Sunday, 1 April 2018

Lucky Escape

IN round one of this year's Jersey Open, I was under the cosh for most of the game.
Position after 34...Kh8-h7 in Kim Le Quang (FM2267) - Spanton (1851)
Black's pawn weaknesses (e5, b6) mean White is more-or-less positionally winning after the precautionary 35.Be2 or, even better according to analysis engines, 35.Nf2.
Instead, KLQ jumped in with 35.Nf6+? After 35...Bxf6 36.Bxf6 Qxd3, he had no choice but to accept the perpetual that comes with 37.Qf8 Qxe3+ 38.Kg2 Qd2+ etc.

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