29 November, 2011

T51 Round 2 - A win

My first win since August....

A French Defence turns into a Philidor,and stays fairly balanced, until we reach move 16...

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 ...

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.
42. Nd7#
Mate with Knight, pawn and King !


2 comments:

ScotchYeti said...

Now that's a nice mate. Congratulations! When will be your next games?

Signalman said...

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.