Thursday, 13 September 2012

But while in Istanbul ...

Although I did not play much chess in Istanbul (apart from the 2 games for PNG), I did manage to play some chess while in Istanbul. I am of course talking about online chess, or in my case turn based chess. I had one game from a match on chess.com still bubbling along, and although I headed off to Istanbul with a clear advantage, it was good to get a resignation while there. Playing a reasonably successful anti-Caro system (2.Nc3, 3.Qf3) I reached a position where I could launch a queenside attack against the castled king. The key move was 26.cxb6 and after that I had a winning advantage.


Press,Shaun - HoldemRulzOK [B11])
Chess.com, 29.08.2012


Start positionPrevious MoveNext MoveEnd positionPlay movesStop playing
1. e4 c6 2. Nc3 d5 3. Qf3 d4 4. Bc4 e6 5. Nce2 c5 6. Qg3 Nc6 7. d3 Na5 8. Bb5+ Bd7 9. Bxd7+ Qxd7 10. f4 Nc6 11. Bd2 Nf6 12. Nf3 g6 13. O-O Bg7 14. e5 Nd5 15. Ng5 O-O-O 16. Ne4 b6 17. a3 h5 18. Nd6+ Kb8 19. b4 Ka8 20. Rfb1 h4 21. Qe1 f6 22. bxc5 fxe5 23. Ne4 exf4 24. Nxf4 Nxf4 25. Bxf4 e5 26. cxb6 axb6 27. Rxb6 Bf8 28. Rxc6 Qxc6 29. Qa5+ Kb7 30. Rb1+ Kc8 31. Bxe5 Bd6 32. Nxd6+ Rxd6 33. Bxd6 Qxd6 34. Qa8+ 1-0

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