tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37675897.post3695910501908638815..comments2023-12-28T02:11:22.501+00:00Comments on The Streatham & Brixton Chess Blog: Sunday puzzleTom Chivershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09850710685193416732noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37675897.post-72106213713328479882008-12-01T10:28:00.000+00:002008-12-01T10:28:00.000+00:00I would have thought the Great Snake would only oc...I would have thought the Great Snake would only occur if the a pawn got to a6 establishing a "snake" of e2-a6. In the game it got to a6 but only on move 52, when they snake had long since been chopped up.<BR/>AndrewAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37675897.post-2828032388909542782008-12-01T10:02:00.000+00:002008-12-01T10:02:00.000+00:00Anyway, it is indeed 1.Ng2. It's from Pfleger-Lars...Anyway, it is indeed 1.Ng2. It's from Pfleger-Larsen, Manila 1974 (the Great Snake Variation, it says <A HREF="http://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessgame?gid=1159922" REL="nofollow">here</A>) and I personally nabbed it from a copy of <I>Chess Today</I> (number 2829) some weeks ago. Alex and the boys give these lines:<BR/><BR/>(a) 1...Kxg2 2.h4<BR/><BR/>(b) 1...Nb4 2.h4 Kg4 3.Kxa7<BR/><BR/>(c) 1...Kxh3 2.Nf4+! Nxf4 3.Kxa7 Nd5 (3...Ne6 or 3...Nd3 4.Kb6) 4.Kb7.<BR/><BR/>Larsen resigned after the key move.<BR/><BR/>(CT also give 1.Ng6? Nb4! 2.h4 Kg4=.)ejhhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01582272075999298935noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37675897.post-81123655491653534132008-12-01T00:57:00.000+00:002008-12-01T00:57:00.000+00:001Ng2 was the first move I thought of. But then I d...1Ng2 was the first move I thought of. But then I did know it was a puzzle and it seemed a puzzle answer, especially with dislodging the black N if black takes the pawn or the knight.<BR/>AndrewAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37675897.post-70790955781154241302008-11-30T18:36:00.000+00:002008-11-30T18:36:00.000+00:00I reckon 1.Ng2 suggests itself on purely positiona...I reckon 1.Ng2 suggests itself on purely positional grounds! It drags the black pieces in the wrong direction, in one way or another.Tom Chivershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09850710685193416732noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37675897.post-15949861375099380742008-11-30T18:32:00.000+00:002008-11-30T18:32:00.000+00:00Ah...OK, try 1 Ng2 with the same ideas as my first...Ah...OK, try 1 Ng2 with the same ideas as my first go, but now the N is invulnerableAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37675897.post-58843112121966159192008-11-30T18:29:00.000+00:002008-11-30T18:29:00.000+00:001 Ng6If 1...Kxh3; 2 Nf4+ Nxf4; 3 Kxa7 and 4 Kb6 q...1 Ng6<BR/><BR/>If 1...Kxh3; 2 Nf4+ Nxf4; 3 Kxa7 and 4 Kb6 queening<BR/><BR/>If 1...Nb4; 2 h4 Nxa6; 3 h5 and I guess the h-pawn gets through<BR/><BR/>If 1...Nb4; 2 h4 Kg4; 3 errr, hhmm<BR/><BR/>There's something here, I just know it - or not, it appears<BR/><BR/>David<BR/>Atticus CCAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37675897.post-17367085438168135382008-11-30T18:15:00.000+00:002008-11-30T18:15:00.000+00:00We'll have some supporting variations thanks, othe...We'll have some supporting variations thanks, otherwise we'll think you've just looked it up on a database...ejhhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01582272075999298935noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37675897.post-76790100996700793582008-11-30T17:18:00.000+00:002008-11-30T17:18:00.000+00:00Ng2?Ng2?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com