Friday, 2 January 2015

Simple tactic wins - Pawn fork

I don't think I deserved to win this game - but it ultimately came down to simple tactics. Note: my opponent had more of a monopoly on c7 than he thought ...

As usual, any comments welcome ...


Sicilian Closed System ...


Start positionPrevious MoveNext MoveEnd positionPlay movesStop playing
1. e4 c5 2. Bc4 e6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. c3 d6 5. d4 cxd4 6. cxd4 Nf6 7. Bg5 Be7 8. Bd3 Qa5+ 9. Nc3 Nxd4 10. Bd2 Nxf3+ 11. Qxf3 Qb6 12. b3 Qd4 13. O-O e5 14. Nb5 Qb6 15. Be3 Qd8 16. Rac1 O-O 17. h3 Bd7 18. Nc3 a6 19. Nd5 Nxd5 20. exd5 Qa5 21. Qe4 f5 22. Qf3 e4 23. Bxe4 fxe4 24. Qxe4 Bf6 25. Bd4 Bxd4 26. Qxd4 Rac8 27. Rcd1 Bb5 28. Rfe1 Rce8 29. Re6 Qc7 30. Qg4 Bd7 31. Rde1 Bxe6 32. dxe6 Re7 33. f4 Qc5+ 34. Kh1 Qf5 35. Qxf5 Rxf5 36. g3 Rf6 37. Rc1 Rfxe6 38. g4 Re1+ 39. Rxe1 Rxe1+ 40. Kg2 Re2+ 41. Kg3 Rxa2 42. f5 Kf7 43. Kf4 Rb2 44. Ke4 Rxb3 45. Kd5 Rxh3 46. Kxd6 a5 0-1


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