tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37675897.post2308531893869168160..comments2023-12-28T02:11:22.501+00:00Comments on The Streatham & Brixton Chess Blog: Miss Easy Tactics! with Justin IXTom Chivershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09850710685193416732noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37675897.post-73404938091461636802008-05-12T14:40:00.000+01:002008-05-12T14:40:00.000+01:00Oh, all right then.First, if the king goes to f3 t...Oh, all right then.<BR/><BR/>First, if the king goes to f3 then after ...Qb2+ it doesn't escape: there's a check on b4 and if the rook intervenes then ...Qb5 threatens mate. If the rook then goes to d2, the black rook goes to a1 and there's a perpetual after White promotes. This is hard to see and I didn't at the time! Mind you, this is because I didn't get beyond the king going to e4 - I just felt, probably prematurely, that that was not likely to be any good.<BR/><BR/>Meanwhile if the king goes to h3, Black has ...Rh1 threatening mate and White is obliged to sacrifice the queen at g8 to gain time to promote with check if he wants to get out of it. And after that it's going to be a draw.<BR/><BR/>But what I'd actually planned was a line you haven't considered, wihich is 44.Ke2 Qb2+ 45.Rd2 - which fails fairly trivially as a winning attempt to 45...Qb5+ and the king finds himself on e4 again.<BR/><BR/>What's most stupid about this, perhaps, is not missing the tactics as such, but failing to play the commonsense 41.Rd2 which blocks off all Black's possibilities on the second rank. You'd think, having passed the time control, that I'd have had time to reflect and make it safe. In point of fact it forces 41....Rb8 and then 42.Qe5 wins straightaway, but even if that were to be missed and, say, 42.Qc6 selected, there's only going to be one result given a modicum of care. God, it would have been embarrassing had Phil seen what I missed. And of course, he had an hour to spare too.ejhhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01582272075999298935noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37675897.post-40733880756747589902008-05-11T22:04:00.000+01:002008-05-11T22:04:00.000+01:00Hi Campion - you're missing several things but I w...Hi Campion - you're missing several things but I won't spoil them for you by telling you....ejhhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01582272075999298935noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37675897.post-81539828807389516092008-05-11T20:05:00.000+01:002008-05-11T20:05:00.000+01:00Not having a board to hand, can someone confirm if...Not having a board to hand, can someone confirm if the following holds up?<BR/><BR/>43 f4 Rb1+<BR/><BR/>a) 44 Ke2/f2 Qb2+<BR/> 45 Kf3 f5<BR/>(I think White is getting away after 45 ... Rf1+ 46 Ke4)<BR/> 46 Qh8+ Kxh8<BR/> 47 d8=Q+ Kh7<BR/> 48 Rd2 Rf1+ and mates<BR/><BR/>but I can't see what happens in the line<BR/><BR/>b) 44 Kg2 Qb2+<BR/> 45 Kh3<BR/><BR/>e.g. 45 ... Rh1 46 Qh8+ Kxh8 47 d8=Q+ Kh7 48 Rd2 and what now?Campionhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01714430541733701863noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37675897.post-43714777644136216842008-05-10T22:23:00.000+01:002008-05-10T22:23:00.000+01:00Phil Bonafont has had more of his share of horribl...Phil Bonafont has had more of his share of horrible tactical moments. Check out the game Bonafont-Rudd from the last British for more details.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37675897.post-28624853043508587252008-05-10T09:39:00.000+01:002008-05-10T09:39:00.000+01:00Well, it may be that making assumptions was my pro...Well, it may be that making assumptions was my problem....ejhhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01582272075999298935noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37675897.post-26125769167236253912008-05-10T08:15:00.000+01:002008-05-10T08:15:00.000+01:00I assume there's a mate after 3...Rb1+?RichardI assume there's a mate after 3...Rb1+?<BR/><BR/>RichardAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com