Chess...The Cruel Game

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Geoff Chandler
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Chess...The Cruel Game

Post by Geoff Chandler » Wed Jan 31, 2018 12:41 am

K. McDonald - J. Ross, Sandy Bells v Musselburgh, Edinburgh Chess League 2018.

My Sandy Bells team captain (Black here) very happily gave me a copy of the game.

Me. I would have sworn off the game forever and sought therapy.

White to play.






The match finished tied at 3-3.

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Re: Chess...The Cruel Game

Post by MartinCarpenter » Wed Jan 31, 2018 9:52 am

Think I'd be with you! Absurd blunder of course but really unlucky that it was even possible to run into a mate from there.

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Re: Chess...The Cruel Game

Post by Roger de Coverly » Wed Jan 31, 2018 9:57 am

MartinCarpenter wrote:
Wed Jan 31, 2018 9:52 am
Absurd blunder of course but really unlucky that it was even possible to run into a mate from there.
Perhaps Black wanted to avoid Qb7 check, so played the King to h6 rather than h7. If there wasn't the threat on White's back rank, there is some danger of a repetition.

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