The playing venue is a priests' seminary on the outskirts of Bamberg |
But my analysis engines (Stockfish9 and Komodo9) rate White as winning, or at least much better, for much of the opening.
Massively behind on development, I was reduced to making vague threats against White's king.
White to make his 15th move in Pawel Strawa (1500) - Spanton (1878), Bamberg U1900 round 2 |
Instead, PS played 15.Qb5?, one point being that 15...Rxd4?? loses on the spot to 16.Qe8+.
But I played 15...Qxb5, which wins a pawn after 16.Nxb5 Rd5 17.Nc3 Rxf5.
My afternoon opponent failed to show, perhaps put off by a hailstorm followed by torrential rain that fell for about half an hour around the start time.
That gave me more time to admire the beauties of Bamberg.
River-view of Bamberg's former town hall |
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