Tuesday, 15 May 2018

It just went horribly wrong

Trying to bluff your opponent in OTB chess is a risky proposition, doing so in Correspondence Chess is complete foolishness. Here I tried a bluff against my opponent, hoping he wouldn't find 9.Nh7!, or realise it had been played in a similar position previously (9...Qe8 is better). Of course he did find it, and after that, my game just disintegrated (aided in part by other horrible moves from me)


Schreuders,Arjo - Press,Shaun [C57]
Australia v Netherlands, 05.03.2018

Start positionPrevious MoveNext MoveEnd positionPlay movesStop playing
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. Ng5 Bc5 5. Bxf7+ Ke7 6. Bc4 Rf8 7. O-O d6 8. Nc3 h6 9. Nh7 Rh8 10. Nxf6 gxf6 11. Nd5+ Kf8 12. Qh5 Kg7 13. Nb6 Qe7 14. Nxa8 Nd4 15. c3 Ne6 16. d4 exd4 17. b4 1-0


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