Saturday 27 April 2019

71st Hampstead - Round One

WHITE to play and win in Spanton (1914/171) - Alex Barlov (1676/154).
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The game went 38.Rxd2?? Qxd2+ (I had missed that this was with check) 39.Bxd2 Rxf3 (0-1, 44 moves)
Correct was 38.Bxd2, when Black can resign as 38...Rxf3 is simply met by 39.Bxe1.

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