Saturday, October 20, 2007

Mutual pawnstorm

Today I played the first game of the regional competition. A very sharp game which gave me little chance to ponder on strategy. Just mutual sink-throwing. You can find the game here.
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6 comments:

  1. AnonymousSaturday, October 20, 2007 at 7:21:00 AM GMT+2

    Nice Kingside attack ;-)

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  2. Blue Devil KnightSaturday, October 20, 2007 at 10:40:00 PM GMT+2

    Wow, crazy game! It's amazing what those little pawn buggers can do. You showed steel poise and calculation skills there. I probably would have taken a bunch of moves trying to defend when his queen and pawns and knight were staring down at my King.

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  3. TemposchluckerSunday, October 21, 2007 at 12:27:00 AM GMT+2

    Playing the KG has given me nerves of steel:) But I was happy when he took my knight in stead of playing g3. That knight is often sacced for just one tempo. But a very important one!

    That mate in 10 costed me 20 minutes to calculate. Especially the pawn promotion to eliminate his last refuge I was proud of. Rybka showed me how I could do it in even less moves and without the pawn promotion. But that are somewhat counter-intuitive moves.

    The main problem was that there was no "hook" in the form of an advanced pawn on his kingside.

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  4. transformationSunday, October 21, 2007 at 7:54:00 AM GMT+2

    Mozart was a ...

    :)

    smiles!

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  5. AnonymousMonday, October 22, 2007 at 9:57:00 AM GMT+2

    Great game Tempo! A great example of "inviting everyone to the party".

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  6. AnonymousSaturday, October 27, 2007 at 6:16:00 AM GMT+2

    Very nice game! Your opponent played too passively in the beginning and wasnt ready when you took it right to him.

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