Sunday, 21 January 2024

Missed Opportunities

I had a few opportunities to really give my opponent a hard time in this example of an Alekhine's Defense (Chase Variation), but annoyingly I didn't play Rd1 on Move 22 which would have obviously posed a few problems for my opponent!   

As usual, any comments welcome ...

Alekhine's Defense


Start positionPrevious MoveNext MoveEnd positionPlay movesStop playing
1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. c4 Nb6 4. d4 d6 5. exd6 exd6 6. Nc3 Nc6 7. Be3 g6 8. h3 Bg7 9. Nf3 O-O 10. Be2 Bf5 11. a3 d5 12. cxd5 Nxd5 13. Bg5 Qd7 14. Qd2 Rfe8 15. O-O Nf6 16. Bb5 Ne4 17. Nxe4 Bxe4 18. Nh2 a6 19. Ba4 b5 20. Bb3 Qxd4 21. Qf4 Qd7 22. Ng4 Qf5 23. Qc1 Nd4 24. Bd1 Bd3 25. Bh6 Bxf1 26. Bxg7 Kxg7 27. Qh6+ Kh8 28. Kxf1 Qd3+ 29. Kg1 Re1+ 30. Kh2 Nf5 31. Qc1 Rd8 32. Qxc7 Qd6+ Greg B resigned as White 33. Qxd6 Rxd6 0-1


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