Sunday, 11 February 2024

The downside of playing for tricks

 There are some games where you just fall into the trap of playing for tricks. Common sense disappears and instead, each move is based on some dodgy 2 move trick you hope your opponent will fall for. Here is an example where White tries for a tricky idea around move 12, which basically loses. After that he just keeps digging a deeper hole, hoping his opponent might fall in (Narrators voice: No he didn't)


Stevanic,David (2294) - Kozlovic,Jernej (2174) [C52]
28th HIT Open 2024 Nova Gorica SLO (9.12), 02.02.2024

Start positionPrevious MoveNext MoveEnd positionPlay movesStop playing
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. b4 Bxb4 5. c3 Ba5 6. d4 exd4 7. Qb3 Qf6 8. O-O Bb6 9. e5 Qg6 10. Ng5 Nh6 11. f4 Na5 12. f5 Qxg5 13. Bxg5 Nxb3 14. f6 g6 15. Bxh6 Nxa1 16. Bg7 Rg8 17. Kh1 Nc2 18. Bb3 Ne3 19. Rf4 d3 20. Nd2 Nf5 21. Ne4 Nxg7 22. Bxf7+ Kf8 23. Bxg8 Kxg8 24. Ng5 Ne6 25. f7+ Kf8 26. Nxh7+ Kg7 27. f8Q+ Nxf8 28. Nf6 d2 29. Ne8+ Kh6 30. Rf1 d6 31. exd6 Bg4 0-1

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