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51... Kc7
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I really should name this game "The Roaming King". My monarch has safely toured much of his kingdom. |
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52. Qa8
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Keep in mind we are flying here. His clock and I are double teaming him pretty cruelly. |
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52... Qc6
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I'm convinced that my opponent is convinced that he doesn't have enough time left to do this without his queen. I continue to offer up a queen exchange in an effort to eat more time. Qc6 has the added benefit of inducing d4 . |
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53. Qa7+ Qb7
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White seems locked into a bad plan, so I continue to go along. Tick tock, tick tock. |
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54. Qc5+ Qc6 55. Qa5+ Kb7
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He's on delay only here. I'm looking for time wasters........ |
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56. Qb4+ Kc8 57. Qa3
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Exhausted and out of time, white fails to see Qf8 keeping the attack alive. |
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57... d4+
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.....and white's flag fell as he was analyzing the board. This was a win I felt that I swindled. After such a well thougt out plan and such a good position until my tragedy of 41...Ra5. Feeling like one lucky guy, I mark my result and promptly forget about this game. I don't want to even think about how close I was to losing it there at the end. Moves like his 48. Rb8 don't just fall into my lap too often. As this is the first time I've ever played in a 6 round tourney, I tell myself that this game was just a warm up, and I now face a 5 round tournament where I am virtually guaranteed 3 whites. It's always nice to get a round 1 win with the black pieces. Concentrate on the positive, I tell myself, and move on to round 2............thx to Ronnie B., and I hope you enjoyed. - Thomas |
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