Tuesday 24 October 2023

Incredible Double-Blunder

THE following position was reached in Eduardo Cáceres de la Calle (1629) - Spanton (1864), Calvià U2350 Round Eight.
White to make his 26th move
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26.Qg4+??
White has several winning moves. Perhaps best is the engines' 26.Qc7, but 26.Qb8+ and 26.Kh2 are also strong.
26...Qxg4 27.hxg4
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27...Nxg3?? (1-0, 33 moves).
After the tournament, Ray Kearsley observed that I looked very tired, and I can only assume tiredness had something to do with me missing the winning 27...Nxf6. What makes my play even more ridiculous is that, while EC thought about the diagrammed position, I had seen that the move he eventually played was refuted by 27...Nxf6.

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