Tuesday, 21 June 2022

The Pinwheel Fork

 Courtesy of my opponent spotting my Plan A, but not my Plan B, I managed to produce a 'Pinwheel Fork' for probably the first time in my career. Having pushed 16.e4, my opponent Ian Hosking, assumed I was looking for some complicated tactic based on attacking f7 and e6. He decided to deal with it my taking on d4, assuming that my next move would be to capture the bishop on f5. Instead the knight landed on c6, and thanks to the pinned b pawn, I successfully attacked the queen, both rooks and a bishop, all of which were undefended!


Press,Shaun - Hosking,Ian [D11]
Belconnen Cup (6), 21.06.2022

Start positionPrevious MoveNext MoveEnd positionPlay movesStop playing
1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. g3 Bf5 4. Bg2 e6 5. c4 c6 6. Nc3 Nbd7 7. O-O dxc4 8. Bg5 Be7 9. Nd2 h6 10. Bxf6 Nxf6 11. Nxc4 O-O 12. e3 Qc7 13. Rc1 Rfd8 14. Qb3 Rab8 15. Ne5 Qa5 16. e4 Rxd4 17. Nxc6 bxc6 18. Qxb8+ Rd8 19. Qb7 Rd7 20. Qxc6 Bg6 21. Rfd1 Rxd1+ 22. Rxd1 Bb4 23. a3 Bxc3 24. Qxc3 Qxc3 25. bxc3 Nxe4 26. Bxe4 Bxe4 27. Rd8+ Kh7 28. Rd7 a6 29. Rd6 Bb7 30. Rb6 Bc8 31. c4 Kg6 32. Rb8 Bd7 33. Ra8 1-0

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