Halloween Tricks and Treats
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Shhhh!
Usually I type this blog with some 60’s background music. Often it’s The Beatles…
Not tonight….Shhhh!....turn off the lights….It’s Halloween.
It’s not the demons of Halloween that has me typing in silence.
I pretending no one is at home to fool those other foul creatures of
the night, the Trick or Treaters. I’m giving them nothing.
So in a burst of supreme imagination I will be showing a game played
with the Halloween Gambit but first this.
Bebop5 User 618351 has sent in a picture and game of himself
playing GM Alex Yermolinsky at the Southwest Chess Club in Milwaukee.
(Bebop5 was the club champion at the time.)
Yermolinsky took on 20 players including one with a Master rating, 2 Candidate
Masters (one being Bebop5) and about 6 other Class A players.
Here is Bepop’s game.
GM Alex Yermolinsky - bebop5 February 2011, USA.
And now a game with the dreaded Halloween Gambit.
junnujannu User 340999 plays this when he gets the chance and as
I am not listening to The Beatles I’ll give a game played by Beatlemania.
junnujannu - beatlemania RHP 2009
emperor31 - User 533096 has an item for sale on E-Bay.
Chessbase ABCs of endgames & Intensive Course Tactics CDs Renko Chess.
E-Bay Link
He adds:
The first is ABCs of Endgames which is a tutorial with exercises on how
to play the endgame. The other is George Renko's Intensive Course Tactics.
If you're looking to get better, these will do the trick. These brought me to 1800 .
Both represent the essential chess knowledge you need to be a strong player.
PM him with any questions.
Now a delightful game I stumbled upon. A typical RHP game from the 1400 DB.
A bishop sac, a double Rook sacrifice, A King Hunt, a missed mate and a suicide mate.
Even the name of the White player, who I kid you not is ‘redhotpawn01’ is perfect.
redhotpawn01 - con25 RHP 2007
Add a comment, if you have any games/positions regarding this blog to show
then I’ll see you on Thread 143048 I expect a whole ghostly
host of Halloween Gambit Games.
If you have a picture the RHP mob might be interested in then:
redhotpawnblog@hotmail.co.uk
Thank you Alexandra Kosteniuk for the pictures lifted from your blog.
Shhhh!.................There is a knock at the door…..
