineedaname there is something really satisfying about preventing my Expert opponent from beating me - that is a victory in itself. At the moment I am carrying on Master Freddy's work - challenges between players with huge rating differentials. Eventually these challenges, although they may seem disheartening at first to have to deal with the heavy material losses and/or copping Old Matey, standards in play of these lower rated players will gradually and eventually improve until the walkers become runners! Joanne |
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