In chess there is often a fine line between winning and losing. At the club level, almost every game contains one or more missed chances, often not noticed until the silicon monster goes to work.
And so it was on Tuesday night at the Eastlake Gungahlin Chess Club. Ian Hosking went down in flames against Jerry Cheng, after Cheng sacrificed a rook for a devastating attack. But a few moves earlier, Hosking had the chance to play an unexpected, but incredibly strong move, which would probably have flipped the result from a loss to a win. Can you spot it?
Belconnen Cup 13.06.2023
1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. Bd3 Bg4 6. Bg5 e6 7. O-O Nc6 8. c3 Bd6 9. Nbd2 h6 10. Bh4 O-O 11. h3 Bh5 12. Qc2 Ne7 13. Bxf6 gxf6 14. Nh4 f5 15. Ndf3 Bf4 16. Rae1 Kh8 17. Ne5 Rg8 18. Kh1 Nc6 19. Nhf3 Nxe5 20. Nxe5 Rxg2 21. Kxg2 Qg5+ 22. Kh1 Qh4 23. Bxf5 Bxe5 24. Rxe5 Bf3+ 25. Kh2 Qf4+ 26. Kg1 Rg8+ 27. Bg4 Bxg4 28. Rc1 Bxh3+ 29. Kh1 Qf3+ 0-1
7 comments:
Seems like several opportunities to play qd1/be2
Prolly just qd1, be2 can be ignored
18.Nxf7+ looks decisive!
Actually, 18 Nf7+ is totally wrong. It's Qe1 deflecting bishop from f7 square
That was me correcting the 18 Nf7 blunder
My God... I meant Qd1
Well done to everyone who played! Indeed Qd1 was the winning move
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