My first win since August....
A French Defence turns into a Philidor,and stays fairly balanced, until we reach move 16...
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| 16. Nf5 |
So many threats of exchanges to simplify.....but after Bxf5 gxf5 Nxc4 Qxe4 ( Qxc4 is bad, but not as disastrous as it appears ), Black plays Nxb2 ( expecting Kxb2 ) and misses the in-between check capture ...
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| 19. Nxe7+ ! |
A piece down and with a nice White attack, Black tempts with d5...
Mess up the next moves and all is equal, but no, I find the correct combination ( Qxd5, Qxd5, Nxd5 ) and although Black plays well, the difference is too much.
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| 42. Nd7# |
Mate with Knight, pawn and King !
2 comments:
Now that's a nice mate. Congratulations! When will be your next games?
After Black didn't resign, I marched the King to the centre, intending to snap up the Pawns, then realised I could give mate with the King, Knight and pawn !
I've been on holiday for a week, so opted out of rounds 3 and 4. Hopefully, I will be back in the next round.
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