Showing posts with label Spot The Win. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Spot The Win. Show all posts

Sunday, 18 February 2018

Berlin Shocker

PLAYED in the revived Northumbria Masters, held in an upstairs function room at The Chillingham pub, Newcastle.
My score of +1=3-5 was enough to shed 25.8 Fide elo.
I had a stinking cold, complete with hacking cough; but, then again, I was not the only one under the weather.
The most memorable moment, at least for me, was when I was on the end of a shocking finish in a Berlin Wall.
White to play his 25th move in Robin Nandi (1815) - Spanton (1901)
At first glance, Black's position may not look too bad. True, White has the better pawn-majority, but Black's active bishop-pair gives some compensation.
Indeed, after a "normal" move such as 25.Kf4, analysis engines reckon White's advantage is fairly small (but real enough).
Instead, RN uncorked 25.Nf6+!, after which a strong player would have resigned immediately.