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23. Ng3
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23... axb4 24. axb4 Rxa1 25. Bxa1 Bxf1 26. Rxf1
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Star Chess played these exchanges really quickly, so quickly that I started worrying. "Have my opponent's crafty little silicon chips found a forced checkmate?" I wondered to myself, "Well, I haven't, so I'll just recapture and hope for the best," I resolved. |
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26... f5 27. Be5 Rd8 28. Kd4 Rd7 29. Ra1 b6
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It's time to win an unequal endgame biased in White's favour. |
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30. Kc4
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I had my eye on Ra7, but after 30.Ra7? c5 wins my rook, so I had to move my king first. |
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30... e3
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Nothing to worry about. I can always sacrifice my knight if need be. The great thing about having a substantial material advantage in the endgame is that you can always sacrifice it without becoming behind. |
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31. Ra7 b5+ 32. Kxb5 Rxd5+ 33. Kc6 Rd2 34. Kxc7 Rxh2
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I paused to think, and calculated that if he took the time to take my knight with his rook, I would win the pawn race by miles. |
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35. b5 e2 36. Nxe2 Rxe2 37. b6 Rd2 38. b7 Rc2+
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Playing for time. |
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39. Kd7 Rd2+ 40. Ke7 Rd7+
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Star Chess' little silicon chips had obviously gone into "make the game last as long as possible mode. |
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41. Kxd7 Kf7
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The beauty of this position is that my bishop traps Black's king on his kingside, allowing a forced checkmate. I don't even need to chase Black's king around the board with a queen and rook first. |
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42. b8=Q h6 43. Kd6#
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Checkmate with a king - or at least a king move. Can you get more stylish than that? Star Chess emitted a tiny beep that could have been the equivalent of a sigh as the little red light on the side switched off. The silicon chips went to sleep...for today.
So, the score is 1 to fatcat2, 0 to the Computers. The next round will be coming soon! |
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