Saturday, 29 September 2018

Pretty Finish

MANAGED to pull off a pretty finish this morning against a Polish junior in the ninth and final round of the Czech Tour's Highlands Open in Trebic.
White has just played 24.Na4-b6 in Spanton (1923) - Szymon Skurniak (1763)
24...Rad8?
It takes Komodo9 something like two minutes to see what is wrong with this natural-looking move.
If SS had seen what was coming, he would have preferred 24...Bc6 25.Rxc6 bxc6 26.Nxa8 Rxa8, when White has decent drawing chances after 27.Rc4.
25.Nd5 Qd6 26.Nf6+ gxf6?
Slightly better is 26...Kh8 27.Rh4 gxf6 28.Qh6 Qd3 29.Qf6+, but White has an overwhelming attack.
27.Rg4+ Kh8 28.Qh6 Qb6+ 29.Kh1 1-0

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