Thursday, June 13, 2013

Same, Different, Same


Same.

Looking for precedents in the play of Wall - Guest2507113, PlayChess.com, 2013 (see "Hit Me With Your Best Shot"), I found the game Sir Osis of the Liver - Piratepaul, Jerome Gambit Thematic Tournament, ChessWorld, 2009, in The Database.

The play began 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.Bxf7+ Kxf7 5.d3 d6 6.O-O h6 7.h3 Nf6 8.Be3 Bb6 9.c4 Rf8 10.Nc3 Kg8 reaching an identical position to Wall - Guest 2507113.

This is not surprising: Bill is always the first to get the updated versions of The Database, and he likes to mine the nearly 29,000 games for inspiration for future play.

Different.

As play continued, however, Sir Osis (love that name!) had greater difficulties in the game, fell behind, and found himself in dire straits, as can be seen in the following position, where he is down a piece and a couple of passed pawns.



Play continued

30.Qxe5 

When, instead of exchanging Rooks, Black pressed his attack with

30...Nf4?

White quickly noted the difference, and offered the swap himself with 

31.Rxf6

Not wanting to drop  a piece with 31...gxf6 and slide into what would most likely be a drawn ending, Black now played

31...Nxd3

Same.

Allowing the enjoyable win

32.Rxh6 checkmate 

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