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Post by yitwail on Jul 19, 2006 12:50:40 GMT -5
congrats on your victory. if i had been your opponent, i would have played a different move 44. the e7 pawn could have been defended another way, with Kf8 or Bf6 or Be5, allowing the knight to move to c5 later on, where it can attack the passed pawn. of course, you could have played 45 BxN to prevent that, but then it would have been harder for you to promote the pawn, lacking a bishop that can control the a8 square. i'm not sure if this would have affected the ultimate outcome, but i think it would have prolonged the struggle.
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Post by perseus on Jul 19, 2006 15:28:01 GMT -5
If I was black I would played 44 .... Nc5 and taken my passed pawn with his Knight (sacrifice) and dared me to win from that position. I proably could if I did not blunder.
It would giove black a sense of direction, the lack of hope otherwise.
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Blockhead
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Post by Blockhead on Jul 20, 2006 6:54:40 GMT -5
Since we have been focusing our attention on a particular position I thought I'd take a belated look at the game (using SNC Java). Since it was the deciding factor in the outcome of the game I wanted to find the point when whites 'a' pawn became a passed pawn. After white captures pawns on a7 & b7 (creating the passed pawn!) black plays 22. ... Nd7?? Take a peek at whites 23rd move (Qb3). 23. Bg4! would have settled matters well before move 44, or the need to push the passed pawn!  We all make such errors. Like time and space, all errors are relative!  |
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Post by perseus on Jul 22, 2006 16:16:18 GMT -5
I had my eye on trapping the black Queen (for quite a few moves), which could have gone to d3. At least, that's what I thought at the time, and it seems the case now as well.
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