Black to play – this game ended in a draw, could you do better?
Black wins with the following beautiful combination
- —– Nh4+
- Kh2 ( if Kf1 Qd1 and if Kg1 Rc1, Rf1 Qg2 ) Qg2
- Rxg2 Nf3+
- Kh1 Rc1
- Rg1 Rxg1 mate
Yet again we saw lots of interesting chess in our Thanet Early Summer Swiss this week. There was also a game with a mouseslip/computer clitch, fortunately that game was already decided by this point, so no real harm done. But a lesson to us all that online chess has it’s own pitfalls compared with the easy methods of over the board play.
Our Game of the Week was an intriguing affair where both players made some original and creative choices in the opening. Neither King looked completely secure and pins and threats appeared all over the board.
Please enjoy
White: shamaka Black: KnightClubber
Thanet Early Summer Swiss
This puzzle was suggested by Broadstairs’ legend Bob Page, Bob recently moved away from Thanet but is still a keen supporter of Thanet Chess
The following recent online game ended in a draw, can you find a forced mate for Black?
Black to move
White to play and deliver mate
White wins with the forcing sequence
- Rh8+ Bxh8 ( If Kg7 2. Qh7 is mate )
- Qh7 and mate is unaviodable on either g8 or f7
Following on from our exciting game of the week, here is a link to the same game, this time analysed by one of the protagonists.
George Hollands (aka Journey2FM) has started a very interesting blog, describing his efforts to reach the FM title. Having known George for many years I have no doubt that he has both the talent, and, more importantly the work ethic to achieve his goal.
It has often been said that the most insightful games annotations come from the players themselves, as they can let the reader know what they were thinking during the game, rather than just a clinical assessment made ‘post mortem’
Please enjoy George’s analysis and please let me know if anyone else has games to be shared