Friday, 15 May 2020

Fundamentals (part 21)

A Chowdhury (?) - Spanton (156)
Lloyds Bank (London) 1991
White has just captured on e4
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76...Kg4 77.f5 Kg5
77...d3 78.Kxd3 (forced) Kxf5 also wins.
78.Ke5 Kh6??
I have no idea what was going through my mind, but I guess my turning a win into a loss had something to do with having been a pawn up for a large part of the game - either I relaxed or I became frustrated and impatient at play dragging on.
Winning is ...d3 although it is not so clear as a move earlier, ie 78...d3 79.f6 d2 80.f7 d1=Q 81.f8=Q Qd4+ 82.Ke6 Qxc4+ when Black still has chances to go wrong.
79.f6 Kh7
It is too late for ...d3, eg 80.Ke6 (but not 80.f7?? Kg7 and ...Kf8) d2 81.f7 d1=Q 82.f8=Q+ Kh7 (other king moves fare no better) 83.Qf5+ transposes to the game..
80.Ke6 d3 81.f7 d2 82.f8=Q d1=Q 83.Qf5+ Kh6 84.Kf7 Qh5+ 85.Kf6 a4 86.Qf4+ Kh7 87.Qc7+ 1-0

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